In this episode, Jason and Yvonne sit down with Jacqueline Olive, a friend and a filmmaker. All three met through her documentary, “Always in Season” at the Sundance Film Festival. Here, they sit down and examine the meaning behind the question, “Who’s telling the story, and does that add or take away from the story?” Through the lens of storytellers and their own experiences as People of Color living in America, they respond.
This week:
- Jason asks, “How do we author history?
- Jacqueline’s work is about filling in the gaps of narrative in history?
- Jackie’s documentary, “Always in Season” won the 2019 Sundance Special Jury Prize for Moral Urgency
- Jackie asks, “Who’s telling the story, and does that add or take away from the story?"
- Quote originates from Greek poet, Dinos Christianopoulos “They tried to bury us but they didn’t know we were seeds.”
- Jackie talks about how acts of rebellion and resistance inspire her to create
- Jackie says that having a child is authoring history
- Jackie described the racial tension that she and her family experienced in Mississippi
- Jackie says authoring history is about going to school with questions, not answers
- Yvonne asks Jackie if she finds that some Black people do not want to talk about painful racial topics
- Jackie responds that she is not about to judge them, but she will make space for the conversation to be had
- Jason says that trauma can also stop us from exploring our ancestry
- Jason explores why some people stop talking about their history
Cocktail: Manhattan
Recipe
- 2 oz of Rye Whiskey
- 1 oz sweet vermouth
- Three teaspoons of simple syrup
- Several dashes* of Angostura and orange bitters
- Brandied cherry
- Stirred in a mixing tin
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