Zebras In America

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Zebras In America episodes

June 16, 2023 Popcorn Eschaton 12 - The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin
Film maven and host of Ambassador Radio Trevor Stottlemyer joins Scott and John to discuss one of the greatest martial arts movies of all time, 'The 36th Chamber of Shaolin'! They examine how the film is both a rollicking good time as well as a guide to enlightenment and mental health, not to mention how it encourages forging one's own path and throwing off the yoke of oppression!
Ambassador Radio:
https://ambassadorradio.org/
Logo designed by Jesse Arnold (https://www.instagram.com/just.shelve.it/)
Theme music is "Sun Blood" by Oxeneers (https://oxeneers1.bandcamp.com/)
46 min
June 03, 2023 Popcorn Eschaton 11 - 'To the Wonder' and 'A Hidden Life' with Marcus Pinn
Scott and John are joined by Zebras in America co-host, and founder of Pinnland Empire, Marcus Pinn! Together they tackle two films from one of Marcus's favorite filmmakers: Terrence Malick's 'To the Wonder' and 'A Hidden Life.' They discuss how Malick's films comment on both romantic relationships and on one's own relationship to faith, as well as how his perspective as a filmmaker can express the interior lives of his characters.
Pinnland Empire:
http://www.pinnlandempire.com/
Logo designed by Jesse Arnold (https://www.instagram.com/just.shelve.it/)
Theme music is "Sun Blood" by Oxeneers (https://oxeneers1.bandcamp.com/)
53 min
May 19, 2023 Popcorn Eschaton 10 - Left In The South
On this Popcorn Eschaton, it's a harrowing journey through messianic movements and rebellions against intolerable oppression. First, Scott and John discuss Glauber Rocha's 'Black God, White Devil,' the 1964 "Brazilian scream" that is simultaneously magical and realist in its descent into madness and bloody revolution. Then they shift focus to the 2016 historical drama 'Free State of Jones' and dig into what the film has to say about the continuing legacy of slavery in America. Also: why it's really good!
The full text of Glauber Rocha's manifesto, "The Aesthetics of Hunger," as discussed in the episode.
https://huebunkers.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/glauber-hunger.pdf
Logo designed by Jesse Arnold (www.instagram.com/just.shelve.it/)
Theme music is "Sun Blood"
by Oxeneers (oxeneers1.bandcamp.com/)
49 min
April 28, 2023 Popcorn Eschaton 9 - Left In The West, Part 1
Scott and John journey to the Old West on Popcorn Eschaton! First, they discover a conspiracy of murder, oil speculation, and land left in Joseph H. Lewis's 'Terror in a Texas Town,' starring a harpoon-wielding Sterling Hayden. Then they stretch the definition of "Western" a bit to discuss William Wyler's 1956 film 'Friendly Persuasion,' a story of deeply held spiritual and pacifist beliefs being put to the test in the crucible of the Civil War. This is the first in what will eventually be a series on Popcorn Eschaton in which we examine the Western genre with a spiritual and leftist lens.
The "Speak Truth to Power" pamphlet on non-violent solutions to national and international conflict mentioned in the episode can be found here:
https://quaker.org/legacy/sttp.html
Logo designed by Jesse Arnold (https://www.instagram.com/just.shelve.it/)
Theme music is "Sun Blood"
by Oxeneers (https://oxeneers1.bandcamp.com/)
50 min
April 07, 2023 Popcorn Eschaton 8 - The 13th Warrior
We have a special guest joining Popcorn Eschaton: Joshua Arminio, brother of co-host John! Joshua is a former Arabic translator and current counselor and he brings his unique perspective to a film he and John have been obsessed with since they were kids: the John McTiernan/Michael Crichton 1999 historical epic 'The 13th Warrior'! Scott, Josh, and John discuss what makes 'The 13th Warrior' so engrossing, why it does not hold the reputation of other McTiernan action films or Crichton adaptations, and how it illuminates the spiritual practices and cultural perspectives of both the ancient Vikings and the Islamic Golden Age!
Logo designed by Jesse Arnold (https://www.instagram.com/just.shelve.it/)
Theme music is "Sun Blood" by Oxeneers (https://oxeneers1.bandcamp.com/)
58 min
March 24, 2023 Popcorn Eschaton 7 - Bisbee 17 - Winstanley
Workers of the world, past and present, unite! Scott and John delve into the history of organized labor, as well as efforts to suppress it, through the films 'Bisbee '17' (2018) and 'Winstanley' (1975). Each movie, in its own way, merges narrative with documentary, creating a link between the filmmakers, the participants, and the people who lived through the events explored.
Logo designed by Jesse Arnold (https://www.instagram.com/just.shelve.it/)
Theme music is "Sun Blood"
by Oxeneers (https://oxeneers1.bandcamp.com/)
56 min
March 10, 2023 Popcorn Eschaton 6 - Viy Kuroneko
" Scott and John venture into horror for the first time on Popcorn Eschaton! First, they discuss 'Viy,' the blisteringly imaginative and uncanny 1967 adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's story about the collision of religion and folk tradition in rural Ukraine. Next is the hypnotic and beautiful 'Kuroneko,' Kaneto Shindo's 1968 film centering on the horrors of war, the exploitation of the poor, and the crushing of love beneath the boot of revenge.
Logo designed by Jesse Arnold (https://www.instagram.com/just.shelve.it/)
Theme music is "Sun Blood" by Oxeneers (https://oxeneers1.bandcamp.com/ "
52 min
March 01, 2023 PINNLAND EMPIRE: A CONVERSATION WITH WENDELL B. HARRIS Jr
https://www.altaonline.com/culture/a38216636/the-best-independent-film-youve-probably-never-heard-of/
47 min
February 24, 2023 Popcorn Eschaton 5- The Hourglass Sanatorium, Cemetery of Splendour
On this episode of Popcorn Eschaton, Scott and John discuss Wojciech Has's 1973 phantasmagoric opus to family legacy, death, and cultural memory, 'The Hourglass Sanatorium.' They then explore the liminal spaces between consciousness and the lives of warriors and lovers from centuries past in Apichatpong Weerasethakul 2015 film 'Cemetery of Splendour.'
57 min
February 17, 2023 Episode 177
Episode 177 by Zebras In America
51 min