Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This is our last episode of 2020 and Jack and Mike decide to shoot the breeze about their Christmas traditions, favorite Christmas movies and the year that was 2020. Brown & Black Music - D’zillla Corona Carol available on all digital platforms: https://li.sten.to/axi3RiJ

This week Mike and Jack analyze the now notorious Tom Cruise rant and what it means for his legacy and the future of movie-making, how will people react to Eddie Murphy's 'Coming To America 2' sequel 32 years after its original release, and is the Latinx Christmas film 'Nothing For The Holidays' for all Latinos? Plus, they review two Black films releasing this holiday season - George C. Wolfe's 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,' and Regina King's 'One Night In Miami'.

It's mid-December and Jack and Mike welcome director Keith McQuirter to discuss his new EPIX series "By Any Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem''. The four-part docu-series brings alive the dramatic true story of Black and Brown Harlem and its music during the 1960s and it how connects that history to our present moment.

Director Reginald Hudlin, ('House Party,' 'Boomerang,' 'Marshall') discusses his new Disney movie 'Safety' out on streaming now. Hudlin is a screenwriter, director, producer, media executive and comic-book writer. He was the former President of Entertainment for BET, has written numerous graphic novels, co-produced the 2016 Academy Awards as well as the Emmys. He also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture as a producer for Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. He talks about telling Black stories at Disney, what he believes are the key reasons why Latinx stories aren't breaking through in Hollywood, and if the comic book industry can reinvent themselves through diversity. Jack and Mike recap and opine on Warner Bros. shocking announcement of releasing 17 films on HBOMax in 2021 and its subsequent backlash.

Tony-winning actor James Iglehart (Genie from 'Aladdin') joins the program to discuss his new HGTV show 'Biggest Little Christmas Showdown'. He also talks to Jack and Mike about 2020's backlash on 'Hamilton,' and what diversity will look like on Broadway in 2021. The guys also review two movies - Pixar's 'Soul' and the Billie Holiday documentary, 'Billie'. They also have a provocative conversation on why Black actors and Black stories are still being legitimized by white critics and white outlets. Why can't they be legitimized by Black and Brown prestige outlets? Why isn't that enough?

On this episode Jack and Mike recommend six Latino and African-American black horror films you can stream from the comfort of your own home this Halloween weekend. Mike recommends three Black horror films and Jack recommends three Latino horror films of his own. Listen now to see what they picked.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 🦃 As opposed to leaving you with a repeat episode on this holiday, we decided to keep you company with a new episode! We're bringing along three of our friends too - Comedian, writer, and actress Leighann Lord, Eduardo Vilaro, Artistic Director/CEO Ballet Hispanico and Puerto-Rican electronic musical project ÌFÉ. Sit back, relax, and oh, please pass the turkey and mash potatoes. 😉

“No self-respecting government is going to teach you a history that’s going to allow you to have the tools to change the system.”  Paul Ortiz, historian and author of the book “An African-American and Latinx History of the United States” joins the show to discuss with Mike and Jack about the plethora of historical contributions Brown and Black people have made in America. He also touches upon our own self-hatred and why it still affects us, why the educational system doesn't favor Black and Latinos, and why Hollywood is a bastion for white propaganda and how Broadway's Hamilton is the last thing you should revere as fact.

On today’s episode Mike and Jack talk to about the Eva Longoria anti-black comments that created a backlash with Black Twitter. Journalist, political commentator and scholar-activist Rosa Alicia Clemente, who served as Eva’s advisor throughout the fiasco, joins the show to discuss what happened and provide context on anti-black history with Latinos and Blacks. Rosa argues everyone is anti-black, but if so, can some be forgiven? She also sounds-off on why we should seek historians and professors for enlightenment and stop looking at celebrities like John Leguizamo and Lin-Manuel Miranda as Latinx leaders.

Welcome to the last episode of the daily election series of the Brown and Black podcast. We have a new President of the United States and his name is Joe Biden. On this episode Jack and Mike explore the "now what" scenario - what will a Biden Presidency mean for Latinos and Blacks ? How will Biden meet the challenge of unifying the country?

Day 2 of our daily series where Mike and Jack distill the election chaos of the US Presidency from a Brown and Black perspective. They also discuss racial implications from Trump's briefing towards pollsters and is the media complicit in aggrandizing Trump?

Jack and Mike are going to do daily podcasts to discuss the circus that is The White House until we officially call who the next President of the United States is. Here's the first of hopefully a few episodes.

Our episode this week focuses on the subject of cultural appropriation or cultural appreciation. Legendary actor Louis Gossett Jr. plays Luis Garcia in Sergio Navarretta's 'The Cuban,' which centers around a former Cuban jazz musician who changes the life of a young caretaker after he's diagnosed with dementia. In a time where our country is sensitive about actors playing roles not native to their culture, did Mr. Gossett Jr. commit cultural appropriation or cultural appreciation? We asked Mr. Gossett Jr. point blank just that.

On this episode, we are discussing, in-depth, the fate of movie theaters. Will they re-open, will home-theaters replace them, or will they disappear altogether. We spoke to several moviegoers, and theater-owner Emelyn Stuart, who shared their feelings about their current relationship with movie theaters.

Jack and Mike take a look at the recent growing number of hired Black media executives and ask if they will fulfill the promise of transforming the content we see in 2021. And will Latinx executives be left behind?  The guys also begin a new movie review segment focusing on Brown and Black movies with "The Wall of Mexico" starring Esai Morales.

We welcome award-winning costume designers Michelle Cole and Sharen Davis whom are both nominated for Primetime Emmys this year for Outstanding Costume Designing. But before Mike and Jack interview Michelle and Sharen, they discuss the mindset of Latino Republicans and Latinos for Trump, plus they're thoughts on the profusion of Blacks and women nominated against the backdrop of no Latinx nominated in any major category. Michelle Cole is nominated this year for Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for ABC’s Blackish. This is the 3rd year in a row that she’s nominated, and this is also her 7th overall Emmy nomination in her career. Sharen Davis is a two-time Academy Award and Emmy-nominated costume designer who is nominated this year for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes for the HBO’s Watchmen and already won as of the time of this recording. The power ladies discuss with Jack and Mike how they got into costume designing, differences designing wardrobe for a white character than it is for a Black character, the differences between fashion design and costume design, where they get their Inspirations from, and Sharen Davis's prescient design of face masks in ‘Watchmen’ before Covid-19.

This week Jack and Mike welcome the one and only John Leguizamo who is debuting as a director on the big screen with Latinx chess film, 'Critical Thinking'. Leguizamo who gave an unfiltered and uncensored interview, discussed the challenges of financing Latinx films, why major studios rarely release them anymore, the enduring influence of 1988's 'Stand and Deliver,' the psycho-social erasure of Latinx in media and politics, the enigma of Latinos for Trump, colorism and racism amongst Latinos, especially on Spanish-language TV (Telemundo), should white filmmakers still tell Latinx/Black stories, what kind of films he wants to do next, and an update on his new Broadway musical - 'Kiss My Aztec' coming 2022. Jack and Mike also talk to Calixto Chinchilla, the founder and executive director of the New York Latino Film Festival which this year goes virtual. Did he ever consider cancelling it this year due to the pandemic, his thoughts on brown and black unity and if he believes the new academy diversity rules are a sign of progress or tokenism. And the guys passionately break down the new Academy Awards Diversity Rules. Will it work or disappoint?

"We don't own history, the history owns us," “POV is critical to storytelling in history,” “I had a producer literally tell me once, ‘white people don’t want to see movies where all the white people are bad,” “The promise of America and the reality of America... that’s what '24th' is all about.” These are some of the quotes you'll hear in this latest episode of 'Brown & Black' where our features guests are Academy-Award winning writer Kevin Willmott (director, writer, producer '24th') and Trai Byers from FOX's 'Empire' (actor, writer, producer '24th') discuss the difficulties of getting '24th' made, why Black historical dramas are crucial to the storytelling of America, as well as why he feels Latinx movies don't get made in Hollywood and what he suggests Latinx filmmakers do about it. Jack and Mike also discuss the significance and legacy of Chadwick Boseman who died at age 43 from colon cancer.

This week Jack and Mike share their thoughts on the DNC and the division, hate, and animosity that news networks have commercialized for profit, ratings and so much more. Also, they discuss the "Blackifying" of white Hollywood movies with the news that Will Smith and Kevin Hart are remaking "Planes, Train and Automobiles". Plus, did you hear about Susan B. Anthony's racist past? Subscribe, share and review to our podcast on these platforms: iTunes: https://apple.co/32hShVT Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2ZwbAZz iHeart Radio: https://ihr.fm/32kX6h1 Pandora: https://pdora.co/2DDeWS7 TuneIn: https://bit.ly/2WpoKG2 Reach out to us: Follow us on Twitter @brownblackpod Follow us on Instagram @brownblackpodcast Follow us on YouTube @brownblackpodcast Follow Jack Rico on Twitter @jackricofficial Follow Mike Sargent Twitter @mikeonscreen

Our guest today is music composer Amanda Jones, the first African-American woman to be nominated in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special for Original Dramatic Score for the episode "Maine" from Apple TV+'s documentary series Home. Black female composers are rarely ever nominated for Emmys and are less than 1% of the industry, which is why Jones's nomination is so significant. In this episode, we ask her the magnitude of her selection, what the "color" of her music is, her thoughts on pop music today, and whether she believes we should enter the era of gender-free award categories. Mike and Jack also explore the damning assertions from former MSNBC producer Ariana Pekary's blunt blog entry about why she left TV news and why she is transitioning over to independent journalism, and they also discuss why Joe Biden's newly handpicked Vice-President, Kamala Harris, is about to face a serious revolt from Trump's base and right-wing media. Can she withstand the onslaught of bad press coming her way and how will she counter it? Listen, subscribe, and review our podcast on the following platforms: iTunes: https://apple.co/32hShVT Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2ZwbAZz iHeart Radio: https://ihr.fm/32kX6h1 Pandora: https://pdora.co/2DDeWS7 TuneIn: https://bit.ly/2WpoKG2

Our featured guest this week is Estuardo Rodríguez, President and CEO of the Friends of the American Latino Museum, a campaign to create the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino in Washington DC’s National Mall. Jack and Mike ask him the questions that are on all of our minds - when will the museum open, how much it will cost to build, will all Latino culture be included, and why wasn't it called The Latinx Museum? Mike and Jack also tackle the very controversial Primetime Emmy nominations which did not include one single Latinx nominee in the main categories, but did possess a record-breaking amount of Black nominees. They discuss both sides. And the guys saw Beyoncé's new visual album "film" Black is King. Why did they think and will they recommend it? Listen, subscribe, and review our podcast on the following platforms: iTunes: https://apple.co/32hShVT Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2ZwbAZz iHeart Radio: https://ihr.fm/32kX6h1 Pandora: https://pdora.co/2DDeWS7 TuneIn: https://bit.ly/2WpoKG2

Our guest this week is millennial Mayor Michael Tubbs who at 26 years-old became the youngest Mayor of a major American city in 2016, and the first African American mayor of Stockton, California. Now at age 29, Jack and Mike catch up with him to discuss his new HBO Documentary Stockton On My Mind, reparations, being in the room where it happens, brown and black unity amongst many and if he has any plans to run for President. Mike and Jack also discuss whether there is enough Hispanic-American contributions to create a Smithsonian Latino Museum, the Los Angeles Times Latino journalists pen an open letter for better newsroom representation, and how white men are being hateful of Latina women. Subscribe, review and share! iTunes: https://apple.co/32hShVT Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2ZwbAZz iHeart Radio: https://ihr.fm/32kX6h1 Pandora: https://pdora.co/2DDeWS7 TuneIn: https://bit.ly/2WpoKG2 Reach out to us! Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrownBlackPod Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/brownblackp... Follow Jack Rico on Twitter - https://twitter.com/jackricofficial Follow Mike Sargent Twitter - https://twitter.com/mikeonscreen

Comedian, actor, producer George Lopez joins our show to discuss his new Netflix show We'll Do It For Half. In the interview, Jack Rico and Mike Sargent ask Lopez about why he has never worked with Netflix before until now, why Covid-19, George Floyd and Black Lives Matter were not a part of his special, the role and responsibility of comedy and comedians beyond making us laugh, why comedians can make transitions to drama but not dramatic actors to comedy, why America's Mexican has never taken his comedy tour to Mexico City, and his thoughts on if we will ever see a Latino President in the White House. In our news segment, Mike and Jack also converse and debate Goya, the complexity of Hispanic identity, cancel culture, and if the new slate of diverse and inclusive programming is here to stay. Reach out to us Follow us on Twitter @brownblackpod Follow us on Instagram @brownblackpodcast Follow us on YouTube @brownblackpodcast Follow Jack Rico on Twitter @jackricofficial Follow Mike Sargent Twitter @mikeonscreen

This week, Jack and Mike discuss how social media has created a visible and actionable generation of young, multicultural American political activists (Trump never saw it coming in Tulsa) that will become of voting age in the next 2-4 years; Also, after watching Damon Lindeloff's 'Watchmen' on HBO, Mike and Jack debate whether white storytellers should still be allowed to tell Black, Latinx or diverse stories moving forward.

Mike and Jack interview Afro-Latino children’s book author and illustrator, Eric Velasquez, about the power and context of Afro-Latino images in media. They also tackle the age-old question: is he more Black than Latino or more Latino than Black? If both, how? Follow Mike Sargent Twitter @mikeonscreen Follow Jack Rico on Twitter @jackricofficial Follow us on Twitter @brownblackpod