Anti Racist Film Club

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Kristin from First Olympia UMC to discuss Rustin, the 1963 March on Washington, overly-polished cinematography, intersectional identity, and the importance of creating space spaces for people to participate with their full authentic selves. Learn more about ARFC: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc⁠⁠ Watch an interview w...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss Minari, internal family conflict, assimilation, ostracization, grandmotherly stereotypes, and the importance of recognizing the "same" culture has many shades of difference. Learn more about ARFC: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc⁠⁠ Read an interview with the Dire...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Allison from St Andrews UMC in Lacey to discuss My Neighbor Totoro, anime, shinto beliefs, a history of Japanese art, censorship, and childhood imagination. Learn more about ARFC: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc⁠⁠ Read about cultural connections you might have missed on your first watch: https://www.jcablog.com/...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss Koran By Heart, fundamentalism, stereotypes, the preservation of language, religious vs secular education, and the diversity of the Islamic World. Learn more about ARFC: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc⁠ Read an interview with the film's director: ⁠ http://www.tandemproj...

TW: Discussion of sexual assault and genocide In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Allison from St Andrews UMC to discuss Sugarcane, documentaries, cinema verité, accountability, atrocities committed in Indigenous boarding schools, intergenerational trauma, and language preservation. Learn more about ARFC: ⁠ ⁠⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc Watch an int...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Heather from First Olympia UMC to discuss Sister Act, Italian mobster stereotypes, the importance of representation in popular media, Whoopi Goldberg, the history of Black women in religious orders, and (of course) Gospel music. Learn more about ARFC: ⁠ ⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc The book Pastor Heather mentione...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss Kim's Convenience, the Korean Army, ignorance, unconscious bias, decentering ourselves when we seek to repair damaged relationships, white guilt, and spoons. Learn more about ARFC: ⁠ https://bravestfire.com/arfc Watch a table read from the original cast for a charity strea...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Miss Brittney from First Olympia UMC to discuss The Book of Life, Mexican culture, All Saints Day, traffic lights, bullfighters, and how we can foster curiosity in children to grow their cultural awareness. Learn more about ARFC: ⁠ https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc Read some reviews of the film: https://medium.com/@lauragba39/...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss The Wiz, colorism, Motown Productions, L Frank Baum, learned incompetence, and how to negotiate the "canon" of beloved adaptations. Learn more about ARFC: https://bravestfire.com Read some reviews of the film: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxiety/articles/wha...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kellen from Tumwater UMC to discuss Creed, boxing films, healthy masculinity, Michael B Jordan, Ryan Coogler's filmography, Philadelphia, and the repeated subversion of genre expectations . Read some reviews of the film: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/07/rocky-race-and-reality-why-creed-is-a-heavyweig...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Heather from First Olympia UMC to discuss West Side Story, musicals, gang violence, gentrification, trans representation, accuracy vs authenticity, Rita Moreno, and a few flaws in the American Dream. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read the NY Times article Lauren mentioned: http...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kelly from Shelton UMC to discuss Next Goal Wins, deconstructing the white savior, soccer, satire, Taika Waititi, American Samoan culture, and trans representation. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠⁠⁠

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss The Wind Rises, anime, complicity, Studio Ghibli, resisting the spiritual forces of wickedness, secret police, and the beautiful cursed dreams in our world today. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠⁠ Watch Miyazaki animate the last frames of this mo...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kellen from Tumwater UMC to discuss Flamin' Hot, Cheetos, representation, problematic endorsement of capitalism, initiative, and how the flavors of a Mexican neighborhood changed chips forever. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠⁠ Read the articles Pastor Kellen mentioned: https://www....

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Heather from First Olympia UMC to discuss The Six Triple Eight, historical dramas, systematic racism, Major Charity Adams, intersectionality, and the heroism of these forgotten American soldiers. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠⁠ Watch an interview with Kerry Washington: https://youtu.be...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kelly from Shelton UMC to discuss Stamped From The Beginning, the myth of Whiteness, Harriet Jacobs, the evolution of lynching into police brutality, Black progress, and questions we should all ask ourselves about the myths we've been taught (or might still believe). Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss See You Yesterday, Black excellence, time travel ethics, sucking teeth, Caribbean influence, 40 Acres and a Mule. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠⁠ Read the articles Pastor Alexa mentioned: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/02/18/america-black...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kellen from Tumwater UMC to discuss Christmas in the Clouds, the vile history of Indigenous peoples on screen, subversive normalcy, fantasy romance novels, militant vegetarians, and goofy holiday hijinks. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠ Read the article Pastor Kellen mentioned: https://www...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Heather from First Olympia UMC to discuss Black-ish, sitcoms, bi-racial identities, Black History Month, Lewis Howard Latimer, and what it looks like to learn through laughter. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠ Watch an interview with the cast: https://youtu.be/cDQxanaj0H0?si=FJj-33XqwTIUz_J...

In this spooky kickoff to season 3 of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Denise from St Andrews UMC to discuss Nope, horror movies, exploitation, jellyfish anatomy, processing trauma, and the inherent contradictions of spectacle. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠ Get on the ARFC mailing list: multimedia@fumcoly.org Watch a video essay on the th...

TW: Discussion of Sexual Assault In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss The Woman King, white greed, the Agojie, how community fights patriarchy, TULIP, Afrofuturism, and the beasts we must name to heal together. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠https://fumcoly.org Listen to the podcast Pastor Alexa referenced:...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kelly from Shelton UMC to discuss 42, baseball, segregation, the color of greed, racial slurs, hate mail, and the exceptional life of Jackie Robinson. Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org Read a few reviews of the film when it first came out: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/movies/42-with-chadw...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Brittney Gilleland from First Olympia UMC to discuss Kung Fu Panda 2, children's ministry, inner peace, processing trauma, found family, and why the difficulty of anti-racist discussion is a necessary burden. Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org Watch a cultural breakdown of the first Kung Fu Panda f...

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Heather from First Olympia UMC to discuss Bend It Like Beckham, soccer, LGBTQ+ themes, hypocrisy, curry, and navigating the preservation of culture in diaspora. Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org Read my college paper (for fun!): https://storage2.snappages.site/JDVQQW/assets/files/ENG-464-Final....

TW: discussion of sexual assault, self-harm, and violence In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kellen and Laura Edmonston from Tumwater UMC to discuss Wind River, the historical portrayal of "cowboys and Indians" on film, cultural genocide, coyotes, systemic barriers to justice, and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis. Find more...