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Remarkable ReceptionsCasting Shug Avery ep. by Nicole DixonCharting a Black woman character who has been played by multiple actressesWritten by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2024-08-1803 minRemarkable ReceptionsCasting Black People ep. by Nicole DixonCasting Black people mattersWritten by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2024-08-1803 minRemarkable ReceptionsCasting Celie ep. by Nicole DixonCharting a Black woman character who has been played by ten different actressesWritten by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2024-08-1804 minRemarkable ReceptionsChester Himes’s Contribution to BlaxploitationThe role of the adaptation of Chester Himes's Cotton Comes to Harlem in the history of Black Cinema Written by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2024-08-1803 minRemarkable ReceptionsThree Adaptations of Native Son ep. by Nicole DixonCharting the multiple adaptations of Richard Wright's well-known novelWritten by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2024-08-1803 minRemarkable ReceptionsOscar Micheaux, Spike Lee, and The Birth of a Nation ep. by Nicole DixonThere is one notorious film that compelled Oscar Micheaux and Spike Lee to respond.Written by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2024-08-1803 minRemarkable ReceptionsThe Forever Trailer--The Underground Railroad ep. by Nicole DixonA brief take on a compelling trailer by Barry Jenkins for the adaptation of a novel by Colson WhiteheadWritten by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2024-08-1802 minRemarkable ReceptionsSamuel Jackson and the Casting debate ep. by Nicole DixonThat time Samuel Jackson brought attention to a debate about Black-on-Black castingWritten by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2024-08-1703 minRemarkable ReceptionsThe Color Purple, Again and Again ep. by Nicole DixonConsidering a movie-musical inspired by a Broadway musical, which was influenced by a film adapted from a novel.Written by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2024-08-1704 minRemarkable ReceptionsStreaming African American Novel Adaptations ep. by Nicole DixonHere's one important way that streaming affected adaptations of African American novelsWritten by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2024-08-1702 minRemarkable ReceptionsOscar Micheaux Adaptation of an Adaptation -- ep. by Nicole DixonA short take on the works of a autobiographer turned novelist turned filmmakerWritten by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm 2024-07-2403 minRemarkable ReceptionsBlack Novels and Screen AdaptationsA short take on the adaptations of novels into productions on the screen.Script by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2024-04-0903 minRemarkable ReceptionsThe Internal Dialogue of Colson Whitehead's Crook ManifestoA short take on the inner musings of characters from Colson Whitehead's Crook Manifesto (2023). Script by Nicole Dixon, Rie’Onna Holmon, Jalen White, and Howard Rambsy.Read by Kassandra Timm2024-03-0904 minRemarkable ReceptionsThe Internal Dialogue of Colson Whitehead's Harlem ShuffleA short take on the inner musings of characters from Colson Whitehead's Harlem Shuffle (2021). Script by Nicole Dixon, Rie’Onna Holmon, Jalen White, and Howard Rambsy.Read by Kassandra Timm2024-03-0904 minRemarkable ReceptionsCasting Viola Davis -- ep. by Nicole DixonA short take on the career of Viola Davis. Written by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2023-12-2703 minRemarkable ReceptionsCasting Bias -- ep. by Nicole DixonA short take about the ways movie producers light-wash black characters.Episode written and read by Nicole Dixon.2023-06-0502 minRemarkable ReceptionsCasting Cora -- ep. by Nicole DixonA short take on Thuso Mbedu from South Africa who was cast as a 15-year-old enslaved black girl named Cora in the film adaptation of Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad.Episode written and read by Nicole Dixon2023-06-0502 minRemarkable ReceptionsBlack Diaspora and Casting Possibilities -- ep. by Nicole DixonA short take on some varied possibilities of black casting in films adapted from African American novels. Written by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm.2023-05-0502 minRemarkable ReceptionsAfrican American literature, film adaptations, and Barry Jenkins -- ep. by Nicole DixonA short take on African American novels adapted to film by Barry Jenkins.Written by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2023-02-2002 minRemarkable ReceptionsAugust Wilson -- ep. by Nicole DixonA short take on August Wilson and film adaptations of his work. Written by Nicole Dixon.Read by Kassandra Timm.2023-01-2202 minRemarkable ReceptionsNovelist and Television writer, Nichelle Tramble Spellman -- ep. by Nicole Dixon and Howard Rambsy IIA short take on novelist-turned-television writer and producer, Nichelle Tramble Spellman. Nicole Dixon and Howard Rambsy II.Read by Kassandra Timm.2022-12-2903 minRemarkable ReceptionsWaiting to Exhale film adaptation - ep. by Nicole DixonA short take on the adaption of the novel Waiting to Exhale into a film.Written by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm.2022-12-1603 minRemarkable ReceptionsOprah Winfrey, Film, and African American literature -- ep. by Nicole DixonA short take on Oprah Winfrey's contributions to film and African American literature. Written by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2022-11-1702 minRemarkable ReceptionsThe Color Purple film adaptation -- ep. by Nicole DixonA short take on responses to a novel-turned-film. Episode by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm2022-10-1003 min