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. 63 - DARK WINDS: Inside the Writers Room with Billy Luther

In Episode 63, filmmaker Billy Luther (Navajo, Hopi and Laguna Pueblo) takes us inside the writers room for the AMC series DARK WINDS. Billy is story editor, writer and director for the series based on the Leaphorn and Chee detective novels by Tony Hillerman set on the Navajo reservation.

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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. 2 - “Passing”

Emily Bernard (American literature scholar and author) dives into PASSING, the Rebecca Hall (Netflix) film based on the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen, and talks about how the characters Clare Kendra’s and Irene Redfield’s struggles for identity and belonging mirror tensions about race, class, and sex that continue today. PASSING features Ruth Negga (as Clare Kendra), Tessa Thompson (Irene Redfield). Available on Netflix.

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