Don't @ Me with Justin Simien
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Don't @ Me with Justin Simien
Join me, filmmaker and author Justin Simien, for unfiltered conversations with the film stars, artists and tv creators shaping black, queer and other emerging popular cultures. Be a fly on the wall as me and my guests use a common love language of "shade" to dive deeper than the knee-jerk reactions...
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Breaking Shame Cycles w/ Dahéli Hall
In this week’s pre-recorded episode of Don’t @ Me, I’m joined by the funniest woman I know, Dear White People writer-actor and comedian Dahéli Hall. H...
Hollywood Outsiders w/ Sam Bailey
This week on Don’t @ Me, my friend and Dear White People writing producer/director Sam Bailey joins me as we tackle navigating the “industry of dreams...
Queer Divinity w/ Alex Newell
In another live Zoom edition of Don’t @ Me I’m joined by Broadway-turned-TV superstar Alex Newell. We discuss his part in shaping his role as the gend...
The Not-So-Hidden Talents of Malcolm Barrett
In this week’s episode of Don’t @ Me, the insanely hilarious Malcolm Barrett introduces me to his alter ego Verbal the Rapper. The actor-writer-rapper...
The Gospel of Karamo Brown
In this week’s episode of Don’t @ Me, tap in and get therapized by the beloved Fab Five member Karamo Brown. From learning to live for joy, to facing...
Directing While Black w/ Tiffany Johnson
On this week’s Don’t @ Me, my friend director Tiffany Johnson catches us up on her career growth in television! We discuss picking your battles, the r...
Being Bold w/ Dime Davis
In this live via Zoom episode of Don’t @ Me, I welcome back my bestie, writer-director Dime Davis. We look at how far she’s come since her last visit...
Bad Hair w/ Jarrett Hill
Don't @ Me w/ Jarrett Hill? My friend, renowned journalist and fellow podcast host Jarrett Hill, asked to interview me on my podcast and how could I s...
The 40 Year-Old Version w/ Radha Blank
Radha Blank came by for this week’s Don’t @ Me and she did not come to play! I talk to the brilliant writer-director of the Sundance darling “The 40-Y...
The Audacity of Punks w/ Patrik-Ian Polk
Tune in for a conversation with the godfather of Black gay cinema, Patrik-Ian Polk. The Punks writer-director talks to me about commerce vs artistic v...
Leading with Love w/ Laverne Cox
Freshly emerged from Venus’s shell and into our (virtual) studio, Laverne Cox joins me for another Zoom edition of Don’t @ Me. We unpack her beginning...
Grinding During the Apocalypse with Issa Rae
Everybody's favorite awkward Black girl Issa Rae joins us again and talks all about our sense of ownership over Black art, her expanding into Raedio,...
The Art of Acting w/ Chanté Adams
In another live Zoom edition of Don’t @ Me, I sit down with star-on-the-rise, actress Chanté Adams (The Photograph, Roxanne Roxanne) and talk all abou...
Pure Creativity with Terence Nance
In a special live Zoom edition of Don’t @ Me, I’m joined by writer/director/fellow Texan Terence Nance as he talks Selah and the Spades, working with...
Hollywood Demons w/ Janicza Bravo
In part two of my conversation with talented Zola director Janicza Bravo, she calls out Hollywood demons, pitches VR porn and discusses why she didn't...
Interrogating Whiteness w/ Janicza Bravo
In part one of this two-part episode, tune in to hear filmmaker Justin Simien and the only Black Panamanian Jewish woman in comedy, Janicza Bravo, as...
Cinema As Therapy w/ Alma Har’el
Justin goes deep with Alma Har'el, the visionary director behind Honey Boy, written by and starring Shia LaBeouf (available now on VOD). Check out thi...
Sam Jay: Sam Jay Will Not Be Silent
Join filmmaker Justin Simien as he talks to stand-up comedian Sam Jay about her new Netflix special Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning, working with white peop...
Sorry to Bother You
In the season finale of Don’t @ Me, Boots Riley shares his history, muses, and the long road to one of 2018’s finest films, Sorry to Bother You.
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The Unicorns
Justin talks about what it’s like to be a filmmaker outside of the traditional studio system with producers Alana Mayo from Michael B. Jordan's new pr...
Food on Film
Grab a snack for this chat with David Gelb, creator of Chef’s Table and director of Jiro Dreams of Sushi. He tells Justin about food as narrative subj...
The Sisterhood
You might recognize Dear White People’s Ashley Blaine Featherson (Joelle) and Courtney Sauls (Brooke). There is so much more to an actor’s life than g...
The Collaborators with Peter Farrelly and Kris Bowers
Justin is joined by Green Book director and writer, Peter Farrelly, and Kris Bowers, the film’s composer. They discuss the "white savior" trap films l...
The Dream with Issa Rae
Justin sits down with Issa Rae, the original Awkward Black Girl, to talk about what happens after your dreams come true, and what it's like to be expe...
Destiny's Children with Kelly Rowland and Elle Lorraine
This week, Justin talks destiny with some true destiny experts. None other than Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child and up-and-coming actor and singer...
The Problem Solvers
Writers Marvin Lemus and Travon Free solve the world's problems. Or, maybe they don't? Plus, Kanye West, black celebrity, and why Dia de los Muertos i...
The ‘Moral Correctness’ Debate
How political is black art, and how much can black people critique it? A recent New York Times piece by Wesley Morris suggests that black art in this...
The Storyteller with Janet Mock
Janet Mock is a director, producer, writer, activist, and a two times over New York Times bestselling author. But if she had to define her life's work...
The Binge with Netflix’s Ted Sarandos
Meet the man responsible for “Netflix and chill,” bingeing, and a new business model that allowed for shows like Dear White People. Justin is joined b...
The Process with Lena Waithe (Live at LA Film Festival)
Lena Waithe is an actress and producer, but always a writer first. The Emmy-winner returns to talk about her projects in development (Queen and Slim,...
Jeff Chang: The Afro-Asian Connection
When political institutions shut out wide swaths of people, the path to change is often through culture. Hip-hop scholar Jeff Chang gets political wit...
The White Boyfriend with Zazie Beetz, David Rysdahl & Rick Proctor
Zazie Beetz is back, with her writer-actor boyfriend David Rysdahl. Justin also brought his boyfriend, Rick Proctor, into the studio. Both baes are wh...
The Black Cloud with Zazie Beetz
Zazie Beetz (Atlanta, Deadpool 2) opens up about her struggle with anxiety, her biracial identity, and what becoming a public figure has meant for her...
The Rundown Breakdown with Robin Thede
Robin Thede broke new late night ground with her excellent (and widely adopted) show The Rundown on BET. What’s next for her and will we ever see a re...
The one-and-only Ava
DuVernay is her last name. Array is her company. But on social media and to film and TV audiences worldwide, the director of A Wrinkle in Time and Sel...
The Trailblazer: Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl Dunye’s 1996 film “The Watermelon Woman” was the first feature directed by a black lesbian. Cheryl traces her personal story and blend of AIDS...
The Gatekeeper
Angel Lopez is the new mold of Hollywood gatekeeper: gay, Latinx, a producer who also writes, a professional astrologer. He and Justin get real about...
The Sexual (and Gender) Revolution with Kimberly Peirce
Kimberly Peirce’s breakout film “Boys Don’t Cry” was ahead of its time in 1999. Justin and Kim talk about the language around gender and sexuality, fr...
The Dynamic Duo: Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal
Who can use the N-word? How many writers and artists have a film like Moonlight waiting to be made? What was ScarJo thinking? We get into it with Dave...
The Auteur Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins gained worldwide recognition with Moonlight, his film about the life of Chiron, a young black man in Florida struggling with his sexuali...