Author: Carolyn Hinds

I am a Freelance Film Critic, Journalist and Podcaster - and avid live tweeter. Member of the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), my published work can be found on ButWhyThoPodcast, The Beat, Observer, and many other sites. As a critic, I believe my personal experiences and outlook on life, give readers and listeners a different perspective they can appreciate, and help them to see things in a new light. I am the proud host of Beyond The Romance Drama Podcast - a podcast dedicated to discussing Korean and other Asian dramas, the co-host of So Here's What Happened! Podcast (@SHWH_Pod), and the weekly science fiction film and TV live tweet event #SaturdayNightSciFi.

13 is a difficult age for any teenager. It’s a time we excitedly looked forward to as pre-teens because being called a “teenager” is seen as a right of passage to the life of being a cool young adult. With the new title of “teenager” comes new pressures never anticipated and for Sammy Ko (Miya Cech) that meant the crushing grief over the loss of her mother, and feeling as though no one else understood her. Recently screened at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Marvelous and The Black Hole was written and directed by Kate Tsang, who’s won multiple awards…

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The 2021 Sundance Film Festival began its week of screenings and various online events on January 28th, among those screening, is Doublespeak, an original film entered into Short Films Program. In this episode of Carolyn Talks…, I speak with writer and director Hazel McKibbin, and actress Angela Wong Carbone about their technical and emotional approaches to preparing for and making the film, and finding catharsis through art. After being sexually harassed by an older male colleague who was in a position of authority over her, Emma (Wong Carbone) bravely reported the incidents. but after reporting them it turns out the…

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Sundance 2021 is just around the corner, literally a few days away as I type this, and I’m filled with anticipation at seeing all the amazing work filmmakers, actors and their creative and support teams have put into this season’s offerings. But, I’m also filled with a mild sense of anxiousness because who knows what this season and the coming months will bring. It sits heavy on my mind that as I attended Sundance for the first time last year in Park City, I and other attendees had no idea of the change our lives and the world would undergo.…

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