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. 67 - From the Watchlist - BOYCOTT

The Boston Sisters have selected BOYCOTT from their historical drama watchlist for a conversation about the film, the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and the nuts and bolts that built a local movement that ended segregation on public transportation in Montgomery and nationwide.

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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. 64 - A COMPLETE UNKNOWN - Bob Dylan Beyond the Lyrics and the Making of a Poet

In episode 64, The Boston Sisters (Michon and Taquiena) are talking with award-winning poet, literary activist, and author E. Ethelbert Miller about A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the biopic about musician/songwriter Bob Dylan featuring Timothée Chalamet, inspired by the book “Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties” by Elijah Wald

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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. 62 - August Wilson’s Enduring Legacy in THE PIANO LESSON

Episode 62 features a conversation with Constanza Romero, widow of American playwright August Wilson and executive producer for THE PIANO LESSON based on Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play directed by Malcolm Washington and featuring John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, and Samuel L. Jackson.

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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. 55 - BRIDGERTON: What’s Jane [Austen] Got to Do With It?

Episode 55 features a conversation with Damianne Scott “Dami,” creator of Black Girl Loves Jane about the Regency-era Shondaland series BRIDGERTON now in its 3rd season on Netflix. What would Jane Austen think about the people of the ton? Are we seeing a surge in new historical drama fans as a result of “The Bridgerton Effect”?

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