Season 2

Five episodes and a minisode, February to June 2024. Season 2 widens the lens from the structures themselves to the people working inside them.

Filosophical
Minisode
Feb 12, 2024

Why I Started This Podcast

Tiffany Frances — host

The writer, director and co-host gives some background on why she decided to start Film Filosophy.

01Feb 19, 2024

Using Data to Solve Hollywood’s Lack of Representation

Kartik Hosanagar — guest

The professor and four-time founder on how he became interested in Hollywood’s inclusion problem, what led him to use data to attack it, and where he expects AI to take the industry.

Bonus — Kartik discusses his clip choices on data and representation.

02Mar 18, 2024

The Cultural Box

Linda Yvette Chávez — guest

The showrunner, director and co-creator of Netflix’s Gentefied on what it means to be placed in a cultural box, why our voices should not be limited to our own communities, and how to get people thinking outside it.

Bonus — Linda discusses her clip choices on the cultural box.

03Apr 15, 2024

Forgotten Stories in Cinema

Maegan Houang — guest

The writer, director, co-producer of The Sympathizer and story editor on Shōgun on why forgotten stories need telling through film, and the parallels between American history and American cinema.

Bonus — Maegan discusses her clip choices on forgotten stories.

04May 20, 2024

The Complexity of Intersectionality in Media

Ryan Alexander Holmes — guest

The actor and content creator, known for embracing his mixed Chinese and African American heritage, on the complexity of intersectionality in media and why diving into humanity matters to the art of storytelling.

Bonus — Ryan discusses his clip choices on intersectionality in media.

05Jun 17, 2024

The 1970s New Hollywood Movement

R.J. O’Young — guest

How the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s and its scene of independent cinema relates to the landscape the industry finds itself in now.

Bonus — R.J. discusses his clip choices on the New Hollywood movement.