Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters

— a podcast where we talk about historical drama series and films. Biopics, Adaptations, and Costume Dramas—stories that give us a window to the past, and a mirror of the present. Makers, writers and other guests join us in the conversation about what’s new in historical drama and what’s worth watching. Hosted by real-life sisters Michon and Taquiena Boston who binge on historical drama.

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Meet The Boston Sisters

Michon and Taquiena Boston are real-life sisters who grew up surrounded by history in Washington, DC, where their parents introduced them to movies and took them to museums as entertainment.

 
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Ep. 68 - BLITZ - Challenging Perceptions of Time, Place, Race and Identity

The 2024 film BLITZ, directed by Steve McQueen, which follows a nine-year-old biracial boy named George during World War II. The film explores George's journey in London and his encounters with racial hostilities. Guest Tré Ventour-Griffiths, a historian, discusses the portrayal of Black histories in the UK, particularly before, during and after World War II.

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Ep. 66 - THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT - Hidden Figures of World War II

In episode 66, The Boston Sisters (Michon and Taquiena) dive into the Tyler Perry film THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT with Brenda L. Moore, associate professor of sociology at the University at Buffalo and author of “To Serve My Country, To Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African American WACS Stationed Overseas During World War II.” Both the book and film tell the story of the only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in World War Two and their extraordinary mission.

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Ep. 58 - THE SYMPATHIZER Thriller Confronts and Subverts Power - A Conversation with author Viet Thanh Nguyen

Podcast SEASON 4 PREMIERE - Episode 58 brings you a conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen, about the adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning espionage, thriller, cross-cultural satire The Sympathizer into an HBO miniseries. THE SYMPATHIZER is directed by Park Chan-wook featuring a Vietnamese cast -- Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Duy Nguyen; also featured are Robert Downey Jr., (in 4 roles) and Sandra Oh.

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Ep. 47 - RUSTIN: Unveiling Untold Stories, Reclaiming Hidden History

In Episode 47 we talk about the biopic RUSTIN with Robert Raben, founder of the March On Washington Film Festival and The Raben Group, a national public affairs and strategic communications firm in Washington, DC. Featuring Academy Award™ nominated actor Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin, the film RUSTIN shines a long overdue spotlight on the extraordinary man who, alongside giants like the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Ella Baker, dared to imagine a different world, and inspired a movement for freedom.

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