Flashpoints Executive Producer, Dennis Bernstein, spoke with the legendary filmmaker in 2021 about his memoir, Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game,
Wil Haygood, author of “Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. In the interview, he discusses the origins of the book, the careers of some of the Black pioneers in Hollywood film, and the way television and streaming has changed the race equation in our culture.
Neil Faulkner, author of A Radical History of the World.
Neil Faulkner, author of A People’s History of the Russian Revolution.
Bertrand M. Patenaude, lecturer at Stanford University, research fellow at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives, and author of the book Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary.
Susan Weissman, Professor of Politics at Saint Mary’s College of California, award-winning broadcast journalist, and author of the book Victor Serge: A Political Biography.
Bill English, Artistic Director of San Francisco Playhouse, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Bill English is also the director of SF Playhouse’s latest production, “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” by Will Arbery, playing through March 5, 2022. In the interview he discusses the themes of the play, along with the creation of the production, and goes on to talk about upcoming shows in the SF Playhouse season. Photo from “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” production by Jessica Palopoli.
Guest: Iain McKay, editor of PM Press’s new edition of The Great French Revolution, 1789-1793
Jeremy D. Popkin holds the William T. Bryan Chair of History at the University of Kentucky, he is the author of a number of books, his latest is called A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution.
Sudhir Hazareesingh is the author of Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture.