# Kevin Willmott
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kevin willmott (born August 31, 1959) is an American film director and screenwriter, and professor of film at the University of Kansas. He is known for work focusing on black issues including writing and directing Ninth Street, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, and Bunker Hill. His The Only Good Indian (2009) was a feature film about Native American children at an Indian boarding school and the forced assimilation that took place.
Kansas filmmaker Kevin Willmott says Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival launched his career
Kevin Willmott is best known for his Oscar-winning movie “BlacKkKlansman.” But his breakout film “CSA: Confederate States of America” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival nearly two decades ago — and marked a turning point in his career. Willmott credits festival founder Robert Redford, who died…
Black History Month: Ousmane Sembène's "Black Girl" (1966)
For Black History Month, we are exploring the roots of independent African filmmaking. Black Girl serves as a powerful starting point for this journey, tracing the movement of a young Senegalese woman from Dakar to the French Riviera. We discuss Sembène's transition from literature to film as a mea…
Episode 4: The Names We Carry
What’s in a name? It gets complicated when Glenn sits down with professional genealogist Kathleen Brandt to trace his ancestors. Looking at his family history under the microscope, Glenn turns to poetry
and a sculpture of a young girl peering through a telescope to process some disorienting finding…
Oscar Winner Kevin Willmott on "CSA: Confederate States of America" (2004)
We are joined by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Kevin Willmott (Best Adapted Screenplay for Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman) to discuss his 2004 mockumentary, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America.
Alongside our panel—Eric Trommater, Erin Brown, Sila Blume, and Jennifer Trujillo—we explore Willm…
Episode #155 – Song of the South (1946) With Kevin Willmott and Shawn Edwards
There are episodes of a podcast that arrive with the breezy confidence of a brunch invitation. It's light, convivial, and gone before the coffee cools. And then there is episode #155 of Fear and Loathing in Cinema, which arrives more like a subpoena. The subject, as it turns out, was Song of the So…
Ep. 35: Chi-Raq
This week we jump into another Spike Lee joint Chi-Raq (written by Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee), based on the Greek comedy Lysistrata . Controversial at its release, how does this film hold up today and is it effective in its message?
Hosts: Sunflower B Rose, David D, and Imani D. Johnson (@iman…
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Dodge those landmines and hop on the EVAC HELO, because today Mike and GS are breaking down Spike Lee's 2020 War Drama, Da 5 Bloods. Directed, produced and co-written by Spike Lee. Also written by Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, and Kevin Willmott. Also produced by Jon Kilik, Beatriz Levin and Lloyd Lev…
FREEZE FRAME: “BlacKkKlansman” (R), “The Meg” (PG-13), “Dog Days” (PG)
If it weren’t true, you might not believe it. “BlacKkKlansman” tells the remarkable true story of a black Colorado police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s. Director Spike Lee, who co-wrote the screenplay with KU professor Kevin Willmott, recharges his career with a film that is…
FREEZE FRAME: “Chi-Raq” and “The Letters”
Two movies with local connections are on Russ' agenda. A collaboration between KU professor Kevin Willmott and director Spike Lee and a biopic of Mother Teresa by a Clinton, MO native.
Oscar Winner Kevin Willmott Exclusive Interview: "CSA: Confederate States of America"
Oscar winning screenwriter Kevin Willmott (with Spike Lee for "BlacKkKlansman") sits down with Eric Trommater, Erin Brown, Sila Blume and Jennifer Trujillo. The subject is his 2004 Mockumentary "CSA: Confederate States of America" which he wrote, produced and directed. It imagines the United States…
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