The Dr Zeus Experience

Tonight as we pay tribute to Lawrence Ferlinghetti a poet; the dr Zeus film podcast revisits a film about poetry and love.

Two films that will dominate the best actress awards this season.

The 1992 film directed by Spike Lee starring Denzel Washington as Malcolm X and Angela Bassett as Betty Shabazz.

Photographer and filmmaker. Tonight Gloria V talks about her friend Gordon Parks.

The man, the director and the legendary Films.

The 1995 film that changed everything.

Tonight we salute the icon and screen legend who changed Hollywood forever with his roles and grace captured on film.

The Phenomenal Woman Maya Angelou 1928-2014. Writer, director, actor, poet, singer, dancer, phenomenal woman, fighter, lover, activist and human being who wanted us all to be rainbows for others and ourselves.

Tonight we talk about films that need to be made.

From 1965 a patch of blue to 2016’s Moonlight and the love stories in black film.

From the early days of cinema in 1896 to the present. The story to diversity and Inclusion within the film industry.

Tonight we give a moment to the presence, the energy and the woman who gives us so many uplifting moments of grace, rawness and joy of being... Angela Bassett.

Nine years ago we lost Whitney Houston and tonight we talk about her film career and that voice.

Tonight we pay tribute to Larry Flynt by looking at the 1996 film based on his life. Directed by Milos Forman and starring Woody Harrelson, Edward Norton and Courtney love.

The Legendary Actress who Broke Barriers, a trailblazer and the first black actors to win an Oscar in 1939. Hattie McDaniel 1893-1952 a true icon.

The 2006 film based off the Broadway play and the film that gave Jennifer Hudson her moment.

Tonight we pay tribute to a trailblazer and an icon who’s music with The Supremes United the world.

Directed by Steven Spielberg and featuring an all star cast. Based on the novel by Alice Walker. From 1985 This is The Color Purple.

The EGOT who came from a Stand up comedy background and changed the landscape of film and television for black women.

A brief tidbit about the film directed by George Wolf starring Viola Davis Chadwick Boseman and produced by Denzel Washington. Based off of the August Wilson play this is Ma Rainey‘s black bottom.

It’s time to show the Academy.

The 1997 Event that brought Whitney Houston and Brandy into the homes of millions on abc for a Disney event of epic proportions and inclusion.

The trailblazer who began in music, film and later with her one woman show The Lady And Her Music 1981. From her Signature song Stormy Weather, her films Cabin in the sky, Panama Hattie and appearing on The March on Washington 1963 to her role as Glinda in The Wiz, we celebrate Lena Horne 1917-2010.

The 2016 film that won Best Picture and explores a young man who’s story is told in three parts. Directed by Barry Jenkins with an amazing cast of characters exploring love and what it means to be gay and black.

Silent films in the 20ty century with all black casts and the black women and men who made Hollywood what it is with hard work and now we restore their story to the history books of film.