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Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Episode 4 - David Oyelowo

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Higher Ground

Tv & Film, Film Interviews, Society & Culture

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Actor David Oyelowo sits down with Sam to talk about his new film 'Five Nights in Maine', his experience making 'Selma', the controversy surrounding the upcoming Nina Simone biopic, and being an "anomaly" as a black actor in Hollywood. Special thanks to the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival for hosting this conversation. More info about the festival here: http://Festival.sffs.org Music for the show provided by https://soundcloud.com/vanilla. 


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0:00.0

Pushkin

0:09.0

Hey, this is Sam.

0:10.0

If you enjoy our interviews with writers and artists on Talk Easy, then I'd recommend checking

0:14.8

out the podcast Missing Pages. Hosted by acclaimed literary critic and author Beth Ann Patrick,

0:21.5

Missing Pages investigates the biggest hot button topics in the book world today

0:26.4

with the help of special guests like New York Times Best-Selling author Jody Pekle

0:31.3

and publisher weeklies Jim Miliet.

0:33.8

Produced by the people at the Podglamaret,

0:36.1

Missing Pages explores everything from the insta frame of Colleen Hoover

0:40.3

to the rise of book bands across America to the lucrative culture of non-fiction ghost writing.

0:46.0

As both the Washington Post and the Guardian praise,

0:49.0

missing pages is a must listen.

0:52.0

So if you'd like to check it out, you can follow missing pages on

0:55.0

Apple Podcast or wherever you like to listen. Oh, Hey everyone welcome to Talk Easy, a weekly podcast of interviews with fascinating people from all walks of life.

1:24.4

I'm your host, Sam Fregosa.

1:26.4

Thanks for tuning in.

1:27.4

This week on the podcast, we have celebrated actor David O'Yelloo.

1:31.2

Born in Oxford to Nigerian parents, David's acting career began on the stage

1:36.8

in 1999, where he started in a series of Shakespearean plays, including Antony and Cleopatra. His breakthrough in the theater came a little later

1:45.8

though when he played King Henry the 6th in a trilogy of plays called This England The Histories.

1:52.1

Soon O'Yello found his footing in the histories. Soon, O Yellowo found his footing in the movies, where he appeared in a string of notable films, including

1:58.0

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Help, Red Tales, Lincoln, Lee Daniels, the Butler,

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