Cinema Red Pill podcast

Cinema Red Pill podcast

Cinema Red Pill is a film podcast by Uganda-based cinephile Sharon (@shasha_ky). Listen for thoughts and analysis about films from Africa and the diaspora. Email: cinemaredpill@gmail.com

Episodes

April 12, 2024 64 mins

We discuss two international films: The Zone of Interest and Killers of the Flower Moon. Two movies that showcase horrible events and people in very different ways.

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In this episode, Timothy talks to writer/director and soon-to-be entertainment lawyer, Yuhi Amuli. He talks about his journey as a filmmaker, Rwanda’s film industry and how his personal experiences have inspired his two feature films ‘A Taste of Our Land’ and ‘Citizen Kwame’.

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In a new episode, we talk about the HBO documentary Savior Complex.  We are joined by Gerald Odil (Raldy) who worked as a researcher for the documentary and visual artist, Charity Atukunda. We share our thoughts on the film and have a broader conversation about how these types of ‘saviors’ remain present in Uganda.

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Timothy and Sharon discuss the Oscar-nominated documentary 'Bobi Wine: The People's President' in this episode.

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October 17, 2023 29 mins

In this episode, we talk about our experience attending the Matatu Film Stage, showcasing 6 short films from Uganda and East Africa.


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This week we talk about Netflix’s recent short film anthology, ‘African Folktales, Reimagined’ where 6 filmmakers from Africa each made a short film inspired by a folktale from their region. 

We rank the films and talk about each entry, digging into what aspects we loved and those we did not.


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We talk about Elesin Oba: The Kings Horseman this week, an adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s play Death and the King's Horseman. So happy to be joined by Wilfred Okichie, a prolific Nigerian film critic and curator who adds a lot of great context to the discussion.

Elesin Oba: The Kings Horseman is available on Netflix.

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#Episode109 Weren’t we all wondering what the sequel would even be about after the death of Chadwick Boseman? Joel, Sharon and brand new guest Royal Kenogo get into their expectations for the Black Panther sequel, the aspects they enjoyed and those they didn't. WARNING! The episode is full of spoilers please listen after watching the film

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#Episode108 We gathered together again to talk about ‘The Woman King’, we talk about the controversy regarding the film's inaccurate depiction of the Dahomey and Agojie and dig into the filmmaking and storytelling aspects that stood out for us.

Happy to have Charity Atukunda back again to help us unpack the film.

This episode has been released as audio-only


Link to Addanggaman: https://rarefilmm.com/2020/11/adanggaman-2000/

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October 12, 2022 19 mins

In this super-short episode of the podcast, the crew goes over their favourite TV shows that they've been watching recently. Each host had to zero down to one TV show which is no easy feat to do with the good (and bad) stuff out there.

Credits Jingle by Karan Sandhu Promo Graphics by Charity Atukunda Editing by Timothy Niwamanya & Sharon Kyomuhangi

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The 6th edition of The Ngalabi Short Film Festival took place at The International University of East Africa over three days from the 28th to the 30th of July 2022 and as is the tradition with this podcast we got together to talk about the short films that stood out for us.

The Ngalabi Short Film Festival is organized by Goethe-Zentrum Kampala with a variety of shorts showcased from all over Africa & Germany.  

The festiva...

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It's pride month and Sharon’s got a couple of queer movie recommendations for you!


Films mentioned:

Rafiki (2018)

Pride (2014)

Fire Island (2022)

Something Must break (2014)

Pariah (2011)

The Handmaiden (2016)

Paris is Burning (1990)

Benedetta (2021)


Jingle by Karan Sandhu

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Excited to speak to Naseeba Bagalaaliwo this week over zoom about her debut animated short film ‘Scalp Deep’. She details the journey behind its conception; how it started off as a documentary project researching the origin of short hair policies in Ugandan schools and more. The result, a short film that interrogates the stereotypes attached to black women’s hair. 


Watch Scalp Deep here; https://vimeo.com/user123740005

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Timothy talks about a recent movie he watched and loved, Robert Eggers, The Northman for our mini-episode this week. He digs into the epic tales' inspiration from mythology, brilliant twists and the director's past films.

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This week we had a conversation with the phenomenal filmmaker Patience Nitumwesiga. We dig into the process, production and inspiration behind her three short films: Communion, Heaven Sounds Boring and Jangu. We also get into the realities of the Ugandan film industry and she shares about her exciting upcoming feature film projects.

Link to Mbaganire—An African Folktales Podcast on Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...

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We are weekly again!! Audio only though 😊😊. From the request of several listeners, we will release much shorter episodes every other week. On these MINI EPISODES one of the hosts or guests will recommend something that they have recently watched to our listeners. (10 minutes maximum!)

Starting off Joel Tugaineyo watched Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and has some thoughts!

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We made it to 100 episodes!❗️🎉🔥💃🏾.  For this special episode the hosts reminiscence about the past 5 years of podcasting, their most memorable episodes and some that they wish could be forgotten. Topping it off by responding to the dreaded question; what’s your favorite movie of all time?


Watch on youtube here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PknRgZK6uuY&ab_channel=CinemaRedPill


Videography by Royal Kenogo &a...

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April 14, 2022 65 mins

We’re talking Spiderman: No Way Home. In the episode we talk about the over-connectedness of the franchise, all the homework needed to understand the films and what we hope will be coming next. Our resident comic book nerd Joel Tugaineyo takes us through all the backstage drama behind the hit film.

Watch the video podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fciF6kfQeY&ab_channel=CinemaRedPill

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Sharon, Timothy and Joel are baaaaack…..for real this time, returning as an audio and video podcast.

In this episode, they talk about Uganda’s first Netflix release ‘The Girl In The Yellow Jumper’, directed by Loukman Ali. The 3 of them talk about the iconic actors starring in the film, Loukman’s phenomenal cinematography and the massive recognition this film has received.

Watch the video podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch...

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In an episode hosted by Timothy, we have Joel and special guest Charity Atukunda talk about their favourite Japanese anime films and TV shows.

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