Aditya is joined by filmmaker Ivan Herrera (writer and director of Bantú Mama, the first Dominican film to play at SXSW) to talk about portraying life in the Dominican Republic, the objectivity of the camera, and Alexandre Moors’ 2013 film Blue Caprice.
Read MoreAditya is joined by filmmaker Alika Maikau to chat about life in Hawai’i, the tightness of the Maori and Polynesian film communities, and Taika Waititi’s 2010 instant classic, Boy.
Read MoreAditya is joined by Jose Solís, film critic and the host of the Token Theatre Friends podcast, to dive into how the wild, campy, colorful world of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge—and how it spoke to Jose during his childhood in Honduras.
Read MoreTo kick off Season 3 of Technicolor Theatre, Aditya is joined by Aneesh Chaganty, director of the new Hulu film Run. They talk about their experiences with India, telling stories about communities other than your own, and the divisive legacy of 2008's Slumdog Millionaire.
Read MoreAditya chats with actor, producer, and director Alain Uy about growing up in LA, the importance of being given a chance to fail, and the wild, irrepressible spirit of Justin Lin’s solo directorial debut Better Luck Tomorrow (2002).
Read MoreAditya chats with actor and singer Alex Newell about the politics of gender identity, his experience playing the first transgender character on network television, and the impact of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Neymar (1995).
Read MoreAditya chats with Nader Helmy and Basil Seif about their experiences with 9/11, performative activism, and the scarily accurate Egyptian representation in Ramy’s “Strawberries” (Season 1, Episode 4).
Read MoreAditya chats with actor and comedian Rita Sengupta about queer representation, coming out to a South Asian family, and Nisha Ganatra’s absurd and heartfelt debut film Chutney Popcorn (1999).
Read MoreAditya chats with activist and actor Jonathan Peck about catalyzing activism, recent responses to police brutality, and the parallels of his protest experiences to the film adaptation of The Hate U Give (2018).
Read MoreAditya and filmmaker Ola Kalejaye chat about tokenism, racism in the film industry, commodifying black bodies, and the inspiring genius of Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning film Get Out (2017).
Read MoreAditya and Mediaversity Reviews founder Li Lai bond over their immigrant backgrounds, the feeling of losing someone overseas, and a mutual love of Lulu Wang’s The Farewell (2019).
Read MoreAditya and culture writer Drew Haskins kick off Pride Month by talking about performative masculinity, the patterns of consumption in queer culture, and the inescapable hotness of Jude Law in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).
Read MoreAditya has on one of his favorite actors, Zenobia Shroff, to talk about her path to success, being considered "exotic" when she moved to the U.S., and whether her American big break, The Big Sick (2017), is actually a movie about the South Asian experience.
Read MoreAditya chats with actor and singer Christian McQueen about making your own Wakanda, supportiveness in the POC artist community, and the power of Black Panther (2018).
Read MoreAditya is joined by Eliza Moreno to talk chisme, your mom sensing your loss of virginity, looking Latina, and the timelessness of Patricia Cardoso's Real Women Have Curves (2002).
Read MoreAditya is joined by Big Mouth writer and Keep It host Aida Osman to talk about making your own representation, being "fair and lovely," adolescent masturbation, and of course, the beauty of Moonlight (2016).
Read MoreOn the very first episode of Token Theatre, Aditya sits down with his writing partner, Sid Gopinath, to discuss Mira Nair’s The Namesake (2006).
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