What does it mean to be a villain? Movie villains have gone from supporting characters in classic hero’s tales to protagonists in their own movies and franchises. Join the Movies That Matter podcast team in a discussion about the rise of villain-centered movies. The panel will dive into the trend, discussing the values and morals reflected in the sub-genre and how it relates to society today. Website Store YouTube Twitter Facebook group page

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AwesomeCon: Who You Calling A Villain

A departure from the usual fare, listen to the AwesomeCon panel participants plan for the presentation. Nicole, Christopher, Stacy, Lexy and Garret discuss villain-centered movies and what the core coverage should be for the panel.  Come see us live at AwesomeCon on Saturday 8/21! https://awesome-con.com/tickets/ Website Store YouTube Twitter Facebook group page

AwesomeCon Planning 1

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/V0fO410Tcco The entire Impact 10 team presents sports movies that feature someone breaking into a sport. Lexy discusses Cool Runnings, Christopher covers Chariots of Fire, Garret tackles Million Dollar Baby, Stacy takes on Bend It Like Beckham, and Nicole talks A League of Their Own. The team discusses why we like sports movies and the Olympics, what it means to break barriers in sports now and in the future, and reconciling an unconventional identity with being an athlete.

AUDIO ONLY: Impact 10 Barrier-Breaking Sports Movies

Impact 10 episode featuring Nicole, Christopher, and Garret discussing movies that gave us hope. Nicole covers Stand and Deliver and the hope that potential is never truly lost. Christopher covers Slumdog Millionaire and the hope that personal struggle will lead to positive outcomes. Garret covers Erin Brockovich and the hope that corporations can be held accountable. The discussion covers how perseverance, community, and defying expectations lead to change. Garret recommends The Shawshank Redemption, Nicole recommends the It Gets Better Project, and Christopher recommends Die Hard. Website Store YouTube Twitter Facebook group page  

AUDIO ONLY: Impact 10 Movies That Gave Us Hope

Garret and Nicole discuss Sound of Metal, how the beautiful cinematography balanced strong themes, how well the movie captures addiction, and how much the movie showcases deaf individuals in their normal lives. We get into some information about cochlear implants and the controversy among deaf people. Read how Riz Ahmed describes his experience learning about Deaf culture. Garret recommends learning how to spell your name in ASL. Nicole recommends Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. Website Store YouTube Twitter Facebook group page

Sound of Metal and Being Deaf

Impact 10 with Stacy, Nicole, Christopher, and Lexy discusses indigenous cinema. Stacy covers westerns and The Searchers, Nicole gives a short retrospective on American Indian cinema and Smoke Signals, Christopher talks Maori culture and Whale Rider, and Lexy discusses Disney and Moana. We are joined by documentary filmmaker Suree Towfighnia in the discussion. Website Store YouTube Twitter Facebook group page Suree's recommended links Website: http://www.sureetowfighnia.com/ Standing Silent Nation 2007 -- a Lakota family asserts their sovereignty by growing industrial hemp. (screened on PBS POV): https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C3922902/standing-silent-nation Crying Earth Rise Up, 2015--this is about water protection and the Lakota fight to stop uranium mining in the Great Plains and Black Hills. (screens on PBS): https://www.der.org/crying-earth-rise-up/ The Lakota Media Project is the organization Suree mentors and co-founded. They have a page on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lakotamediaproject Other recommendations: Reel Injun: https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/reel-injun/ Thunderheart: https://www.amazon.com/Thunderheart-Val-Kilmer/dp/B001AR96BG Incident at Oglala: https://www.amazon.com/Incident-Oglala-Leonard-Peltier-Story/dp/B0001FVDI2

Impact 10: Indigenous Cinema I AUDIO ONLY

AUDIO ONLY VERSION. See our YouTube Channel for the video. Impact 10 with Nicole, Stacy, Garret, Christopher, and Lexy covers movies that taught us to be afraid. We highlight a selection of our own then discuss the role of fear in movies. Website Store YouTube Twitter Facebook group page

Impact 10: Not Your Typical Fear

AUDIO ONLY VERSION Watch the video: https://youtu.be/Bl1nqRmFpAw This Impact 10 episode features Stacy, Lexy, Nicole and Garret discussing Queer Cinema. Stacy tackles award winners, Lexy talks activism and politics, Nicole covers AIDS and Garret discusses culture. We wade into how queer cinema and queer stories have changed over time. Website Store YouTube Twitter Facebook group page

Impact 10: Queer Cinema I AUDIO ONLY

Introducing Impact 10, a video series from Movies that Matter highlighting the movies that helped change the world. Website Store YouTube Twitter Facebook group page

Introducing Impact 10

Movie that Matter presents My Favorite Alien, the video panel created for Awesome Con online. Stacy, Garret, Lexy, and Christopher chooses a favorite movie alien to visit earth and explain the benefits to humanity.

My Favorite Alien

Adam and Nicole discuss The Hunt, how the movie entertains as horror, but fails on satire, the ridiculousness of the whole controversy, some of our favorite satires, and how we think the coronovirus pandemic will affect the current political dynamic. Check out Citizen Ruth and Idiocracy. Read a timeline of the controversy from Vulture. Adam recommends Blue Ruin and Green Room. Nicole recommends The Last Supper.

The Hunt and the Current Pandemic

Jen and Nicole discuss The Invisible Man, how effective the technique was in creating a scary movie, how we appreciate the focus on the emotional trauma rather than the physical trauma of domestic abuse, and how we feel about the revenge fantasy of domestic violence movies. We question why domestic violence hasn't had its #MeToo moment. Shout out to @lulamaybelle for her commentary on male critics. Check out the landmark movie The Burning Bed. Jen recommends the pantheon of abuse movies, The Burning Bed, Enough, Sleeping With The Enemy, and What's Love Got To Do With It. Nicole recommends the Catch and Kill podcast. Check out our website where you can sign up for our newsletter and visit our store, talk to us on Twitter, visit our Facebook Page, and please leave a review for us on iTunes.

The Invisble Man and the Legacy of Domestic Abuse Movies

Garrett E and Nicole discuss The Photograph, our differing opinions on the movie, what it takes to sell a romance and breakup, and the difference between what we're told and we're shown in the movie. We strongly disagree on whether the character's lack of good qualities made their romance unwatchable. Check out the article on how the movie was filmed. Nicole recommends Jumping the Broom and the author Dorothy West and her book, The Wedding. Garrett recommends his curated list on films on love: Casablanca Brief Encounter Cold War If Beale Street Could Talk Unfaithful Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Blue is the Warmest Color La La Land Her Check out our website where you can sign up for our newsletter and visit our store, talk to us on Twitter, visit our Facebook Page, and please leave a review for us on iTunes.

The Photograph and How We Fall in Love

Stacy, Lexy, and Nicole discuss Birds of Prey, how delightful we found the film, and how much better we think the female led movies in the DCU are than in Marvel or the male side of DCU. We enjoy all the aspects that made this a movie by women for women. Check out the review we covered in Slate. Lexy recommends Michelle Khare on YouTube. Nicole recommends She Said, the book about how the Weinstein story got made. Check out our website where you can sign up for our newsletter and visit our store, talk to us on Twitter, visit our Facebook Page, and please leave a review for us on iTunes.

Birds of Prey and Women in the DCU

Garret S and Nicole discuss Dolittle, how neither of us managed to power through the movie, the utterly bizarre accents of the live and voice actors, and the meaning animals have in our lives as adults and children. We recommend some of our favorite animal stories from childhood like Is Your Mama a Llama? and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Garret recommends His Dark Materials the books and on HBO. Nicole recommends the Song Exploder episode on Closing Time. Check out our website where you can sign up for our newsletter and visit our store, talk to us on Twitter, visit our Facebook Page, and please leave a review for us on iTunes.

Dolittle and the Human Animal Connection

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