Five by Five: A Movie Podcast

Today, the Cinnamon Cinephile talks to author Denise Crittendon, whose novel Where It Rains in Color was so breathtaking believes it is a film begging for a screenwriter. Ms. Crittenden's book has been described as "a technicolor Afrofuturist fever dream of a book. Set on the planet of Swazembi, a color-rich utopia and famous vacation center of the galaxy, it is also the home of the Rare...

The Cinnamon Cinephile sat down with producer, director, screenwriter and editor, Tia Cherie Polite-Jones, owner of Black Rose Dagger Films as she and her cast and crew prepare for the 48 Hour Film Project - the Baltimore version. Tia and her team have just 48 hours to write, shoot, edit and submit their four to seven minute short film. But here's the kicker...they won't know anything and...

This is an episode of the SyFy Sistas

2 minute reel for the Black Podcast Award

This week Subrina, the Cinnamon Cinephile, sits down with the ultra-cool Michael Haynes-Pitts to discuss the films that inspired his trilogy The Surge Series, about the adventures of Afia Osuwu as she navigates the world of a cyberpunk Africa. Michael is a high-school educator who runs the BrainyBlerd podcast . His writings venture into Afrocentric, LGBTQ, and cyberpunk genres. Mike and Subrina de...

Subrina, The Cinnamon Cinephile, sits down with a favorite Five By Five guest expert, Angelyn Frazer-Giles, this time to discuss her work as a certified End of Life Doula during this stressful time. We start with The Bucket List (2007) with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman and wind our way through how to really make your final wishes actual happen, then to Steel Magnolias (1989) for the medical d...

For Women's History Month Subrina Wood, 'The Cinnamon Cinephile' sits down with the legendary Judy Richardson, civil rights activist, political organizer, teacher, scholar, author and one of the producers of the Emmy winning PBS series "Eyes On the Prize". This 14 episode groundbreaking series was create by Henry Hampton and his Blackside Productions in Boston, MA and broadcast from 1987 - 1990. T...

Ok, I said there were THREE episodes, but there are actually TWO. This is a double bonus covering both Episodes 2 Whitey's on the Moon and Episode 3 Holy Ghost. I continue discussing our initial impressions of Lovecraft Country with Angelyn Frazer-Giles, Executive Director of National Network for Justice, Nkechi Taifa, Esq., Founder of the Taifa Group, a social enterprise firm with a mission to ad...

The Cinnamon Cinephile and her trusty crew, Michelle Meggs, Angelyn Frazer-Giles, Nkecki Taifa, and Nachelle White, go deep into the meaning behind the Golden Globe-nominated HBO series. This was tape after the first run of the series. I'm posting it up now for Black History Month and so you have a primer for the show as we go into the TV awards season.

The Cinnamon Cinephile and filmmaker Rahima Rice discuss the negative trope of the Magical Negro in films and how this trope spills over into the lives of Black professionals in corporate America. Rahima R. Rice was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Her most recent work includes the short film Making & Breaking (People’s Choice Award Winner, 2020 OLA Film Festival), the web series Room 513 ,...

As we enter into month seven of life during a pandemic, some of us may feel the need to reach out for help dealing with issues exacerbated by prolonged isolation or close living conditions including; anxiety, stress, or abuse. This episode gives some pointers on working with therapists, either in-person or online, and lists some films that might if nothing else, help get needed conservations start...

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Congressman John Lewis .  We will continue the fight for equality and justice in America. ANGELYN C. FRAZER-GILES is the Executive Director of the National Network for Justice (NNJ). She is also the founder of Solace for Sistas a social and support network of Black and Brown women committed to human and civil rights, and social and criminal justice a...

Season 2, Episode 2 The Cinnamon Cinephile (Subrina Wood) sits down with Ron Jones, DJ, and CEO of The StarPower Collective, a Harlem Radio internet show. Eddie Murphy's Dolemite is My Name (2019) inspired this podcast episode in which Ron and Subrina each list their five favorites Black Action Films of the '70s and discuss why they do not apply the term 'Blaxploitation' to these ten films. The li...

Season 2, Episode 1 The Cinnamon Cinephile joins Lynne Ustach, a lawyer in Avon, CT who is a food and wine aficionado and traveler. Lynne has taken cooking lessons not only in the U.S. but also in Tuscany and Romania and has chased Michelin star restaurants all over Europe. She’s a Cinephile favorite because is a woman who believes there no such thing as “too much”.  In full disclosure, Subri...

Episode 6 Why We Love (Yes, LOVE) Hallmark Christmas Movies Join Subrina Wood, the Cinnamon Cinephile, and literary agent Andrea Cascardi, as they discuss why they love Hallmark Christmas movies. With an average of 68 million viewers for its annual Countdown to Christmas Marathon this American holiday tradition must be doing something right. Andrea Cascardi is a literary agent and an unabashed lov...

Subrina Wood, the Cinnamon Cinephile; Cynthia Roseberry, a criminal justice attorney in Atlanta; and the mysterious Q, a policy professional in DC, discuss the heated debates surrounding the new Harriet Tubman movie - Harriet. Should Deborah Martin Chase have cast British actress Cynthia Erivio as Harriet? Does the film pander to white audiences? Do the fictional characters add or detract from thi...

Previews of Just Mercy , Atlantics , Waves , Harriet and Clemency .  Join Subrina Wood the Cinnamon Cinephile and this week's guest expert Cynthia Rosenberry, Esq.  as they discuss five incredible soon to be released films recently shown at the Middleburg Film Festival in October . Although the scenarios are as varied as the time periods, all five films have at their core the resilence o...

Join Subrina Wood, the Cinnamon Cinephile, and author, artist, and ancient history scholar Lloyd R. Williams in a lively conversation about their five favorite movies about the Romans, the Greeks, and the Egyptians and why these films are some of the best examples of movies made during the Golden Age of Gladiator films 1950 -1965. You may or may not want to substitute this episode for your Cliff n...

This episode join Subrina Wood, the Cinnamon Cinephile, and Trina Ramsey personal coach, author, and high tech industry professional in a crazy convo about their five favorite black “rom-coms”, where a brother meets a sister, the brother loses the sister, then, of course, the brother gets the sister, well, just maybe not the one he met first… Trina Ramsey is a career and life strategist, motivatio...

Join Subrina Wood, CinnCine the Cinnamon Cinephile, and Danielle Jones, a dedicated middle school teacher in the District of Columbia, as they discuss their favorite movies about the over-analyzed, sometimes maligned, but in the end, honored profession of teaching. Danielle Jones is a native New Yorker and a veteran of the United States Air Force. She has been teaching in the greater DC Metro area...