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It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.

You believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being.

We may be true with the past, but the past is not through with us.

Welcome to the next picture show, a movie of the week podcast devoted to a classic film

and how it shaped our thoughts on a recent release.

I'm Scott Tobias here with... Tosh Robinson. Keithips., and Genevieve Koski. So great to have all of us here together to talk

about Harlan County USA and American Factory, two documentaries about labor relations and the

difficult fight for unionization. Solidarity, am I right, team? Yeah, sorry, we're going on strike.

Wait, what? We're family. The Film Spotting Podcast Network has been very supportive from the beginning, and our Patreon subscribers are very generous. It's not that. It's the working conditions. They're unsafe. Yeah, Rachel Handler has black lung. That's the real reason she left for the show. You may just tell listeners she moved to New York. If you think I'm going to compromise the audio quality of this show for safety reasons, forget it. That's the problem with unionization. If the company gives in, the product suffers. Scott, I don't see why we have to record at the bottom of his mind shaft. It's really dark down here. And the canary we brought down here died weeks ago. There are dozens of podcasters I could replace you all with, and nobody would know the difference.

But my trenchant insight. Yes, where would we be without Keith's trenchant insight? And Tash's

contrarian streak. Not to mention my production and doing all of the things skills. Who put you in

charge anyway? Well, it would appear that union

busting is not my strong suit. But do you think you guys could stay on for another couple of

weeks to complete this podcast pairing? It's a good one. Tasha, what are we talking about?

In her mid-20s, director Barbara Koppel had discovered a twin passion for activism and

filmmaking, participating in anti-war protests as a college student, and learning her trade alongside

...