Hello, movie friends. I've got exciting news to share. We're doing a live, which of course means virtual.

This movie changed me on Sunday, February 28th about Barbara Streisand's Yentel. I'll be talking

with filmmaker Ama Asante, who directed the wonderful movies Bell and a United Kingdom, and poetry

unbound host Patrick O'Tig O. Tuma.

Yantel is one of the movies that truly changed me,

so I'm especially excited to talk to them about it.

The event is free,

and you can find a link to sign up in this week's episode description.

And now on to our conversation with Sophie Kruger about another St Streisand classic, The Way We Were.

I don't remember a time before the way we were. The way we were was a movie that I used to watch

whenever it was on television with my mother.

No matter if it was the middle of the movie,

the beginning of the movie, almost the end,

we would stop whatever we were doing

and we would watch the television

and cry over the love story

that was unfolding between Barbara Streisand

and Robert Redford.

Scattered Pitch! was unfolding between Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford. The thing that was so special for me about the way we were was the Barbara Streisand

character, the Katie character. We see the movie begin with her in college. She's a political activist, a communist,

and she is someone who is inspiring and strong and very, very clear about what she believes in

and what she fights for. And in college, she meets the Robert Redford character named

...