Lady Bunny on Mae West
Lady Bunny talks about Mae West and West’s influence on her drag in an excerpt from PBS’ American Masters. Watch here.
Monstrum: “Real Live Monster Slayers Are More Hardcore Than Fiction.”
At Monstrum, Dr. Emily Zarka talks about Abraham Van Helsing. “How did Van Helsing go from academic in Dracula to action hero icon? This episode explores his evolution from Victorian scholar to monster-hunting legend, unpacking his role in the novel, pop culture legacy, and why he remains the […]
“A History of Funk Music and Black Liberation in the 1970s”
The Independent Lens has a look at Funk and Black Liberation. “‘WE WANT THE FUNK!,’ a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spans from gospel, soul, highlife, and early jazz roots, to its rise and impact on new wave and hip-hop, as funk music has been […]
“Octavia Butler, Grand Dame of Science Fiction”
At PBS’s It’s Lit, Lindsay Ellis and Princess Weekes talk about the Grand Dame of Science Fiction, Octavia Butler. “If you are a fan of science fiction a name you should be familiar with is Octavia E. Butler (cough especially if you watched our telly award-winning Afro-Futurism video […]
Ursula K. LeGuin on The Lathe Of Heaven
Bill Moyers interviews Ursula K. LeGuin about writing, her process, and the 1980 PBS adaptation of her novel, The Lathe Of Heaven (1971). It’s really good. Watch here.
Minnesota Hardcore
Twin Cities PBS has a swell series on punk history in Minnesota. You can watch it here. And while you are there, check out their documentary, Anti-Racist Skinheads Fighting Nazis: The Baldies!
