11 episodes
Hollywood in Color Diana Martinez
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5.0 • 50 Ratings
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Hollywood in Color is a new podcast telling the stories of the stars usually left out of entertainment history — the people of color in front of and behind the camera who have been representing for over a century. Host Diana Martinez has a PhD in film and media studies and has written for Slate, The Atlantic, and Women in Hollywood.
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Sonic Cinema: The Making of Selena
The movie Selena was without a doubt Jennifer Lopez's big break, but it was also the completion of singer Selena Quintanilla's much-anticipated crossover into American mainstream music.
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Sonic Cinema: The Making of The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard, released in 1992, starring Whitney Houston in her first acting role and leading man Kevin Costner, was a mainstream film about an interracial relationship — with maybe very little to say about race.
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Hattie McDaniel: The Beginning
"Mammy" is only one role of many that made up Hattie McDaniel's multi-faceted career. She was also a singer, a songwriter, a stage and vaudeville veteran, a comedian, and a radio personality. In the first episode of the season, we follow her journey from Denver, Colorado to Hollywood.
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Hattie McDaniel: Winning and Losing
When Gone with the Wind was released, critics were flabbergasted by the willing participation from black actors to be in the film. Hattie McDaniel was at the center of this controversy. She really wanted the part, but she couldn’t foresee, or, maybe she just didn’t care, about the backlash.
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Hattie McDaniel: The End
In the third and final episode of the season, Hattie finds it difficult to keep up as Hollywood and her community forge ahead to a new era of black representation and politics.
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Las Reinas of Los Angeles: The Beginning
Season 1: Lupe Vélez and Dolores Del Río, Las Reinas — the Queens — of Los Angeles starts in 1920s Mexico, where Lupe and Dolores grew up and found their love for performance. We’ll follow Lupe and Dolores as they make their way to Hollywood from Mexico and taste their first sips of stardom.
Customer Reviews
Beautifully researched
My favorite podcast lovingly researched and produced. I really hope there are more episodes coming soon
PLEASE KEEP MAKING PODCASTS!
I just discovered this series and gobbled it up. I absolutely love this podcast, and it makes me SO proud to be a Latina. I look forward to more, also your new sonic podcast releases are a great pivot. Keep going girl, we’re listening!
Everyone, we need more podcasts like this, tell your girls, tell your sisters, your mami, your tias!
Simply amazing
I’m very picky about the content I listen too: it has to be educational, not simply entertaining, have a well-crafted story and well-narrated. This podcast has it all. It touches upon the topics that even a well-educated person may not have come across simply because, as the author points out, history often leaves the stories of the minorities untold. Season 1 was such an insightful glance into the history, the social context and the enigmatic personalities of Las Reinas of Los Angeles. The amount of research that went into crafting these episodes is amazing, I feel like I just took an semester-long course at a liberal arts college. Thank you, Diana, for bringing these stories to life!