Episode #44 - Welcome to the sixth Fresh Air Award! Four cinephiles continue a Fourwind Films tradition of awarding a film that pushed cinema forward the most as an artform during a particular decade. To be nominated, a motion picture has to have advanced cinema in some way and made a lasting impression on how movies are made. This episode delves into the decade frought with the greatest war ever known to humanity, World War II.
To start the episode, our host, Justin Joseph Hall goes through a quick history lesson on what was happening in cinema business during the decade.
The four cinephiles who select the nominees in this panel are cinephiles Kevin Cecil, Justin Joseph Hall, John Robert Hammerer, and Kevin Hinman. Any moving images that came out in the appropriate decade is eligible for nomination. Nominations spanned documentaries, shorts, animated films, and feature films. They featured cinema with thoughtful use of the first green screen, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome patients, and maybe the most immediately influential film in all of cinema’s history.
Here is the link to all the nominations: 1940’s Fresh Air Award Nominees - Letterboxd list
There were several overlaps, but here are the main nominations made by each panelist:
Kevin Cecil’s nominations
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Hellzapoppin’ (1941)
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Justin Joseph Hall’s nominations
Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Von Gogh (1948)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Begone Dull Care (1949)
John Robert Hammerer’s nominations
Citizen Kane (1941)
Cat People (1942)
Fantasia (1940)
Fireworks (1947)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Kevin Hinman’s nominations
Citizen Kane (1941)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Let There be Light (1946)
Fireworks (1947)
The Red Shoes (1948)
We hope you enjoy this episode! Share with us your own lists, comments, arguments, and films that we left out via social media @fourwindfilms. We’re on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
Thank you to our cinephiles who did joined this out of their passion.
Credits for podcast:
Production Company - Fourwind Films
Fresh Air Award Contributors for 1940’s Decade - Kevin Cecil, Justin Joseph Hall, John Robert Hammerer, & Kevin Hinman
Host, Producer - Justin Joseph Hall
Sound Mixer - Hans Bilger
Intern - Olaf Jiménez
Special Thanks - Laura Davi
The theme song of Season 6 is New Tires by Silent Partner.
Additional Music - One Machine at a Time & Driving Nowhere by Shonali.
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Episode #44 - Welcome to the sixth Fresh Air Award! Four cinephiles continue a Fourwind Films tradition of awarding a film that pushed cinema forward the most as an artform during a particular decade. To be nominated, a motion picture has to have advanced cinema in some way and made a lasting impression on how movies are made. This episode delves into the decade frought with the greatest war ever known to humanity, World War II.
To start the episode, our host, Justin Joseph Hall goes through a quick history lesson on what was happening in cinema business during the decade.
The four cinephiles who select the nominees in this panel are cinephiles Kevin Cecil, Justin Joseph Hall, John Robert Hammerer, and Kevin Hinman. Any moving images that came out in the appropriate decade is eligible for nomination. Nominations spanned documentaries, shorts, animated films, and feature films. They featured cinema with thoughtful use of the first green screen, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome patients, and maybe the most immediately influential film in all of cinema’s history.
Here is the link to all the nominations: 1940’s Fresh Air Award Nominees - Letterboxd list
There were several overlaps, but here are the main nominations made by each panelist:
Kevin Cecil’s nominations
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Hellzapoppin’ (1941)
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Justin Joseph Hall’s nominations
Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Von Gogh (1948)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Begone Dull Care (1949)
John Robert Hammerer’s nominations
Citizen Kane (1941)
Cat People (1942)
Fantasia (1940)
Fireworks (1947)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Kevin Hinman’s nominations
Citizen Kane (1941)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Let There be Light (1946)
Fireworks (1947)
The Red Shoes (1948)
We hope you enjoy this episode! Share with us your own lists, comments, arguments, and films that we left out via social media @fourwindfilms. We’re on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
Thank you to our cinephiles who did joined this out of their passion.
Credits for podcast:
Production Company - Fourwind Films
Fresh Air Award Contributors for 1940’s Decade - Kevin Cecil, Justin Joseph Hall, John Robert Hammerer, & Kevin Hinman
Host, Producer - Justin Joseph Hall
Sound Mixer - Hans Bilger
Intern - Olaf Jiménez
Special Thanks - Laura Davi
The theme song of Season 6 is New Tires by Silent Partner.
Additional Music - One Machine at a Time & Driving Nowhere by Shonali.
Colin Buckingham: November Ninth, Unidentified Objects
Feature & a short
11 minutes 55 seconds
2 years ago
Colin Buckingham: November Ninth, Unidentified Objects
Episode #41 - Colin Buckingham is an actor and writer who’s worked on Mr. Robot & Sleep No More. He cares deeply about how to improve society as a whole and reflects that in the work he pursues. We held the live event an intimate Fourwind Films studio with a small group of friends and colleagues.
For his short, Colin brought the short he wrote and starred in, November Ninth, a personal tale of being assaulted on the election day in 2016. Colin coalesces his accounts of being bullied for his dwarfism into an eight minute action revenge story that takes place in a Manhattan bar and hence we served our audience beer.
The feature Colin chose was an account of two outsiders going on a roadtrip during COVID that yields an unexpected friendship between a woman who believes in aliens and a sad recluse with dwarfism. The chosen fiercly independent movies were paired showing experiences of dwarfism and living with a condition not fully understood by society. Our audience enjoyed Chinese takeout and a classic diner ham sandwich and fries plate during the screening.
Check out more from Colin Buckingham for his latest via his website.
Credits:
Host - Justin Joseph Hall
Production & Event Space - Fourwind Films
Post-Production - Quatre-Vents
Editor - Billie Jo Laitinen
Sound Mixer - Hans Bilger
The theme song of Season 7 is New Tires by Silent Partner.
Feature & a short
Episode #44 - Welcome to the sixth Fresh Air Award! Four cinephiles continue a Fourwind Films tradition of awarding a film that pushed cinema forward the most as an artform during a particular decade. To be nominated, a motion picture has to have advanced cinema in some way and made a lasting impression on how movies are made. This episode delves into the decade frought with the greatest war ever known to humanity, World War II.
To start the episode, our host, Justin Joseph Hall goes through a quick history lesson on what was happening in cinema business during the decade.
The four cinephiles who select the nominees in this panel are cinephiles Kevin Cecil, Justin Joseph Hall, John Robert Hammerer, and Kevin Hinman. Any moving images that came out in the appropriate decade is eligible for nomination. Nominations spanned documentaries, shorts, animated films, and feature films. They featured cinema with thoughtful use of the first green screen, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome patients, and maybe the most immediately influential film in all of cinema’s history.
Here is the link to all the nominations: 1940’s Fresh Air Award Nominees - Letterboxd list
There were several overlaps, but here are the main nominations made by each panelist:
Kevin Cecil’s nominations
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Hellzapoppin’ (1941)
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Justin Joseph Hall’s nominations
Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Von Gogh (1948)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Begone Dull Care (1949)
John Robert Hammerer’s nominations
Citizen Kane (1941)
Cat People (1942)
Fantasia (1940)
Fireworks (1947)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Kevin Hinman’s nominations
Citizen Kane (1941)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Let There be Light (1946)
Fireworks (1947)
The Red Shoes (1948)
We hope you enjoy this episode! Share with us your own lists, comments, arguments, and films that we left out via social media @fourwindfilms. We’re on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
Thank you to our cinephiles who did joined this out of their passion.
Credits for podcast:
Production Company - Fourwind Films
Fresh Air Award Contributors for 1940’s Decade - Kevin Cecil, Justin Joseph Hall, John Robert Hammerer, & Kevin Hinman
Host, Producer - Justin Joseph Hall
Sound Mixer - Hans Bilger
Intern - Olaf Jiménez
Special Thanks - Laura Davi
The theme song of Season 6 is New Tires by Silent Partner.
Additional Music - One Machine at a Time & Driving Nowhere by Shonali.
