Fisher Stevens and Karim Amer on 'The Lincoln Project'

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Larry is joined by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Emmy Award-winning producer and director Karim Amer to discuss their new documentary 'The Lincoln Project' on Showtime. They begin their conversation by talking about the genesis of the powerful media group of the same name as well as the primary players and inspiration for the film. Next, they describe the process of maintaining a candid and authentic atmosphere when attempting to achieve authenticity in a documentary setting.(13:15) This leads to a discussion on the overuse of personality attacks by the Democratic party in the political theatre and how election-denying Trumpists in the Republican party are infecting democracy in general.(22:59) After the break they debate the effectiveness of the Lincoln Project's ads on the electorate and dissect the political obstacles facing progressive movement and the United States going forward.(37:09) Host: Larry Wilmore Guests: Fisher Stevens and Karim Amer Associate Producer: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.9	Welcome back you guys.
0:36.4	Man, what a treat this is.
0:38.3	You guys, you know, nerdy I can get about like political stuff and all that.
0:42.1	It is nice to see filmmakers out there who share the same kind of nerdy attention to
0:48.3	what to get into some interesting rabbit holes.
0:52.0	And the Lincoln Project on Showtime is one of those shows.
0:55.6	It's fascinating.
0:56.6	It starts off kind of innocent and it really draws you in in a way that it was unexpected
1:02.2	to me.
1:03.2	I miss some of it.
1:04.2	And on the show today are the director's Fisher Steven Kareem Amir.
1:07.7	Welcome to Black on the Area guys and congratulations.
1:09.7	Oh, thanks.
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