identity Archives | Talkhouse

Who Am I? Or, Finding My Identity in Cinema

By Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger | November 1, 2024

Who Am I? Or, Finding My Identity in Cinema

The director of Lost on a Mountain in Maine on how his childhood in Madagascar shaped him into the person and filmmaker he is today.

Queer Enough?

Film

By Morgan Ingari | June 8, 2021

Queer Enough?

Milkwater writer-director Morgan Ingari interrogates her identity as queer given her current relationship with a cisgendered heterosexual man.

Reclaiming the Narrative is a Work in Progress

Film

By Yen Tan | November 5, 2019

Reclaiming the Narrative is a Work in Progress

Writer-director Yen Tan on his how his cultural identity has shifted since coming to the U.S., and what it means for him to make Asian-American films.

What It Means to Humanize

Film

By Phillip Youmans | April 24, 2019

What It Means to Humanize

The 19-year-old writer-director of Burning Cane on how his experiences with religion and the Black Panthers shaped his views on life and art.

Radical Indigenous Queer Feminism is Ceremony

Music

By Katherine Paul | September 14, 2018

Radical Indigenous Queer Feminism is Ceremony

"I talk about my identity openly because of the Indigenous and queer voices that were silenced before me."

Amelia Meath (Sylvan Esso, Mountain Man) Talks Nicki Minaj’s The Pinkprint

Music

By Amelia Meath | December 19, 2014

Amelia Meath (Sylvan Esso, Mountain Man) Talks Nicki Minaj’s The Pinkprint

Who is the real Nicki Minaj? And does her new album reveal the answer? Sylvan Esso's singer gets to the bottom of it… or tries to.