Creating Dangerously
The Shawna Foundation Presents Creating Dangerously. Creating Dangerously, is based on the lecture by Albert Camus which he gave on December 14, 1957 at Uppsala University in Sweden, four days after he gave his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In it he said “To create today means to create dangerously. Every publication is a deliberate act, and that act makes us vulnerable to the passions of a century that forgives nothing." ” He said this 12 years after the end of World War II, in which he played a major role in the French Underground. Being a witness to the holocaust, fascism, Stalin’s crimes against humanity and the dropping of the atom bomb twice only helped confirm his philosophy of absurdism which he had formed in the shadows of World War I which took his father. What has changed? We have lived through things like the September 11 attack, to a pandemic to the new threat of the rise of fascism globally. Again. This century also forgives nothing. With hosts Skip Shea, Patrick Bracken and Andrea Wolanin we will explore artists past and present who are doing their part to create dangerously to try to make sense of a world that often doesn't make sense at all.
Episodes
Join us on this Halloween as we discuss all things Body Horror! And by that we mean movies about horrific things that happen to the human body, not about the horrors of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Bodies of Government,
And, most importantly, we bid farewell to one of our cohosts, Andrea Wolanin who moves on to bigger and better things. We are truly grateful for her time and commitment to the Shawna Foundation and helpin...
Earlier this year the New York Times published a list of the 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century. Compiled by, as they state:
“More than 500 influential directors, actors and other notable names in Hollywood and around the world voted on the best films released since Jan. 1, 2000. Here is how their ballots stacked up."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/movies/best-movies-21st-century.html
They also let the readers select the...
The Shawna Foundation and the Creating Dangerously Podcast presents the New Classics Audio Play Series, where we reframe timeless stories through a modern lens.
Our first episode is an adaptation of The Illuminati in Drama Libre, a short, audacious one-act by Alice Gerstenberg, a pioneering American feminist playwright of the early twentieth century.
Alice Gerstenberg (1885–1972) was a bold and inventive voice in American theater, b...
Join Patrick Bracken as he interviews three filmmakers where they discuss their feature length films that are either fully or partially animated. It’s a fascinating discussion about this unique way of storytelling.
All three films will screen at the Shawna Shea Film Festival. For full schedule and ticket info go here: https://www.shawnafoundation.org/ssff-film-festival
Inbetweening by Mel House
Screens July 18th, 5PM at Studio 50 a...
Join Patrick Bracken as he interviews Chelsea Stone who directed the documentary Miss Fury and the Lost Legacy of Tarpé Mills and Rachel van der Bie who directed the documentary Love Me Bait Me.
Both screen at the Shawna Shea Film Festival on July 17th at Studio 50 at WICN, Studio 50 at WICN 50 Portland St, Worcester, MA.
Miss Fury and the Lost Legacy of Tarpé Mills by Chelsea Stone
“Miss Fury and the Lost Legacy of Tarpé Mills” is ...
Join us as we explore the role of artists in the face of fascism and how it can shape the narrative. What's an artist to do?
Links to show notes.
Kendrick Lamar Halftime
https://youtu.be/KDorKy-13ak?si=o84t6J0WE3vGwXpV
Shepard Fairey
Banksy
Keith Haring
Philosophy Now
Lost Cause
Join Andrea Wolanin as she interviews award winning filmmaker Susan Seidelman of such films as Smithereens, Desperately Seeking Susan & Musical Chairs.
They will discuss her new book Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls and her life in the world of cinema and all of its challenges.
Especially for women.
Putting the politics of the USA aside we dedicate a full episode to David Lynch on his passing. We discuss some of his work, his TM and how he has influenced artists to be just that. Artists.
Join us as we play the full 1938 Campbell Playhouse radio production of the Mercury Theater’s performance of Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol".
The radio play had booked Lionel Barrymore to play the main character of Scrooge but his health prevented him from traveling to NY so a 23 year old Orson Welles took the role instead.
He was already the narrator as it was a Mercury Theater Production. The NY theater company was started in...
Join Patrick Bracken, Andrea Wolanin and Skip Shea as they discuss the classic book "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens and many of the film adaptations. Why does this story still resonate today. And is it really possible for someone to change like Scrooge did in our present time. Enjoy. Happy Holidays everyone!
We understand there is an election coming up… So in this episode we take the lead from TCM who are using a list published by the New Republic last year listed The 100 Most Significant Political Films of All Time. Not the best. Or most popular. But most significant.
Here is a link to the article:
https://newrepublic.com/article/173376/100-political-films-new-republic-list
Here is an article about the list:
Our Interview with Jay Kay about his time in the horror community as a writer for HorrorHound, podcaster, panel host, film festival programmer and filmmaker. And then we explore his new film which is anything but horror, Swing 46: The Last Swingin’ Supper Club Documentary about the Swing Renaissance of the 1990s, A Club in New York that was a part of the scene and is still working it today, to Jay’s involvement in that scene.
Social...
Join Patrick Bracken as he interviews some of the nominated Filmmakers of this year's edition of the Shawna Shea Film Festival. And a very special interview with last year's Women in Film Fellowship recipient, Monaye Moyes as they discuss the world premiere of her directorial debut, Hunger.
Joining them is Lindsay and Manny Serrano with Deana Demko for the short Concessions.
Alexandra Gillespie for One Last Thing.
Adam Newman for Ever...
The Truth is Out There
In this episode I interview Brit Elders on the Release of the UFO…Contact from the Pleiades
Volumes I & II (45th Anniversary Edition) by Lee Elders, Brit Elders and Thom Welch.
Together they researched photographs taken by Billy Meier who claimed to have frequent visits with aliens from the Pleiades. Originally they thought it would take a day to label the photos as fakes. Eight years later they could not he...
Part One where Patrick Bracken, Andrea Wolanin and Skip Shea explore the meaning of “Cults” in the arts. What is a cult movie? How is it defined? Does it extend into music like with Bruce Springsteen's SpringNuts and Taylor Swift's Swifts? Join us as we stammer our way in trying to define Cults in the Arts. Or do we just get more confused the deeper we go? Plus another shout out to JimMcDonough. Is he becoming the Matt Damon to o...
Patrick Bracken continues interviewing filmmakers from the 2024 edition of the Mass Indie Film Festival. Joining him for this episode are:
Gabrielle Rosson
She, Who Dared (Short)
April 28 Block Two: Shorts Program at the Hilton
12:30PM
Austin Smagalski
To Die Alone (Feature)
April 26 Block One: To Die Alone at the Hilton
12:30PM
Jenny Herzog
Hear Me (Feature Length Doc)
April 26 Block Thee: Feature Docs at the Hilton
5:30PM
David Camlin
We Are t...
Patrick Bracken continues interviewing filmmakers from the 2024 edition of the Mass Indie Film Festival. Joining him for this episode are:
Gabrielle Rosson
She, Who Dared (Short)
April 28 Block Two: Shorts Program at the Hilton
12:30PM
Austin Smagalski
To Die Alone (Feature)
April 26 Block One: To Die Alone at the Hilton
12:30PM
Jenny Herzog
Hear Me (Feature Length Doc)
April 26 Block Thee: Feature Docs at the Hilton
5:30PM
David Camlin
We Are t...
Patrick Bracken interviews five directors who will have their movies screen at this years Mass Indie Film Fest!
Sharon Grace Badia
Director of A is for Alice (Feature)
World Premiere on April 24th at starlite in Southbridge
7:00PM
Lauren Leger
Director of How to Clean: An ADHD Story (Short)
Screening on April 25th at starlite in Southbridge
7:00PM
Lauren Musgrove
Director of Ugly Sweater (Feature)
Screening on April 27th at the Hilton Garden ...
We traveled to Rome Italy and sat down for a brief conversation with cult film director Luigi Cozzi in his Profondo Rosso store and talked about his movies, what is a cult movie, the future of filmmaking and a little advice to filmmakers today. It's always fun to sit down with our friend Luigi Cozzi!
You can find Luigi Cozzi's movies on Amazon, Severin and most other movie retail stores.
You can find his books on Amazon. He's a terri...
Join Andrea Wolanin, Patrick Bracken and Skip Shea as they discuss all things Oscars. And some things not Oscars. We'll even begrudging make some picks! But I wouldn't bet on them.
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