GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 2: 6 Critical Questions: “Drum”

GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “The Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 2:

• “The Jerry Springer Show” (Burt Dubrow, 1991-2018)
• “Roots” (David L. Wolper, 1977)
• “Gone With the Wind” (Victor Fleming, 1939)
• “Alien” (Ridley Scott, 1979)
• “Mandingo” (Richard Fleischer, 1975)
• “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
• “Battlestar Galactica” (Glen A. Larson, 1978-1979)
• “Star Trek” (Gene Roddenberry, 1966-1969), including S1 E26 “Errand of Mercy”
• “Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling” (Richard Pryor, 1986)
• “Pretty Baby” (Louis Malle, 1978)
• “Conan the Barbarian” (John Milius, 1982)
• “Song of the South” (Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson, 1946)
• “Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS” (Don Edmonds, 1975)
• “M*A*S*H” (Larry Gelbart, 1972-1983)
• “Ran” (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
• “Django Unchained” (Quentin Tarantino, 2012)
• “12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)
• “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia” (Sam Peckinpah, 1974)
• “Private Property” (Leslie Stevens, 1960)
• “Ride the High Country” (Sam Peckinpah, 1962)
• “Stripes” (Ivan Reitman, 1981)
• “Blazing Saddles” (Mel Brooks, 1974)
• “The Bad News Bears” (Michael Ritchie, 1976)
• “Sparkle” (Sam O’Steen, 1976)
• “All the President’s Men” (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
• “Family Plot” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1976)
• “Grizzly” (William Girdler, 1976)
• “Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
• “Embryo” (Ralph Nelson, 1976)
• “Leadbelly” (Gordon Parks, 1976)
• “Silent Movie” (Mel Brooks, 1976)
• “Logan’s Run” (Michael Anderson, 1976)
• “The Omen” (Richard Donner, 1976)
• “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
• “The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings” (John Badham, 1976)
• “The Shootist” (Don Siegel, 1976)
• “Bugsy Malone” (Alan Parker, 1976)
• “The Birth of a Nation” (Nate Parker, 2016)
• “Birth of a Nation” (D.W. Griffith, 1915)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 2:

• “Drum” (Steve Carver, 1976), including the song “Tell My Story” composed by Charlie Smalls
• “The Jerry Springer Show” (Burt Dubrow, 1991-2018), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dize77oSCPE
• “Anvil of Crom”, composed by Basil Poledouris for “Conan the Barbarian” (John Milius, 1982)
• “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”, composed by Allie Wrubel and Ray Gilbert for “Song of the South” (Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson, 1946)
• “Stripes” (Ivan Reitman, 1981)