ATR #96 – Black Female Firsts in Film w/ Seven Okema Gunn!

Black History Month, week 3! On this week’s episode my guest was Seven Okema Gunn, who is a Chicago based blogger, film critic, and owner of “7 Gunn Media”! This episode is a celebration of some of the black female firsts in cinema from 1939 up to 2016. ➡ You can now buy t-shirts, sweaters, mugs, and more from the store on Threadless! Head on over to AboutToReview.Threadless.com to see the selection! There is also a review for new movie “Game Night” which is in theaters this weekend. To see a full list of black firsts in film, both male and female, check out these two links which is where we pulled our list from: * Black winners and nominees for the Academy Awards -> http://bit.do/BlackOscars * Black winners and nominees for the Golden Globes -> http://bit.do/BlackGoldenGlobes Make sure to head on over to Facebook and enter the contest for your chance to win a copy of “Black Panther: The Ultimate Guide”! Contest link -> http://bit.do/FBBlackPanther Timecode breakdown: 0m:00s – 3m:19s: Introduction of the episode themes and topics 3m:19s – 11m:34s: Discussion, rating, and review of “Game Night” (IMDB.com/GameNight) 11m:34s – 23m:15s: Getting to know you: Seven Okema Gunn 23m:15s – 41m:24s: Discussion of famous black female firsts from 1939 – 1960 41m:24s – 58m:10s: Discussion of famous black female firsts from 1961 – 1990 58m:10s – 1h:13m: Discussion of famous black female firsts from 1991 – 2016 1h:13m – 1h:18m: Honorable mentions 1h:18m – 1h:23m: Guilty/ unexpected pleasure “Black Cinema” movies we like. Seven’s (two) choices were “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” (IMDB.com/DiaryBlackWoman) and “Hollywood Shuffle” (IMDB.com/HollywoodShuffle). My choice this week was “Friday” (IMDB.com/Friday) 1h:23m – 1h:26m: Wrap up and social media information Thank you to Seven Okema Gunn for making the time to be on the show! Guest info: * Seven Okema Gunn is a Chicago based blogger, film critic, and owner of “7 Gunn Media”. Make sure to follow her on social media from the links below: * Twitter: @Writer7G * Instagram: @SevenGunn * Facebook: Okema.Gunn Podcast info: ➡ You can now buy t-shirts, sweaters, mugs, and more from the store on Threadless! Head on over to AboutToReview.Threadless.com to see the selection! ➡  Audio editing and original theme song created by Damien Randle (Twitter: @DamienRandle) of Ill Mannered Media (Twitter: @IllManMedia) Make sure to follow this podcast social media! * Facebook: @AboutToReview * Twitter: @AboutToReview * Instagram: @AboutToReview * YouTube.com/AboutToReview Click on the links to subscribe:

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A weekly film review podcast with a goal of amplifying diverse voices in media! Created and hosted by Seattle based POC film critic "That Guy Named John", this podcast covers new and independent movie reviews, local and international film festivals, plus interviews with actors, directors, creators. "ATR" = "About To Review" & "ATI" = "About To Interview".