Episode 704: #FemalePleasure / Searching Eva

This week, we welcome guest host Jennifer Proctor, filmmaker and Associate Professor of Journalism and Screen Studies at University of Michigan-Dearborn, for a robust discussion of the new documentary#FemalePleasure and its examination of female agency in the modern world. Following that group review, we play Chris’s interview with director Pia Hellenthal and writer Giorgia Malatrasi, co-creators of Searching Eva, a highly stylized portrait of feminist intellectual and sex worker Eva Collé. Join us as we follow women forging their own paths, patriarchy be damned. Group Review Documentary: #FEMALEPLEASURE (Barbara Miller, 2019) Begins releasing in U.S. theaters on October 18 Film Featured in Interview Portion: SEARCHING EVA (Pia Hellenthal, 2019) Currently playing in festivals Other Films and Sites Mentioned: Born into Brothels (Zana Briski/Ross Kauffman, 2005) CinemAbility (Jenni Gold, 2012) Detrás de la Realidad (SMU Meadows School of the Arts’ Ignite/Arts Dallas Initiative/The Community Action Network, a program of Bachman Lake Together/ The Meadows School’s Division of Film and Media Arts, 2019) EDIT Media Eva Collé’s Instagram Eva Collé’s Tumblr JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991) Lincoln (Steven Spielberg, 2012) One of Us (Heidi Ewing/Rachel Grady, 2017)   Links to review and interview by Christopher Llewellyn Reed: Film Festival Today review of #FemalePleasure Film Festival Today interview with director Pia Hellenthal and writer Giorgia Malatrasi of Searching Eva   Timestamps: 00:37 – Intro 05:53 – Group Discussion of #FEMALE PLEASURE 21:53 – Chris interviews Pia Hellenthal and Giorgia Malatrasi of SEARCHING EVA 37:40 – Doc Talk Website/Email: www.fogoftruth.com [email protected] Credits: Artwork by Hilary Campbell Intro music by Jeremiah Moore Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst) Editing and shownotes by Christopher Llewellyn Reed