Carolyn Talks..., Podcast

Filmmaker Natalie Murao joined me for #CarolynTalks to discuss her short film TEARS BURN TO ASH starring Veena Yamano as a young fourth generation Japanese Canadian (Yonsei), trying to find a connection to her Japanese ancestry during an all too brief trip to the country.#ReelAsian #Interview #AsianCinema #JapaneseFilm #TearsBurnToAsh screened at the 2025 @reelasianfilmfest⁩. Visit Natalie's website for more information on her work and screening schedules: nataliemurao.comFind me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12paypal.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.

AKASHI writer, director, executive producer, and lead actress Mayumi Yoshida, joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss her debut feature film about an artist returning home to Japan, her family, and the memories of a place and people who no longer feel as familiar as they once did after ten years of absence.#AkashiFilm #JapaneseFilm #Interview #Podcasr#Akashi costars Hana Kino, RyoTajima, Kimura Bun, and Kunio Murai, and was produced by Mayumi's production company musubiarts.comFind me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12paypal.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.

Canadian filmmakers and co-writers Shane Belcourt and Tanya Talaga joined me to discuss their documentary NI-NAADAMAADIZ: RED POWER RISING, chronicling the life and struggles of of Ojibway Warriors Society leader Louis Cameron and Anishinabeg youth leaders and members of the American Indians Movement who lead a series of sit-ins and protest actions for Indigenous rights in Canada throughout the early 1970s.Shane is an award-winning Metis filmmaker, and Tanya is an Anishinaabe journalist, author, and producer.#IndigenousRights #FirstNations #IndigenousHistory #CarolynTalks #InterviewOfficial trailer at https://www.youtube.com/@UCqftVRUgb2bDgKEs4NabbewFind me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12paypal.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, director, and executive producer Solara Thanh Bình Đặng, joined me to discuss Chín, her gothic fairytale short about a young Vietnamese woman whose life on her father's durian farm on the Mekong Delta, is about to change when she meets people significant to her life in her dreams and reality.#CarolynTalks #Interview #FilmCritic #VietnameseFilmChín, which translates to Ripe in English stars Hayley Ngọc Mai and Samuel An, had it's international premiere at #VIFF and was produced by @naltobelproductionsFind me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12paypal.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, director, and producer Ava Maria Safai joined me at  @FantasiaFest  2025, to discuss her debut feature length horror FOREIGNER about the trauma of cultural erasure and assimilation experienced by Yasi (Rose Deghan), a young girl attempting to fit into her new Canadian school after immigrating with her family from Iran.#CarolynTalks #Fantasia2025 #IndependentFilm #FilmCritic #InterviewForeigner is produced by  @harlequintheatresociety , and had its world premiere in the in the Septenrion Shadows platform.Follow Ava on Instagram at @avamariasafaiFind me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12paypal.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 award-winning documentarian Hind Meddeb discusses her 2025 documentary SUDAN, REMEMBER US, in which she documents Sudanese youth during the 2019 and 2020 revolution using poetry, music, art, and writing as tools of resistance against the ongoing genocide, colonialism, and oppression perpetrated by the imperial forces tearing their homeland apart.#SudanRememberUs #KeepEyesOnSudan #Interview #FilmCritic #BoycottDubaiVisit  @watermelonpicturesco  , for screening information. List of aid organizations for Sudan aid relief:www.khartoumaidkitchen.orgsapa-usa.orgwww.darfurwomenaction.orgMutualaidsuda.orghttps://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2VQ3HVQ8B5AC2https://linktr.ee/SavingAlGeneinahttps://chuffed.org/project/126780-tky-alaabasy-2Find me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12paypal.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.

Award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker Adam Wong 黃修平 spoke with me for #CarolynTalks about his new dramatic feature, THE WAY WE TALK 看我今天怎麼說,, about a trio of deaf young adults, Sophie, Wolf, and Alan learning to navigate a world where they face discrimination, roadblocks, and disapproval in their personal and professional lives. #TheWayWeTalk #看我今天怎麼說 stars Neo Yau 游學修, Chung Suet Ying 鍾雪瑩, and Marco Ng 吳祉昊 , and was co-written by SeeKing, 1000springs, and Ho Hong 何康 .#HongKongFilm #Interview #Podcast #Deaf #Cantonese #SignLanguageThe film is produced and distributed by  @illume_films  and  @OneCoolFilmProduction  Find me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12paypal.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 North American premiere of their dramatic period film SEPPUKU: THE SUN GOES DOWN 切腹：日が沈む, actors Masayuki Deai, Takeshima Yuka, and Sasada Yuka spoke with me about portraying a samurai experiencing fear at the prospect of dying, a wife tasked with supporting her family through her grief and her close relationship with her maid.#CarolynTalks #JapaneseMovie #Samurai #Interview#SeppukuTheSunGoesDown #切腹日が沈む was directed by Yuji Kakizaki, and screened at the  @JapaneseCanadianCulturalCentre  2025 Toronto Japanese Film FestivalInterpreting for the interview was conducted by Aki Takabatake, CEO of Momo Films Inc. Find me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12paypal.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.