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New from Portolan: "The Ontological Impasse: Stasis, and the Courage of the Unknown" by Kamran Baradaran
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I'll be off socials for a while to finish up some projects. In the meantime you can catch me on a couple of eps. of Guerrilla History Podcadt (at least 1 w/ Dr. Horne), & of course there'll be some eps. of@coldwarcinema.com & De Facto, & a couple publications as well. I'll try to post linksβοΈ
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ICYMI, here's the latest episode of Cold War Cinema, with guest Adam McKay. It's a good one!
We chopped it up with the director Adam McKay (@ghostpanther.bsky.social) on the pod this week, examining John Frankenheimer's SECONDS (1966), Cold War paranoia, medical horror, climate change, Adams's film career and more. Check it out!
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You can also check out our interview with Adam McKay over at the De Facto Podcast YouTube Channel.
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You can also check out our interview with Adam McKay over at the De Facto Podcast YouTube Channel.
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Director, writer & producer Adam McKay (@ghostpanther.bsky.social) sat down w/ the @coldwarcinema.com crew to discuss John Frankenheimer's 1966 psychological thriller SECONDS. McKay talks about his political & cinematic influences, the paranoid style, climate apocalypse, Ho Chi Minh, & much more.
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Here comes trouble! Over on @coldwarcinema.com, special guest @ghostpanther.bsky.social (The Big Short, Anchorman) joins us to discuss John Frankheimerβs Seconds, the shifting politics and aesthetics of Cold War paranoia in the 1960s, and the movies and politics that influence McKayβs work today.
Director, writer & producer Adam McKay (@ghostpanther.bsky.social) sat down w/ the @coldwarcinema.com crew to discuss John Frankenheimer's 1966 psychological thriller SECONDS. McKay talks about his political & cinematic influences, the paranoid style, climate apocalypse, Ho Chi Minh, & much more.
I am excited to report that the 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia of the Black Arts Movement is due out this June, inside which you will find entries on Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, and John Coltrane by yours truly.
On Dimanche Gras, I wrote about how imperialism in the Caribbean feels from Trinidadβs North Coast. Blessings to the Joseph and Samaroo families and the people of Las Cuevas. portolan-journal.org?post=a-carib...
New from Portolan:
"A Caribbean Crucifixion: The Odyssey of Rishi & Charpo" by @ryanceciljobson.bsky.social
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My co-hosts @ptklein.com, @jasonachristian.bsky.social & I have a very exciting special guest on deck for the next episode of Cold War Cinema... I wonder who it be???
To find out, make sure to follow @coldwarcinema.com and stay tuned because the new episode drops next week!
New episode is live!
The CWC team discusses the brilliant Soviet film LETTER NEVER SENT (1959), dir. by Mikhail Kalatozov. We explain the tenets of socialist realism, the function of the Western genre in the US context vs. the USSR context, and more.
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For @blackagendareport.bsky.social, Gerald Horne & I explore the history & political economy of boxing & US race relations, recontextualizing the so-called "Jake Paul phenomenon" geopolitically as a cultural expression of MAGA & thus as uniquely symptomatic of imperial decadence US-style
New piece by myself & Gerald Horne for @blackagendareport.bsky.social:
"Shadowboxing with Ghosts: Whiteness, Jake Paul, and the Crisis of U.S. Imperialism"
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New piece by myself & Gerald Horne for @blackagendareport.bsky.social:
"Shadowboxing with Ghosts: Whiteness, Jake Paul, and the Crisis of U.S. Imperialism"
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