No Panic No Pain, Ainu Mosir, and A Star in A Bottle
No Panic No Pain, Ainu Mosir, and A Star in A Bottle
A featured article by Luisana Cortez and a podcast interviewing Merawi Gerima.
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Featured Article
cock-fight
Now my man is watching a cock-fight
and begins to lose,
quiet and reverent as any man
Album
No Panic No Pain by Flohio
Through this project, Flohio manages to access a lot of deep-seated anger, while allowing you to step into her shoes and understand her world.
Film
Ainu Mosir directed by Takeshi Fukunaga
Fukunaga’s “Ainu Mosir” diligently tells the modern-day story of the Ainu, a people who rightfully attempt to preserve their century-old culture in a country that wants them to assimilate.
Essay
A Star in A Bottle by Raffi Khatchadourian
Is generating the power of a star with the click of a button feasible?
Playlist
Teresa’s steami features Kanye West, Michael Kiwanuka, and Naulé
Teresa’s favorite track: “California Dreaming” by Arman Cekin, Paul Rey
Description: “It’s almost winter break…time to get hype with Teresa’s summer-before-college playlist. Even though Teresa did get into a car accident that summer while this was playing it’s still a bop.”
Podcast
Episode #28: Autumn Punch and an Interview with Merawi Gerima
On this week’s episode, Teresa and Sam interview director Merawi Gerima over a cup of autumn punch. Merawi Gerima is a Black independent filmmaker from D.C., who just released his first feature film, Residue. Residue tells the story of a filmmaker named Jay, who returns from California to his home on Q Street, in Washington D.C. Jay comes back in hopes of making a film about Q Street and the people he grew up in, only to find a gentrified neighborhood and family and friends who have also changed over the last few years. Residue is distributed by ARRAY and can be found on Netflix. Merawi talks to Teresa and Sam about how the limitations he faced in making Residue turned into creative strengths, being rooted in Washington D.C., and the way Residue was a story he felt he needed to tell not only for others, but also for himself.
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