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.
Episode #43 - Riki McManus began with her own talk show on KQRS Radio in Minneapolis while still in high school. She went on to the commercial industry in Minneapolis as On Camera and Voice Over Talent. McManus continued as an agent and then became the Director of Plaza Three Model and Talent Agency. She opened the first casting company in Minnesota, where Purple Rain was the first feature she casted. Since then, she has cast approximately 20 feature films. She won a Clio Award for a self-promotion piece she did with The Fallon Agency in Minneapolis for her company.
Our screening took place at the Minnesota Discovery Center the largest museum the largest museum complex in Minnesota outside the Twin Cities.
For her short, Riki brought Rated Directed by John Fortson with his directorial debut that won 14 Best Short FIlm Awards at Festivals. We have to say our audience would have given it award as well. The subject matter of the film is so relevant in our technilogical world, it’s a short about social media commenting how kind we are in our society. We had The Rustic Pig pack a school lunch for each of our audience members to enjoy during the screening.
The feature Riki brought to screen was Purple Rain, which was not only Prince’s debut feature, but also the first feature Riki worked on as well. She tells stories of when she met Prince, the difficulties in casting the film, and experiencing one of Prince’s famous free concerts. So check this out and don’t forget to drink some champagne and celebrate Prince as we did on this very memorable night at the Minnesota Discovery Center.
Credits:
Host - Justin Joseph Hall
Production & Event Space - Minnesota Discovery Center
Food - The Rustic Pig
Post-Production - Quatre-Vents
Editor - Billie Jo Laitinen
Sound Mixer - Hans Bilger
Production Assistant - Elizabeth Chatelain
Production Company - Fourwind Films
The theme song of Season 7 is New Tires by Silent Partner.
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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.
