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Art RestartFilm composer Sultana Isham's curiosity takes her from horror to the stars.For New Orleans-based film composer Sultana Isham, plunging into research on her subject matter is as important as creating her score. Trained as a classical violinist, she moved from her native Virginia to New Orleans to steep herself in one of her passions, the peoples, history and culture of Créolité throughout the Americas and abroad. Once in New Orleans, Sultana Initially busked in various venues around New Orleans and then started playing with Les Cenelles, an ensemble devoted to Creole folk music and work by composers of color. She began to write her own pieces, and in...2024-03-0426 min
Women In The Music IndustryEp. 25 "EmmoLei Sankofa" (Composer For "The Other Black Girl", "Big Grrrls", "Three Ways", "Step Up" / Producer / Musician / Artist)Welcome to the episode 25 of "Women In The Music Industry", a podcast that shines a spotlight on the remarkable women who are breaking barriers and making their mark in an industry that has long been dominated by men. My guest on this episode is none other than composer, producer, musician and artist extraordinaire EmmoLei Sankofa, whose work spans music, visual media, and fine art. EmmoLei’s original music can be heard on the stand-out comedy, “Three Ways” on Hulu, Season 3 of STARZ’s “Step Up” series, Lizzo’s Emmy-Award winning series, “Watch Out For the Big Grrrls” on Am...2023-12-111h 02
Our Body PoliticWhat Horror Noire Reveals About American SocietyOn this episode of Our Body Politic, host Farai Chideya is celebrating the spooky season with Black women creators of horror. First we hear her conversation with Louisiana-based writer and director Zandashé Brown on expanding the canon of Black Southern gothic horror. Then Farai speaks with Tonia Ransom, author and creator of the award-winning horror fiction podcast Nightlight. We round out the show with award-winning author Tananarive Due talking about her newest book, ‘The Reformatory.’2023-10-2755 min
The Merwomanist PodcastTalking Black Horror with Nicole SconiersTrigger Warnings:
We are talking about horror. So there is some mention of violence, murder, and sexual violence. There are no graphic descriptions.
Summary
In the second episode of my Black horror series, I interview my friend, writer and screenwriter of horror and speculative Fiction, Nicole D. Sconiers. This is such a rich, vibrant, productive conversation full of so many Black horror recs!
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The Oscar Project Podcast1.10 Author Interview with Mia MaskSend us a textIt's a first for The Oscar Project, an interview with an author who writes about movies. Today's guest is Mia Mask, a professor at Vassar College where she teaches African American cinema, Documentary History, and seminars on topics including horror film and auteurs like Spike Lee, Charles Burnett and Ava DuVernay. She also teaches feminist film theory, African national cinemas, and other genre courses. Her commentary can be heard on NPR and her first book Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film was published in 2009. Today she joins me to talk about...2023-06-2027 min