Season 3
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Filmmakers reveal their darkest inspirations, challenging perceptions and unearthing the hidden psyche behind iconic cinematic moments.
Episodes
Dr. Marshall Woods interviews Donnie Hue Frazier, III, filmmaker on his film, ROUX'S BLUES: Promise Me, You'll Be There. The story highlights young adult experiences and explores friendships, sexuality, health equity and integrity.
Guest Cengiz Akaygün, film director, writer, and 95th Academy Award Oscar Candidate for Best Live Action Short Film discusses his short film Aysha. This film challenges gender identity, cultural norms, religious expectations and the meaning of home. Aysha and their family is seen during a time of war with conflicting desires: to flee, to fight, to be safe, to live.
Project Blackbird film is based on a true story. Film producer Alexandra Miles had been out of treatment for a few years. In 2018, Alexandra Miles met a young woman who changed her life in a Southern California eating disorder treatment center. The woman who changed Miles's life is Kendra Williams, whom if referred to as "Blackbird" in the film. The film is the story of these two young women and their recovery at the eating disorder treatment center. The film aims to expose what lies behind the disorder that plagues millions and demonstrate the importance of connecting with oneself and each other.
Maceo "Tendaji" Lester is a filmmaker based in Baltimore, MD. His work ranges from music videos, narrative film, documentaries and wedding videography. Lester earned his BA in Mass Communications at Virginia State University. Years later he enrolled at the Maryland Institute College of Art where he received his MFA in Film. His love of music, sports and African American culture are very prevalent in his work. His work has been screened and won awards at several film festivals across the nation and internationally. Lester aspires to tell authentic stories that will substantially impact race/gender equity and help cultivate storytellers of the next generation.
Host Katherine Marshall Woods interviews filmmaker Chase Parker about the psychology behind his film Welcome to Afrotree. Welcome to Afrotree explores a couples' journey in settling into a new home in an all black community. While the couple becomes acquainted with their neighbors, they realize that they must question their cultural identity as a black person as they adjust to living around all African American people.
Best Psychology in Film, born from the book Best Psychology in Film (2018), interviews filmmakers regarding the psychological concepts found within their work through "in the mind" of a filmmaker interviews.