Category: Pop Culture
Interview about how Matewan happened, Will Oldham’s acting career, the Writer’s Guild, and whether the long decline of labor unions in America can ever be turned around

Amazon’s new anti-Venezuela TV series and the media complicity surrounding it
Maker of idiosyncratic documentary films including Dont Look Back, about Bob Dylan’s 1965 UK tour
The staging of professional sports events is deeply political. It’s only when someone breaks character that we notice it
Nationalism, Religion and Sports Have Captivated the Working Class. Why Hasn’t Socialism?

With Hollywood on my mind, I continue to seek a good outcome. I figure it won’t be Marvel, but maybe a new franchise can emerge focused on films seeking fundamental societal change

The NFL and Roger Goodell can speak elliptically all they want about “listening” to players, but as long as Kaepernick is sidelined, the NFL’s cowardice will be on display

Interview on Ali, Kap, MJ & More
The Militarization of Sports and the Redefinition of Patriotism

To deny professional athletes the right to express dissent in a peaceful manner is a disgrace to the Constitution, the opposite of patriotism and shameful moral weakness