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Houston Matters

The Bigger Picture: Examining Depictions Of Race And Black Women In ‘Antebellum’

Brenda Valdivia

Posted on September 25, 2020 · The monthly Houston Matters segment on TV and film takes a closer look at depictions of Black suffering and Black women in the film by former Houstonian Gerard Bush.

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The Bigger Picture: All the President’s Men and the politics of paranoia

Joshua Zinn

Posted on June 21, 2022 · Examining how films of the 1970s were influenced by the politics of the era.

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I SEE U

I SEE U, Episode 51: Someday, Will We Ever Be Free?

Eddie Robinson

Posted on June 17, 2022 · The grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, joins a special edition of I SEE U and shares her perspective on the commercialization of this cultural event one year after she paved the way for it to become a federal holiday

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The market for liquified natural gas, and Fort Bend Co. Judge KP George (June 14, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on June 14, 2022 · On Tuesday's show: What a recent explosion and plant shutdown means for liquified natural gas prices, and Fort Bend County Judge KP George answers your questions. Plus: Recent developments in consumer technology and the Houston filmmakers behind a new western.

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I SEE U

I SEE U, Episode 46: Sugar Land Not So Sweet [Encore]

Eddie Robinson

Posted on June 9, 2022 · Social Studies Super Hero, Chassidy Olainu-Alade, serves as our I SEE U Tour Guide of ‘Sugar Land 95,’ a new exhibit that highlights a new form of slavery the city of Sugar Land, a popular Houston-area suburb, may not be so proud of. This episode is an encore of the April 30th, 2021 broadcast.

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