Monday, September 23, 2019: Akemi Johnson, Rebecca Sonnenshine, Somali American Women in Minn. and Betty Reid Soskin

Today on KPFA Radio’s Women’s Magazine Sharon Sobotta interviews TV & Screenwriter and Producer Rebecca Sonnenshine as she tells us how having a seat at the writing table for network series and films, as a woman, is changing the way stories are told.

Next Sharon talks to Akemi Johnson who gives us a close up view of what is happening in the border towns of military bases in places like Okinawa, Japan with book released in June 2019

Betty Reid Soskin

Night in the American Village: Women in the Shadow of the U. S. Military Bases in Okinawa

Somali American women in Minnesota offer support for Representative Ilhan Omar, as she is continually bullied and mischaracterized by the president. Sharon interviews writer Jojo about her experience as a Somalian woman in America.

Betty Reid Soskin, America’s oldest park ranger turns 98 this week, just in time for the launch of the documentary featuring her life called, No Time To Waste. Look for screenings on October 5 in Mill Valley and other places in the near future.

Click here to listen to the show. 59:50 min

Monday, September 9, 2019: Life of a Web Series

Kate speaks with Kyle Chu, writer-actor and co-creator of the web series CHOSEN FAM, which will have its first pilot screening party on Wednesday, September 11 at El Rio at 6:30 pm.* CHOSEN FAM follows the members of all-QTPOC Indy rock band navigates relationships, growing up and growing apart in the Bay Area DIY music scene.  Kate talks with Kyle about the how and why of making a web series (what she calls a "baby TV show") on a shoestring and what current and former shows she admires.

* The screening at El Rio will also be a fund raiser to help launch the first series of CHOSEN FAM.

Click here to listen to the show. 59:50 min

Also on today's show:
Story, Art, Action! Muralismo
Youth Climate Warriors 

EVENTS:
Women of the Resistance at Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th St
now thru Sept 27th

Poster portfolio continues the homage to Balmy Alley murals.

Monday, November 26, 2018: Celebrating Woman filmmaker Wenonah Wilms, writer Kao Kalia Yang and feminist poet Kate Lynn Hibbard

Women's Magazine's producer Sharon Sabotta talks to Wenonah Wilms, winner of the Austin Film Fest Script competition who gives us a preview of her award-winning script Horse Head Girls and about and about her process of bringing the voices and narratives of her Native American roots to the screen. Wenonahwrites.com

Kao Kalia Yang, author of multiple non-fiction books and forthcoming children's books reveals her process of bringing Hmong American experiences to life on the page. Kaokaliayang.com

Feminist Poet KateLynn Hibbard reads a piece from her newly released collection Simples. katelynnhibbard.com

                            

Click here to listen to the show. 59:50 min