Episode #113 with Ellen E Jones

The Swinging Palm Trees Podcast

On today's episode, my guest is broadcaster and journalist Ellen E. Jones. Ellen talks about her new book 'Screen Deep: How film and TV can solve racism and save the world', and we delve into issues including how racial identity is constructed through the visual mediums of film and tv, issues surrounding representation, narratives and identity. Ellen also talks about her mixed heritage and her perspective on various issues.

We also discuss certain chapters from the book, including the Western, Horror and Superhero genres, and what she has learned while she wrote the book, and she shares the quote that continually inspires her.
Ellen E Jones is a film and TV journalist and the co-host of the BBC flagship film and TV programme, Screenshot (BBC Radio 4, Fridays at 7.15pm and on BBC Sounds). She writes regularly for The Guardian, The Observer, Empire magazine and others. Her book ’Screen Deep: How film and TV can solve racism and save the world’ is out now, published by Faber.

Thanks for listening to the episode. I'd like to thank my guest for their time, insight and being a great sport!
I would also like to thank my producer, Ashanti Omkar, for all her hard work.
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