White People Won't Save You

Jan 30 2025 100 ep. 116 mins 58

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Each episode Jordan Clark and Cameron Mason navigate the absurd world of white savior films. We'll analyze them, their critical reception, and reimagine them with Black and PoC leads. It's smart. It's messy. Come get saved.

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Nickel Boys

Jan 30 2025 59 mins

Finally we get to sit down and talk about one of the most acclaimed movies of 2024, Nickel Boys. Directed by RaMell Ross and based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Colson Whitehead, it's a stunning portrait of Black life and incredible piece of filmmaking. We discuss the use of POV and how it forces empathy, our theater experiences, and the dreamlike qualities of the film. T

Imperium (Feat. Brandon Collins)

Jan 09 2025 117 mins

We're kicking off the New Year with some absolute foolishness as we discuss the movie where Harry Potter goes undercover as a white supremacist. That's right, we're talking about 2016's Imperium and we're joined by the wonderful Brandon Collins of Medium Popcorn and Drunk Black History. We ask why Daniel Radcliffe looks like he's about to cry in every scene, if the movie understan

Quigley Down Under (Feat. .Kristal Adams)

Dec 05 2024 162 mins

Did you ever think you were watching one movie and ended up seeing another? That's the horror our wonderful guest comedian and comic writer Kristal Adams faced, thinking she was going to watch Rescuers Down Under and instead having to sit through Quigley Down Under. Kristal joins us to tell her harrowing tale as we break down Tom Selleck's last desperate attempt to make his Indian

Election/Quincy Jones Tribute

Dec 04 2024 136 mins

Hello friends! We hope everyone has been hanging in. We ourselves had to take a little break following the election as well as for the Holidays, but we're back to finish the year out strong. This particular episode was recorded the week of the election but we thought it might be best to let it sit for a bit, since we're sure many of you are also still getting your heads around eve

Ghost Brigade (Feat. Justina Ireland)

Oct 30 2024 98 mins

Happy Halloween! As scary as the real world is, we figured everyone could use a break and a really dumb movie, so here's 1993's Ghost Brigade. Also known as Grey Knight, Killing Box, and The Lost Brigade this civil war zombie can't even get the "zombie" or "civil war" part right. Joined by the one and only Justina Ireland (Amazing Spider-Man, Star Wars: The High Republic, Dread Na

The Adventures of Huck Finn (Feat Marcus Kwame Anderson and David F. Walker)

Oct 09 2024 114 mins

Ride with us down the Mississippi as we speak with the award winning duo of David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson about 1993's The Adventure of Huck Finn and more importantly their new graphic novel reimagining of Mark Twain's classic, Big Jim and The White Boy. That's right, their new book shifts the perspective to Jim and gives more context to his life and story, literally w

Rebel Ridge

Oct 02 2024 170 mins

Special episode alert! Today we discuss the new Netflix film Rebel Ridge, very much the kind of movie that inverts our usual films. A movie about civil asset forfeiture doesn't sound too exciting, but there's a lot of good things to be found in this one. All that said, we do have a few issues which leads to an interesting discussion about white filmmakers tackling Black stories, c

The Beekeeper (Feat. Julian Lytle)

Sep 18 2024 142 mins

Bzzz bzz that's the sound of the... Beekepers? Joined by WPWSY All Star Julian Lyltle, we discuss the 2024 breakout hit The Beekeeper. Jason Statham kicking ass in all his glory, but our real interest here is one Phlyicia Rashad. We wonder what makes this a lowkey savior film, if Jason Statham has ever made a truly bad movie, and much more. Find Julian wherever you do your social

Thunderstruck

Sep 04 2024 131 mins

And now, starting at white savior, from the university of "who the hell thought this was a good idea", 2014's Thunderstruck! Truly one of the most puzzling films of the 2010's, Thunderstruck is at once a movie that thought it would make sense to star the notoriously anti-social Kevin Durant but also decided that would be enough (it wasn't, it didn't even make a million at the box o

The Landlord

Aug 22 2024 159 mins

Back together again! Cameron was in Baltimore for the week, so this episode was actually done in person, which was much needed because we had a lot to say on this one. 1970's The Landlord might sound good on paper (Hal Ashby, Bill Gunn, Louis Gossett Jr., Beau Bridges) but it plays out like some of the worst mishmash of hippie dreams and racial politics. A nepo baby buys a buildin