All Thought Is Black Thought

Jun 30 2021 27 ep. 85 mins 8
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Two Black men analyze u.s. film, TV, politics, and literature using radical Black thought and critical theory

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EPISODE #27: The Personal Side of Radical Political Organizing

Jun 30 2021 66 mins  
G challenges O to think less about the political theory of organizing for a moment and think more about the personal events in his life that brought him to identify with other oppressed people and organize to fight back against that oppression. G & O share stories from their experiences that helped radicalize them and the love and joy they experience in struggle.

Episode #26: FILM REVIEW: "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and August Wilson's Black Life

Jun 23 2021 71 mins  
The brothers review the film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, directed by George C. Wolfe, written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson based on August Wilson's 1982 play, starring Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman in his final (and arguably greatest) screen performance before his unfortunate death at the age of 43. The brothers meditate on August Wilson's body of work, which chronicles stori

Episode #25: FILM REVIEW: Black Fatherhood and the Movie "Fences"

Jun 16 2021 121 mins  
Today, for Father's Day, the brothers ask, how is Black fatherhood possible in an antiblack world? In other words, how do new and evolving forms of antiblackness and capitalist oppression change and strain the relationships between Black fathers and their children? And how, in this changing but still deadly context, can new forms of masculinity emerge? This review of the 2016 movie

Episode #24: Organizing to Survive Capitalism in the Time of Biden, Harris, and Trump

Jun 09 2021 104 mins  
How do we survive capitalism while organizing its end? Thinking about violent events like the Flint water crisis, the police murder of Breonna Taylor, or the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre of 1921 have many Black radical activists asking: As we organize to bring down the oppressive capitalistic structure, are we preparing ways to amass the resources and capacities we as Bl

Episode #23: The Homelessness Crisis and Pandemic Capitalism

Jun 02 2021 111 mins  
The brothers talk about homelessness and the looming lapse of the federal eviction moratorium. G talks about his experience being homeless with a family to take care of. The brothers originally recorded this episode before the Biden administration signed off on the one-time distribution of $1400 relief checks and extended the eviction moratorium by a few months. Most of it still ap

Episode #22: Jailbreaking Black Thought from the Academy

May 26 2021 119 mins  
Inspired by Karen Hunter and Greg Carr's YouTube conversations about jailbreaking knowledge from the academy, the brothers reflect on aspects of the academy that they can do without -- including classism and antiblackness. They think through how Black people might keep the irreplaceable functions of the academy (the production, conservation, and distribution of knowledge) while dis

Episode #21: “Don’t Quit until You Either Win or You Die”: Film Review: "The Spook Who Sat By the Door"

May 19 2021 103 mins  
The brothers review the classic Black revolutionary film The Spook Who Sat by the Door, directed by Ivan Dixon and based on Sam Greenlee's novel of the same title. Please find it on YouTube while it's still available!

Episode #20: The 1776 Commission and the Attack on Black Thought

May 12 2021 99 mins  
Remember the "1776 Commission"? Started by Donald Trump late in 2020, its intent was to force feed students with so-called "patriotic education" and to counter the 1619 Project of new york times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones. In this episode, the brothers discuss the foolishness of trump's 1776 Commission. They point out that, even though trump lost, the Black intellectuals on th

Episode #19: REVIEW: "Judas and the Black Messiah" and the Education of Black Leadership

May 05 2021 99 mins  
The brothers recorded this review of Shaka King's 2021 film Judas and the Black Messiah a few months before Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield were up for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (which Kaluuya won, but Stanfield should also have gotten an award). The brothers briefly discuss the actors' performances, casting, and writing, but mostly they focus on the film's contributi

Episode #18: REVIEW: "Exterminate All the Brutes" and the Language of Genocide [PART 2 of 2]

Apr 28 2021 46 mins  
In the last episode, G & O began discussion of "Exterminate All the Brutes," Raoul Peck’s 2021 film now streaming on HBO Max. The brothers focused on the repeated symbol of white people’s “heart of darkness” echoed from the book that title is taken from: Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness, written about Belgium’s rape and genocide of Africans in Congo. The brothers