Show notes
River City Stories collaborator Paul Hood joins Wally to talk about Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show and the many forms of protest that artists have at their disposal. Along the way, we talk about Iranian cinema, Spike Lee, the Civil Rights Movement, and the underrated gem that is The Last Black Man in San Francisco.00:00:29 Kendrick Lamar and the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show00:13:01 Why Did Samuel L. Jackson Show Up?00:16:40 Gil Scott-Heron and The Revolution Will Not Be Televised00:25:59 Difficult art and Pablo Picasso’s Guernica00:30:19 The Last Black Man in San Francisco00:42:20 Ava DuVernay’s Selma and Historical Protest00:45:50 Alex Garland’s Civil War00:53:06 Iranian Cinema and The Seed of the Sacred Fig00:57:43 Jafar Panahi and This Is Not a Film01:03:58 Spike Lee’s Protest Cinema: Bamboozled01:05:59 Inside Man: Hiding Protest in Plain Sight01:08:18 The 25th Hour01:08:50 Do the Right Thing01:12:14 Chi-Raq01:13:27 Modern Protest CinemaGet tickets for River City Stories: 🎟️ https://www.westshoretheatre.org/tickets/Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/