A podcast produced by and featuring students enrolled in this semester’s Radical Cinema course was recently featured on WXRW Riverwest Radio.
The course, taught by Portia Cobb (Professor, Film), examines global art movements, politics, cultural movements, social issues and historical events through film. This semester, students explored radical Brazilian cinema.
The podcast, titled “These Films May Wreck You,” discusses two landmark Brazilian classics: “Quilombo” (1964) by Carlos Diegues and “Pixote” (1980) by Hector Babenco.
Student participants were Jette Anderson, Jonathan Evans D’Auria, Jack Ellinger, Emma Lynette Kipp, Zachary Milan Micka, Faraja Mikome (2nd moderator), Elijah K. Ashburn Pesavanto, Meghan Catherine Schlicht, Jace Sharkey (1st moderator and board operator), Bowman Burkey Simon, Samuel Holden Tills, Melissa Rose Ulate, William Thomas Weber (camera operator and presenter), Reagen Trinity Wilmert, and Donovan Thomas Yesbeck.
The hour-long program went live on Wednesday May 7. Listen to the full podcast on WXRW Riverwest Radio’s Soundcloud.
