rePROFilm Podcast

rePROFilm

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rePROFilm Podcast

Hosted and produced by Asha Dahya rePROFilm connects storytellers and advocates who celebrate bodily autonomy. We curate mission-aligned short films in our online publication, The Periodical, along with an original interview podcast, playlist, newsworthy links and other small bits of activism. All you have to do is sign up at reprofilm.org

AUG 7

HOW TO CARRY WATER with Shoog McDaniel

Fat activist Allison Graham talks to photographer Shoog McDaniel about what it was like to be on the other side of the lens for the documentary about their life and art practice. “I want people to see the movie and not be able to see a difference between the beautiful spring water and the beautiful Belly. I want it to be one and the same.” — Shoog McDaniel on the Periodical Podcast“My work is about highlighting bodies and lives that are often overlooked by popular society. I enjoy photographi...

27 min
JUL 24

a conversation with Fat Activist Allison Graham

It’s a very compassionate thing to do to see yourself as you are and not hate yourself.” — Allison Graham on building fat community in her hometownAdvocate and community-builder Allison Graham joins guest host Emily Christensen for a conversation about why she likes the word fat, body positivity vs. fat liberation, and how anti-fat bias shows up in the work she does as a therapist and advocate for survivors of sexual violence.More recently, Allison has been working to build fat community in W...

39 min
JUN 24 · BONUS

COLLECTIVE LENS

Today on the podcast, and the 2nd anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Asha Dahya speaks with Florencia Varela of Peace Is Loud and Lela Meadow-Conner of rePROFilm, along with several filmmakers who participated in the recent Collective Lens Impact Training program to talk about why supporting films in reproductive justice is so important.Peace is Loud is a 501(c)3 non-profit that harnesses the power of storytelling by women, trans, and nonbinary change makers to mobiliz...

32 min
MAY 22

HOW NOT TO DATE WHILE TRANS with Nyala Moon

On the Periodical Podcast, triple threat Nyala Moon chats about her “Fleabag”- inspired fourth-wall-breaking short film “How to Date While Trans.”Like a lot of actors, Moon had to create the content she wanted to star in. When she was in school, pre-”Pose,” she jokes that most roles for trans people were “dead hooker #87” on “Law & Order: SVU.” She realized she couldn’t depend on others to create the kind of characters she wanted to play. Moon’s “modern stories for trans people,” ar...

40 min
APR 3

BLACK MADONNA with Morgan Jerkins & Zora Schiltz Rouse

“I don't personally believe you can extricate environmental issues from reproductive issues because if a mother is drinking polluted water, what is that going to do to her system? What is that going to do to the system of the baby that she's housing? If she lives in an area where he can see noxious fumes being pumped into the air because of a nearby refinery, what is that going to do to her respiratory system? … If she lives in a food desert, what is that going to do to her strength? All of t...

57 min
SEASON 2, EPISODE 2 TRAILER

Teaser with Morgan Jerkins & Zora Schiltz Rouse

Morgan Jerkins and Zora Schiltz Rouse are young filmmakers working at the thematic intersection of environmental and reproductive justice.Morgan is a New York Times bestselling author and National Magazine Award-winning journalist. Zora is a producer and director who most recently worked on a Ryan Murphy show for FX. We'll be back with their full interview on April 3 — think of it as a post-film Q&A. In the meantime, follow them on IG: @_morganjerkins, @zoritapepitaSupport the showIf you ...

1 min
FEB 7

with sexologist Tyomi Morgan

More than a decade ago, Tyomi Morgan noticed no prominent Black women were talking about sexual health. “Instead of complaining about it, I said, ‘You know what? I’m going to enter into this space.” The sexologist and designer of The Cowgirl Workout sits down with Asha Dahya to discuss how our bodies are hardwired for pleasure, the way cultural B.S. interferes with that reality, and how we can reconnect. “This is part of our humanness. Our sexuality, no matter what it looks like, is a pa...

57 min
12/15/2023

LABOR + JUSTICE with Sara Joy Byington

“Labor + Justice” is such a tonally wild and imaginative film, we were fascinated to hear a behind-the-scenes conversation about of how it came together. For example, director Sarah Joy Byington researched real-life stories of women charged with crimes after experiencing miscarriages or stillbirths. Their stories inspired her dystopian narrative. On this month’s Periodical Podcast, the director speaks with Asha Dahya about making a shocking-yet-sensitive film. She also shares how motherhood h...

35 min

TRAILER

Teaser with Morgan Jerkins & Zora Schiltz Rouse

Morgan Jerkins and Zora Schiltz Rouse are young filmmakers working at the thematic intersection of environmental and reproductive justice.Morgan is a New York Times bestselling author and National Magazine Award-winning journalist. Zora is a producer and director who most recently worked on a Ryan Murphy show for FX. We'll be back with their full interview on April 3 — think of it as a post-film Q&A. In the meantime, follow them on IG: @_morganjerkins, @zoritapepitaSupport the showIf you ...

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Hosted and produced by Asha Dahya rePROFilm connects storytellers and advocates who celebrate bodily autonomy. We curate mission-aligned short films in our online publication, The Periodical, along with an original interview podcast, playlist, newsworthy links and other small bits of activism. All you have to do is sign up at reprofilm.org

Creator

rePROFilm
Years Active

2022 - 2024
Episodes

36
Rating

Clean
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