Carolyn Talks..., Podcast

Métis writer, director, and actress of BLOOD LINES Gail Maurice joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss her 25 year journey to making the film a reality, her decades of work in the Canadian film industry, and what it meant to have her native language and female community elders be part of the project.BLOOD LINES stars Dana Solomon as Beatrice a Two-Spirit Métis woman whose life is thrown for a loop when two women enter her life and community at the same time, Chani (Derica Lafrance), and her estranged mother Leonore (Maurice) returns to their community with long held secrets.For information on the film's theatrical release, visit https://www.elevationpictures.com/Images courtesy of Elevation Pictures.Follow Gail on Social Media at: https://www.instagram.com/bgailmaurice/Find me on Social Media at: @CarrieCnh12To support my work, funds can be donated through paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushVisit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.

Ea (Sovereign)'s Kanaka ʻŌiwi filmmaker Noah Keone Viernes and Sancia Miala Shiba Nash, joined me to discuss using filmmaking as a tool to document and teach about the fight of native Hawaiians like Keʻeaumoku Kapu on Maui, to reclaim their ancestral lands in the colonial court system, protecting their culture, and what bearing these weights on their shoulders mean.Ea (Soverign) screened at the 2026  @imagineNATIVE  film festival in Toronto.https://www.sanciashibanash.com/contacthttps://www.instagram.com/kekahiwahi/Find me on Social Media at: @CarrieCnh12To support my work, funds can be donated through paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushVisit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.

Writer and director Michael Cusmano, and actress and executive producer Charity Schubert, joined me to chat about their short LAST MINUTE, in which Charity plays Jackie, a single mother who due to her son Jasons's (Espyn Doughty) procrastination, has just one night to help him put together a chemistry homework assignment, and audiences feel the joy of 80s and 90s nostalgia, and the chagrin of what we lost with modern technology.The film for which Charity also worked as costume designer, co-stars Blayne Weaver, Moriah L. Hicks, and Donnovan Roe.Visit the film's official social media account at https://www.instagram.com/lastminuteshortfilm/Find me on Social Media at: @CarrieCnh12To support my work, funds can be donated through paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushVisit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.

Independent filmmaker Benny Chen spoke with me to discuss making HAND 執手, his student short film about Lin (Zhan Wang), a Chinese immigrant, who having lived in the U.S. for over 20 years still faces uncertainty, isolation, and racism during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.HAND 執手 premiered at the 2026 Cleaveland International Film Festival, and was produced by Yanghuixiao Gao, edited by Anny Dai and co-stars Wilma Rivera and Darin Singleton.Folly Benny on social media at https://www.instagram.com/bennychen31/Find me on Social Media at: @CarrieCnh12To support my work, funds can be donated through paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushVisit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.

For the HotDocs 2026 premiere of her second documentary feature THE ART OF ADVENTURE, Canadian filmmaker Alison Reid shared what it was like putting together a film about biologists, conservationists, and naturalists Bristol Foster and Robert Bateman, and their journey across the world in their pale yellow Land Rover "The Grizzly Torque", and how it started their over 60 years of conservation work to protect this beautiful planet called Earth.For Screening information on #TheArtOfAdventure, visit the official website at https://theartofadventuremovie.com/Find me on Social Media at: @CarrieCnh12To support my work, funds can be donated through paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushVisit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I speak with writer-director Annemarie Jacir about PALESTINE '36 / فلسطين 36, her feature film about the 1936 Palestinian uprising in the town of Al Basa against the threat of colonial violence by the growing Israeli settler population, and British and French imperialism. We spoke about the perseverance and dedication of the cast and crew to make the film amidst the ongoing genocide in Gaza and West Bank by Israeli forces, art as political resistance and catharsis, and her career as a filmmaker.Co-produced and distributed by @watermelonpicturesco, #Palestine36 stars Hiam Habas, Kamel Al Basha, Yasmine Al Massri, Karim Daoud Anaya, Wardi Eilabouni, Liam Cunningham, Jeremy Irons, and Billy Howle.For screening locations and information, visit https://www.philistinefilms.com/films, and https://www.watermelonpictures.com/Find me on Social Media at: @CarrieCnh12To support my work, funds can be donated through paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushVisit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.

CEREMONY documentary film subject, radio host AND Nuxalk knowledge keeper Qwaxw Siwallac, joined me to talk about what the return of the ooligan to the Bella Coola River means to him and his people, the Nuxalk First Nations.Directed, produced and written by Banchi Hanuse, CEREMONY premiered at #HotDocs 2026,visit https://smayaykila.com/ for information on Banchi's work and screening dates.Vistit https://www.youtube.com/@qwaxw, to watch the Nuxalk At'maakw champion basketball gamesFind me on Social Media at: @CarrieCnh12To support my work, funds can be donated through paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushVisit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.

CONSTANT BATTLES director Mackenzie Stannard and Writer and producer Sepideh Yadegar joined #CarolynTalks, to discuss their documentary about Iranian Canadian boxer Nyousha Nahkjiri's battles with ADHD and anxiety to make it as a professional athlete in the ring.Mack and Sepideh also speak about how Nyousha's mother Elehah's own story became an integral part of the film when she revealed she had been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison in Iran as a teen for her activism for women's rights, demonstrating that girls and women have many obstacles to be fought in patriarchal societies.https://www.mackstannard.com/https://www.sepidehyadegar.ca/Find me on Social Media at: @CarrieCnh12To support my work, funds can be donated through paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushVisit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.

In this episode of #CarolynTalks I discuss what it takes to be a production designer with award-winning veteran creative Neil Patel, and his two most recent projects, Bughouse, the immersive museum experience of the life of "outside artist" Henry Darger put on by the Vineyard Theatre, and the thriller Drag by Ravluv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer which premiered at SXSW 2026.Find me on Social Media at: @CarrieCnh12To donate to my work, fund can be given through paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushVisit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.