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Tribecca X Panel Discussion: Fade: Culture, Legacy, and the Stories we Carry Carl Lamarre - Executive Editor of R&B/Hip-Hop, Billboard Raymond Smith - Artist Marketing, Director, ROC Nation Emory Jones- Founder, Bet On Yourself Eric “PTAH” Herbert-Director, ArtruGroup Chief Johnson -Lead of Global Entertainment, Puma This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or...

Podcasting has taken over the talk show genre and has become super easy for anyone to create. This panel discussion gives some clear guidance on how to grow a podcast into a thriving business. Apologies for the background sound. This is recorded live on iPhone :) Hosted by VP of Sales for Crooked Media, Giancarlo Bizzaro Rachael KingCEO Pod People (ig@podppl) Gary ClichyFounder & CEO Pod Digital M...

Tribeca X: How Brands Can Become Platforms for Culture Abby Phillip CNN Anchor, “NewsNight with Abby Phillip” Cedric The Entertainer Partner, AC Barbecue & Founder, Setta Wines - This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit visableblackwoman.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to VisAbleBlackwoman, the podcast. My Name is Jeanine T. Abraham, and I’m your host. It feels good to be back, and I’m happy to share my podcast with you on Substack, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. Today I’ve got an interview with Adjani Salmon, the co-creator, writer, and star of Dreaming Whilst Black . Season two premiered globally on Paramount+ on Friday, February 20, 2026. In the season...

A pre- and post screening conversation with the director of Rental Family HIKARI and Brendan Fraiser at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival Stay Safe J9 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit visableblackwoman.substack.com/subscribe

On Friday, September 6th, the remake of the 1980s hockey film Youngblood had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. This is video footage of the intro with the cast and the talkback afterwards. Stay tuned because I ask a question near the end of the video. Stay Safe J9 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epis...

From the Steve TIFF50 film website , “Oscar winner Cillian Murphy anchors this gripping adaptation of a bestselling novella from 2023. Faced with ever-increasing pressures, the head of a crumbling reform school for boys navigates a pivotal, fraught day while clinging to a fading sense of hope.” Please CLICK HERE to read my review on Medium. Stay Safe J9 This is a public episode. If you'd like to d...

(From The Eyes of Ghana TIFF website ) “In this love letter to cinema, we witness Ghanaian cameraman Chris Hesse, now in his 90s, pass on his legacy to the younger filmmaker Anita Afonu, captured by two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot.” Please check out the film intro interview of The Eyes of Ghana’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. CLICK HERE to read my review. Stay Safe...

I covered my first Toronto International Film Festival, IRL, on September 5-15,2024. This podcast episode recaps my experience of this fantastic festival. It includes a roundtable interview with Enrique Miguel Baniqued , producer of my favorite TIFF film, Village Keeper, written and directed by Karen Chapman. Subscribe to VisAbleBlackwoman on Patreon for an exclusive: The Piano Lesson world premie...

Day one of the Tribeca Film festival I met filmmakers Sharae Nikai and David Lassiter co directors of the feature film, The Other, Gold. Sharae co directed produced wrote and stars in the film which is about grief, pandemic isolation and friendship. Info on the film go to www.tribecafilm.com/films/other-gold-2024 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...

DREAMING WHILST BLACK is a new dramedy coming to Paramount+ and Showtime this weekend.  This week my special guest Koby Adom directed Episode two, The Reality and my personal favorite episode of the series three, The Friends   Koby Adom is a Ghanaian-British director, writer, and executive producer. Best known for his work on Netflix’s British drama Top Boy and Knoughts and Crosses which is set in...

This week, I spoke with one of my favorite thought leaders, Baratunde Thurston. His show America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston premiered last year and blew my mind.  I interviewed Baratunde for Black Girl Nerds last year and this year attended a press briefing PBS held about season two of this outstanding series. I reached out to his team to schedule a one-on-one, and they wholeheartedly said y...

I Wasn't Going to see Oppenheimer, but a press briefing and a conversation with an atomic scientist changed my mind. The briefing, hosted by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, and Win Without War, focused on giving journalists context on the history behind the film. The panelists Tina Cordova, Co-Founder of Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, Mari Fain...

This weeks guest is Shea William Vanderpoort director of 2 episodes of Prime Video’s Harlem and Disney + Saturdays. We chat about how he started off on the iconic Issa Rae web-series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and how important community and collaboration are to his creative process. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

March is Women's History month, and this week I'm featuring an excellent book about the 19th Century abolitionist movement, The Agitators: Harriet Tubman, Martha Coffin Wright and Frances A. Seward: Three Friends who fought for Abolition and Women's Rights.  Then I have a wonderful conversation with wine educator Tanisha Townsend of The Wine School Dropout podcast. We chat about her love of wine a...

This week we’re taking a culinary journey to Paris with my yum of the week, one of my favorite shows on HBO, Julia starring Sarah Lancashire. I have always loved Julia Child. Her story inspired my love of Paris and I realized my dream of taking cooking classes in Paris last fall. Which takes me to my interview this week with the co owner of the outstanding cooking school Cookn' With Class ,and coo...

This week I’m highlighting the most inspirational Tv series I’ve seen in the past two weeks. Netflix’s competition series Physical 100,  Apple TV+'s docuseries about World class surfers Make or Break, and HBO/Max’s competition series The Climb.  Then I’m chatting with director Julian Higgins of one of my favorite films of 2022, God’s Country, about the nuances of representation in The Last of Us. ...

Reviews of AppleTV+'s Dear Edward and a review of the children's book You Will Do Great Things by Amerie. And coverage of the exclusive book launch dinner hosted by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, author, and book club founder Amerie and Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, to celebrate her upcoming picture book debut.  And a special thanks to the Arlo SoHo hotel in NYC for taking such lovin...

New year new focus, two Yummies and a Yuck-TV, films and Podcasts I'm digging right now.   Two yummies: The first from the UK starring one of my favorite actors, David Tennant: There She Goes The second straight from the brilliant folks at HBO The Last of Us The Yuck: AppleTV+'s Shrinking. Check out my Sundance 2023 film reviews on my Blog on medium VisAbleblackwoman Https://Medium.com/@visablebla...

My recap of three weeks solo in the city of light. For Jeanine’s Guide to Paris and Healthy Thru the Holidays become a member of VisAbleBlackwoman here’s the link: https://www.patreon.com/visAbleblackwoman This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit visableblackwoman.substack.com/subscribe

I met pastry Chef Mathiew Teissier on my annual Fall visit to Paris.  He has a special way of looking at and living life that is connected to joy that is right up my alley. This is a special Thanksgiving edition to cook to.  Chef Mathieu shares how he made a change to do what he loves and how that change made him live his life connected to joy.  Please follow Chef Mathieu Teissier on IG @oconfeite...

The past three weeks I've been channeling my inner Julia Child taking cooking classes in Paris!  Here's a little tête-à-tête (private conversation) I had with one of my favorite instructors, Chef Antonin Simon of Cook'n with Class in Montmarte, Paris. You can follow Chef Antonin on Instagram @ bistro_bonhomme .  The cooking school you can follow @ cookinwithclass.paris and @ _Letseattheworld on IG...

God's Country is a modern-day western/thriller starring Thandiwe Newton (Westworld) as Sandra, a Black professor navigating her way through a majority white town in a flyover state.  She owns a large parcel of land, and the film's conflict heats up when Sandra says no to two white male hunters who want to hunt on her land. God's Country premieres in theaters nationwide on Friday, September 16th, a...

Welcome to VisAbleBlackwoman, the podcast I’m your host Jeanine T. Abraham.  This week I’m speaking with my favorite acting coaches, Lee Brock and Seth Barrish the co-artistic directors of The Barrow Group Theater Company in New york The Barrow Group was founded in 1986 by an ensemble of actors and directors who wanted to produce meaningful plays using a natural, intimate performance style that al...

This week is a special audio moving meditation experience. RhythmTherapy Creative Arts Salons are my virtual space to spread joy. RhythmTherapy Creative Arts Salons are for anyone who loves to connect to joy through creativity. I lead virtual weekly sessions Thursdays at Noon on zoom exclusively for  my Subscribers. Folks can join live or watch the recording whenever they like. SUBSCRIBE HERE Expe...