Ep. 610 - Raya and the Last Dragon

The Filmcast

Tv & Film, Entertainment News, News

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

The Slashfilmcast is launching a Patreon! Support us at http://patreon.com/filmpodcast.

The Oscar nominations are fresh out of the oven. David, Devindra, Jeff are joined by Hoai-Tran Bui, writer at slashfilm.com, to talk about representation in this Academy Award season and Disney’s new animated film, Raya and the Last Dragon.

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Weekly Plugs

David - David’s Patreon: Conversations about race, vaccination, losing weight, and other topics

Devindra - Engadget Podcast: WTF are NFTs?

Jeff - cameo.com/jeffcannata

Hoai-Tran Bui - Trekking Through Time and Space and NPR: 'Raya And The Last Dragon' Criticized For Lack Of Southeast Asian Actors

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~29:18)

David - Search Party, Cherry (attempted viewing), Chungking Express.

Devindra - Search Party, Expanse

Hoai-Tran Bui - ON-GAKU: Our Sound

Jeff - Assembled, When We Stayed Home

Feature (~1:17:30)
Raya and the Last Dragon

Spoilers (~1:46:15)

Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show Dungeon Run and listen to We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech.

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Credits:

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Transcript

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