Filosophical
MinisodeFeb 12, 2024
MinisodeFeb 12, 2024
Why I Started This Podcast
Tiffany Frances — host
The writer, director and co-host gives some background on why she decided to start Film Filosophy.
Season 2
Five episodes and a minisode, February to June 2024. Season 2 widens the lens from the structures themselves to the people working inside them.
01Feb 19, 2024
Using Data to Solve Hollywood’s Lack of Representation
Kartik Hosanagar — guest
The professor and four-time founder on how he became interested in Hollywood’s inclusion problem, what led him to use data to attack it, and where he expects AI to take the industry.
Bonus — Kartik discusses his clip choices on data and representation.
02Mar 18, 2024
The Cultural Box
Linda Yvette Chávez — guest
The showrunner, director and co-creator of Netflix’s Gentefied on what it means to be placed in a cultural box, why our voices should not be limited to our own communities, and how to get people thinking outside it.
Bonus — Linda discusses her clip choices on the cultural box.
03Apr 15, 2024
Forgotten Stories in Cinema
Maegan Houang — guest
The writer, director, co-producer of The Sympathizer and story editor on Shōgun on why forgotten stories need telling through film, and the parallels between American history and American cinema.
Bonus — Maegan discusses her clip choices on forgotten stories.
04May 20, 2024
The Complexity of Intersectionality in Media
Ryan Alexander Holmes — guest
The actor and content creator, known for embracing his mixed Chinese and African American heritage, on the complexity of intersectionality in media and why diving into humanity matters to the art of storytelling.
Bonus — Ryan discusses his clip choices on intersectionality in media.
05Jun 17, 2024
The 1970s New Hollywood Movement
R.J. O’Young — guest
How the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s and its scene of independent cinema relates to the landscape the industry finds itself in now.
Bonus — R.J. discusses his clip choices on the New Hollywood movement.