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12 hours ago
4 min

2020 Trends: Gordon Inman's State Of The Medium

Chattanooga film historian Gordon Inman shares his final thoughts on the year 2020 for the film industry, locally and globally. In modern...

2020 Trends: Effects On The Chattanooga Writing Community

Nathan Tucker

Jan 4
2 min

2020 Trends: Effects On The Chattanooga Writing Community

Local Writing Community members discuss how this year affected writers in Chattanooga. The past year has brought huge changes to all part...

Gordon's Precious Obscurities Part 3: 25 Underrated Films To Check Out

Gordon Inman

Dec 14, 2020
6 min

Gordon's Precious Obscurities Part 3: 25 Underrated Films To Check Out

25 obscure films that local film historian Gordon Inman recommends! The Blue Bird (Maurice Tourneur, 1918) - This film is an outlier for ...

Gordon's Precious Obscurities Part 2: 25 Underrated Films To Check Out

Gordon Inman

Dec 7, 2020
6 min

Gordon's Precious Obscurities Part 2: 25 Underrated Films To Check Out

25 obscure films that local film historian Gordon Inman recommends! Shoes (Lois Weber, 1916) - After years of only being canonized for th...

Gordon's Precious Obscurities Part 1: 25 Underrated Films To Check Out

Gordon Inman

Nov 23, 2020
6 min

Gordon's Precious Obscurities Part 1: 25 Underrated Films To Check Out

25 obscure films that local film historian Gordon Inman recommends! After Death (Yevgeni Bauer, 1915) - My personal favorite of one of fi...

Gordon Inman

Nov 9, 2020
4 min

Cinema Essays With Gordon Inman: Hollywood Eras And Otto Preminger

Film critic and historian Gordon Inman shares his views on the history of Hollywood and Director Otto Preminger For the purpose of my own...

Albert Brooks Self-Directed Protagonists Ranked From Nicest To Meanest

Gordon Inman

Nov 2, 2020
2 min

Albert Brooks Self-Directed Protagonists Ranked From Nicest To Meanest

Local film fanatic Gordon Inman ranks actor/director Albert Brooks protagonists from nicest to meanest It’s a long story, but recently my...

Keeping Classic Cinema Alive At The Heritage House

Nathan Tucker

Oct 12, 2020
5 min

Keeping Classic Cinema Alive At The Heritage House

Curator Kris Jones discuss upcoming films at The Heritage House

We Will All Go Together When We Go: Amy Seimetz’s She Dies Tomorrow

Gordon Inman

Aug 17, 2020
3 min

We Will All Go Together When We Go: Amy Seimetz’s She Dies Tomorrow

Local film critic Gordon Inman's take on the 2020 film She Dies Tomorrow and its relation to the coronavirus

Gordon Inman

Jul 20, 2020
4 min

Now What: Gordon Inman's Take On How Covid-19 Is Changing Cinema

Film enthusiast and musician Gordon Inman shares his thoughts on the future of theaters during COVID-19

Black Lives Matter: Taking A Stand With Ginger Soul Productions

Nathan Tucker

Jul 13, 2020
3 min

Black Lives Matter: Taking A Stand With Ginger Soul Productions

The team at Ginger Soul Productions discuss why they became involved with Black Lives Matter and why others should

Black Lives Matter: Celebrating Black Art And Communities

Nathan Tucker

Jul 13, 2020
3 min

Black Lives Matter: Celebrating Black Art And Communities

Writer and 800 Collective founder Josiah Golson uses his writing to spread love and knowledge of Black Art and activism

Erika Roberts On Uniting A Community With Poetry

Nathan Tucker

Jun 1, 2020
3 min

Erika Roberts On Uniting A Community With Poetry

Erika Roberts has used her poetry to become an outspoken member of our community, with big plans on the way

Creating Outland: M. C. Coward On His Writing Career

Madison Perry

May 18, 2020
4 min

Creating Outland: M. C. Coward On His Writing Career

Michael Coward contributes to the writing community of Chattanooga with his debut novel, Outland

Nathan Tucker

May 11, 2020
2 min

ArtsBuild And The Artist Emergency Fund

How ArtsBuild has used the Artist Emergency Fund to help our community during COVID-19

Fighting Covid: Community And Comfort with Christian Collier

Madison Perry

Apr 6, 2020
3 min

Fighting Covid: Community And Comfort with Christian Collier

The Plug Poetry Project founder Christian Collier on how local poets can stay connected to the community

Poetry As Therapy: How Cozett Dunn Uses Writing To Find Kinship

Justin Young

Mar 16, 2020
2 min

Poetry As Therapy: How Cozett Dunn Uses Writing To Find Kinship

Local poet Cozett Dunn on how she has developed as a writer and is using her art to express herself

Meacham Writer's Workshop Offers Help To Emerging Local Writers

Nathan Tucker

Mar 9, 2020
6 min

Meacham Writer's Workshop Offers Help To Emerging Local Writers

Local colleges are giving young writers the chance to learn how to write like the professionals with the Meacham Writer’s Workshop.

Bringing Poetry To Chattanooga: Plug Poetry Event Recap

Nathan Tucker

Mar 2, 2020
2 min

Bringing Poetry To Chattanooga: Plug Poetry Event Recap

On Feb. 22 The Plug Poetry Event returned to Chattanooga with readings from local poets and guest readers.

Poetry And Identity: Tiffany Herron And The Plug Poetry Event

Nathan Tucker

Feb 24, 2020
2 min

Poetry And Identity: Tiffany Herron And The Plug Poetry Event

Local poet Tiffany Herron will be reading poems with themes of identity on Feb. 22 at The Plug Poetry Event.

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