Carolyn Talks..., Podcast

Indie filmmaker Marcellus Cox, joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss his short film based on real events JARMARCUS ROSE & DA 5 BULLET HOLES, about a Black teen whose day with a new mentor changes both of their lives in the most tragic way. For screening information on the film, visit Marcellus's Social Media at https://www.instagram.com/cellusworld24/ Find me on Social Media at: @CarrieCnh12...

Métis writer, director, and actress of BLOOD LINES Gail Maurice joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss her 25 year journey to making the film a reality, her decades of work in the Canadian film industry, and what it meant to have her native language and female community elders be part of the project. BLOOD LINES stars Dana Solomon as Beatrice a Two-Spirit Métis woman whose life is thrown for a lo...

Ea (Sovereign)'s Kanaka ʻŌiwi filmmaker Noah Keone Viernes and Sancia Miala Shiba Nash, joined me to discuss using filmmaking as a tool to document and teach about the fight of native Hawaiians like Keʻeaumoku Kapu on Maui, to reclaim their ancestral lands in the colonial court system, protecting their culture, and what bearing these weights on their shoulders mean. Ea (Soverign) screened at the 2...

Writer and director Michael Cusmano, and actress and executive producer Charity Schubert, joined me to chat about their short LAST MINUTE, in which Charity plays Jackie, a single mother who due to her son Jasons's (Espyn Doughty) procrastination, has just one night to help him put together a chemistry homework assignment, and audiences feel the joy of 80s and 90s nostalgia, and the chagrin of what...

Independent filmmaker Benny Chen spoke with me to discuss making HAND 執手, his student short film about Lin (Zhan Wang), a Chinese immigrant, who having lived in the U.S. for over 20 years still faces uncertainty, isolation, and racism during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. HAND 執手 premiered at the 2026 Cleaveland International Film Festival, and was produced by Yanghuixiao Gao, edited by...

For the HotDocs 2026 premiere of her second documentary feature THE ART OF ADVENTURE, Canadian filmmaker Alison Reid shared what it was like putting together a film about biologists, conservationists, and naturalists Bristol Foster and Robert Bateman, and their journey across the world in their pale yellow Land Rover "The Grizzly Torque", and how it started their over 60 years of conservation work...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I speak with writer-director Annemarie Jacir about PALESTINE '36 / فلسطين 36, her feature film about the 1936 Palestinian uprising in the town of Al Basa against the threat of colonial violence by the growing Israeli settler population, and British and French imperialism. We spoke about the perseverance and dedication of the cast and crew to make the film amids...

CEREMONY documentary film subject, radio host AND Nuxalk knowledge keeper Qwaxw Siwallac, joined me to talk about what the return of the ooligan to the Bella Coola River means to him and his people, the Nuxalk First Nations. Directed, produced and written by Banchi Hanuse, CEREMONY premiered at #HotDocs 2026, visit https://smayaykila.com/ for information on Banchi's work and screening dates. Visti...

CONSTANT BATTLES director Mackenzie Stannard and Writer and producer Sepideh Yadegar joined #CarolynTalks, to discuss their documentary about Iranian Canadian boxer Nyousha Nahkjiri's battles with ADHD and anxiety to make it as a professional athlete in the ring. Mack and Sepideh also speak about how Nyousha's mother Elehah's own story became an integral part of the film when she revealed she had...

In this episode of #CarolynTalks I discuss what it takes to be a production designer with award-winning veteran creative Neil Patel, and his two most recent projects, Bughouse, the immersive museum experience of the life of "outside artist" Henry Darger put on by the Vineyard Theatre, and the thriller Drag by Ravluv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer which premiered at SXSW 2026. Find me on Social Media...

In my interview with SŪNNA (Listen) writer and director Radha Mehta, she shared her journey from being a civil engineer, to artist and filmmaker, and how this short about Lakshmi (Aaliya Mehta) a young traditional Indian musician losing her hearing, is inspired by Rahda's own lived experiences and journey. SŪNNA also stars award-winning stage performer and musician Anisha Nagarajan as Lakshmi's mo...

FEELING TOGETHER multimodal filmmaker and anthropologist Fukuda Pero, joined me to discuss his unique short form documentary of an intense family argument that takes place one night in close knit Batwa village, Central Africa. Present in the film are Kidau, Sadede, Daraza, Mwarabu, Bigirabagao, Kagano, Paci, and Panzinga. Learn more about Pero's work and his poetry on on his social media https://w...

Fellow YouTube and podcast host Maddy Myer joined me to discuss MADDY MANIA, her new entertainment channel where she interviews professionals in such industries as Broadway and wrestling, what it's like taking that leap and hos it differs to her work as a film publicist. #CarolynTalks #FilmCritic #Podcast #Interview Find me on Social Media at: @CarrieCnh12 To donate to my work, fund can be given t...

Filmmaker, journalist, and novelist Brooke Obie joined me to discuss ABANITU: A Family Documentary, her debut feature film and documentary about her ancestor Lucy Obie, a woman who started a family legacy of farming and resiliency through strife in 1906, North Carolina. For screening information for ABANITU, visit Brooke's official website at https://www.brookeobie.com/films/abanitu-film/ Find me...

Filmmaker YuHan Tsai, joined me for the SXSW 2026 premiere of her short film DUA JI, starring award-winning Taiwanese actress KueiMei Yang 楊貴媚 as a daughter unable to fully grieve her mother's passing when her desire to perform certain ancestral rights is denied due to patriarchal customs. DUA JI co-stars hiaKeui Chen陳家逵, YuPing Wang王渝屏, and JieFei Huang黃婕霏 Visit YuHan's official webpa...

Writer, director, and producer Fia Perera joined #CarolynTalks, to discuss her feature film MERMAID, about Cassie (Devyn McDowell), a Transgender 10-year-old who finds understanding and protection with Pepper (Arturo Luiz Soria), a world weary and grieving drag queen who reluctantly let's the little girl into her heart and under her sequined wing. #LGBTQ #IndepdentFilm #Interview #Podcast For film...

Writer, director and actor Mekhai Lee joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss THEM THAT'S NOT, his short film starring Angel Theory as a deaf queer poet caught between her feelings of grief at her Grandmother's passing, and feeling isolated amongst her family members at the funeral. #LGBTQ #ShortFilm #Disability #Interview #FilmCritic THEM THAT'S NOT co-stars Biko Eisen-Martin and Carrie Compere,...

Filmmaker and producer Honey Lauren spoke with me about her latest dramatic feature MISTAKE, starring Dominic Bogart as an intersex man in America's deep south in 1941, whose relationship with his girlfriend Lily (Jiji Heis) is his only comfort in their small town filled with people that don't understand him or her. MISTAKE co-stars Matt Bogart and Kay Lenz, and co-produced with Erik Bakken and Da...

Writer and director Xiaodan He joined me to discuss MONTREAL, MA BELLE, her award-winning dramatic feature starring Joan Chen as a 53-year-old Chinese Canadian immigrant learning to carefully embrace her sexuality as a lesbian in spite of cultural, familial expectations, and her own insecurities. Co-produced by Red Dawn Productions, Montréal, ma belle (Montreal, My Beautiful) costars Charlotte Aub...

In my #CarolynTalks interview with the short film THE UNEXPECTED REUNION filmmaker ZhiMin Hu, we discuss how the members of a family represent the different staged of grief after the sudden loss of a loved one, and ZhiMin's approach to filmmaking after being inspired by Les Miserable THE UNEXPECTED REUNION stars Brenda Kamino, Christina Song, John Ng, Samantha Wan, and Peter Fernande, and produced...

Filmmaker Luke Angus, joined me for #CarolynTalks to discuss SOLSTICE, his award winning animated short film about Tulak, an Inuit man living in the Artic Circle counting down the endless days of never ending sunlight and isolation, until he can spend the nights under the stars with his wife Luka. #AnimatedFilm #ShortFilm #Interview #3danimation You can watch Solstice, and Luke's previous short fi...

Sometime ago, over 2years actually, filmmaker  @antchen  took the time to sit down with me to discuss his film newest feature at the time THE BREAKING ICE 燃冬. In the film three, strangers are brough together by chance in northern China, where they form a life changing bond through loneliness and curiosity, to challenge each other and themselves to not be afraid of the unknown. #TheBrea...

In this interview for #CarolynTalks, I speak with award-winning Afghani filmmaker Brishkay Ahmed about her latest documentary IN THE ROOM, about the psychological toll war in Afghanistan has had on women. In the film Brishkay speaks to four incredible women, Mozhdah Jamalzada, Nelofer Pazira-Fisk, Vida Samadzai, Sahar Parniyan, and Shogofa Sediqi who've each made their own indelible marks on Afgha...

Filmmaker Guy Trevellyan and actress Anna Popplewell joined me to chat about PLASTIC SURGERY, a dramatic medical disaster short film about the physical impact of microplastics on the human body and the psychological impact on a trauma doctor caught between her duty to her patients, herself, and her unborn child. PLASTIC SURGERY was produced by Guy's company Nice Guy Pictures. Find me on Social Med...

THE THIEF or Anngeerdardardor in East Greenlandic, is the first professional short film produced Ammassalik Island, and filmmaker Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken, joined me to speak about what inspired him to make this special unscripted short about Kamil, a Tasiilaq teen searching for the beloved dog he believes has been stolen, and perhaps something more. #CarolynTalks #ShortFilm #Interview #F...