Ep. 570 - The Vast of Night

As the Black Lives Matter movement sweeps the U.S., David highlights some African American films available on streaming now. For the feature review, the cast watches The Vast of Night, the directorial debut from Andrew Patterson. Watch Ava Duvernay’s 13th here. Read about conflicting police accounts of protest videos in the Washington Post. Watch John Oliver explain what "defund the police" means here.  Donate to the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund:  https://brooklynbailfund.org/ Support multiple social justice funds: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ab_mn Check out Jefff S’s sketches of the Slashfilmcast hosts on Twitter.  Check out the stock photo guesses of the Slashfilmcast hosts on Twitter.   Thanks to our sponsors this week: Storyworth and Quip.  Go storyworth.com/SLASHFILMCAST and get $10 off your first order. Visit getquip.com/FILMCAST, you'll get your first refill free.  Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show Dungeon Run. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook. Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only) What we've been watching (~46:15) David - I Am Not Your Negro, Be Water  Devindra - Central Park, Mythic Quest Jeff - Love Birds, Luce, The Great  Feature (~1:22:00)  The Vast of Night Spoilers (~1:32:00) Credits: Our music sometimes comes from the work of Adam Warrock. You can download our theme song here. Our Slashfilmcourt music comes from SMHMUSIC.com. Our spoiler bumper comes from filmmaker Kyle Hillinger. This episode was edited by Beidi Z. If you’d like advertise with us or sponsor us, please e-mail [email protected]. Contact us at our voicemail number: 781-583-1993 You can donate and support the /Filmcast by going to slashfilm.com, clicking on the /Filmcast tab, and clicking on the sidebar “Donate” links! Thanks to all our donors this week!