Christian invites a panel of UMass Amherst film scholars, including Barbara Zecchi, Director of Film Studies, and Daniel Pope and Barry Spence on the Film Studies faculty, to pick their brains about the new Film Major coming to the University, their the films they are watching and thinking about while isolating at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. This episode takes you right into their homes for a fascinating discussion of the challenges of the pandemic, film culture durning quarantine, and what you should see now. (Note: This podcast was recorded in May before the dramatic and historic events unfolding in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. UMassterclass is preparing a Black Lives Matter episode soon.)

Guests: Barbara Zecchi, Daniel Pope, Barry Spence

Barbara Zecchi's Vimeo: https://www.barbarazecchi.com/video-essays

Produced/Edited/Hosted by Christian Buckley | Podcast theme by Corey Shaya | Podcast art by Jacky Celestino