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Peace Comrades. For our next episode we have Adam Thomas joining for what is the first part of a 2 part series of episodes called Black Noir '92 where we dig into two Black American Film Noirs that hold interesting analysis on American culture in what is supposes to be "The End of History" when it comes to Liberal Democracy. Our first film is One False Move (1992) Directed by Carl Franklin. It stars Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton, and Michael Beach. One False Move is a bit of a cult

For the first episode of Within Our Gates Theory Corner I take a dive into the structure and inspirations for my new framework of this podcast. I touch on why Third Cinema still matters, Walter Rodney's thoughts around Marxism as methodology, Clyde Taylor's intervention on aesthetics and what does this all mean for the artist who aims to make art a revolutionary weapon. Texts discussed/referenced: Toward a Third Cinema by Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino Marxism and Africa by Walter Rodney The

For the first episode w version of Within Our Gates podcast our host Mtume break's down three contemporary documentaries, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, Israelism and Dahomey. He also explains the format of the cinematic works end of the show and in the process finds a unison in these films that expose a pernicious strain in current films that hold "political" content and how they expose liberalisms long hand in pacifying radical history. To get a jump on the shows a week early and also recieve bonus