Episode 53: Ashlee Blackwell

Bill speaks to writer, producer/screenwriter and professor Ashlee Blackwell about her various endeavors, from organizing events like Philly Loves Women In Horror and developing the Graveyard Shift Sisters website to teaching film at St. Joseph’s University and co-writing, co-producing and appearing in the documentary HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR. Topics include: James Bond III, the value in narrowing one’s focus, R. Shanea Williams, THE EXORCIST, Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman, unwinding to stand-up comedy and having one’s feminist sensibilities awakened by A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER.

Follow Ashlee Blackwell on Twitter: 
https://twitter.com/AshleeTakesNote  

Read Graveyard Shift Sisters: 
https://www.graveyardshiftsisters.com  

Watch HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR: https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/horror-noire-a-history-of-black-horror/4548652  

Listen to Ashlee Blackwell and Diandra Lazor interview actress Toy Newkirk on Elm Street Radio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeWEUoYmqek

Read "Why We Exist: A Call For Community":
https://www.graveyardshiftsisters.com/2013/10/why-we-exist-call-for-community.html

Watch the films of R. Shanea Williams: 
https://vimeo.com/user3681349

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