In this episode, we delve into the multifaceted power of Latin American film as both art and activism, from Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement to the archival voices of Black and Indigenous resistance throughout the hemisphere. Graden shares how protest shaped his early worldview, how teaching became his tool for connection, and how memory lives on through storytelling, both on screen and off.

This is a conversation about film, freedom, and the stories that shape who we become, one reel, one student, one archive at a time.