This second episode of Can You Hear Us Now, focuses on the representation of LGBTQ + BIPOC women in cinema and media, highlighting how these identities have historically been underrepresented. Mainstream media often represent certain groups, like gay men or heterosexual relationships, while overlooking diverse perspectives. The episode discusses how a lack of representation is not just on screen, but also off-screen in writing and casting.
Guests:
Joy Goodwin is the director of the screenwriting minor program at UNC-Chapel Hill. Prior to joining the UNC faculty, she worked as a writer and as a movie producer with credits in Black Nativity (2013), After.Life, featuring Liam Neeson, and smaller indie films like May in the Summer (2013), which follows a woman returning to her childhood home in Jordan and grappling with the cultural divide between herself and her family.
Dr. Michelle Robinson is a professor of American studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, where she teaches courses on cultural forms including standup comedy, film and literature, particularly detective fiction. Her work studies how pop culture reflects and interacts with the American experience.