Six episodes, July to December 2023. Each one pairs a guest with a single structural idea, and each has a bonus episode on Patreon where the guest brings a film clip of their own.
Andrew Coles — guest
What systemic structures mean for American film: how Hollywood became one, its progress and its dilemma, the long-term effects, and ideas for change.
Bonus — Andrew shares and discusses a film clip relating to systemic structures.
Becky Morrison — guest
How militarization has shaped the film and commercial industry across her career, and how her production company, The Light, has built production innovation to counter it.
Bonus — Becky shares video of what it looks like to be on set with The Light.
Kelvin Yu — guest
The creator and showrunner of American Born Chinese on the internal struggles historically underrepresented people face in the industry, what he faces personally, and how internal obstacles differ from external ones.
Bonus — Kelvin discusses his clip choices on internal obstacles.
Caroline Renard — guest
The TV and film writer and 2023 WGA strike captain on why that year’s strike looked so different from the ones before it, and how the presence of marginalized writers shook things up.
Bonus — Caroline discusses her clip choices on unions and their history.
Edith Rodriguez — guest
The writer and director on the parallels between corporate America and the film industry, the effects of capitalism on film as a “product”, and what that does to writers and creators.
Bonus — Edith discusses her clip choices on corporate America and the film industry.
Ashley Eakin — guest
The writer and director on fighting reductive representation in film and TV, and advocating for her community of filmmakers with disabilities to be authentically represented in their own storytelling.
Bonus — Ashley discusses her clip choices on reductive representation.