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This episode's guest is Robert Eric Wise. Originally from Fort Worth and currently residing in Los Angeles, he is a writer, producer, and director with 6 Emmy awards under his belt. He has an amazing career in reality television, commercials, comedy and documentaries which include The Boondocks, Black Jesus, Sunday Best, Vince Young Next Level, and his latest documentary film Unlocked Voices:…
Discussing the 2024 Denton Black Film Festival, which is celebrating their 10th anniversary of showcasing black culture! The Denton Black Film Festival has grown into a 5-Day event that allows you to immerse yourself in some of the best showcases of black cinema, music, spoken word, art, and so much more. Visit www.dentonbff.com and get your tickets today! Discussing the 10th anniversary of the…
This episode's guest Bart Weiss, the Founder and Artistic Director of Dallas VideoFest, which is celebrating it's 34th and final year! DocuFest 34 runs September 29 through October 3, 2021. For more information and for tickets, visit www.videofest.org . We discuss what's new this year and so much more on episode 58 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast. Consider Yourself Warned! If you enjoyed the…
Welcome to the Avert Your Eyes Podcast, hosted by Michael Gibson, Jr . Here we talk with some of the most creative people within North Texas and beyond. We would love to hear your feedback! This episode is a re-release of episode 19 with guest comedian, actor, and musician Carl LaBove. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas. At 19 years old, he discovered stand up comedy with the man who would become…
This episode's guest is comedian Darryl Littleton. Darryl began his comedy career writing sketches for "The Tom Joyner Morning Show" on CBS Radio. Soon afterwards he became a regular at the world famous Comedy Store, adopted the stage name, "D'Militant" and landed a job as D. L. Hughley's exclusive writer when he hosted BET's "Comic View". Darryl was promoted to writer/producer and also penned…
This episode's guest is comedian Tony Casillas. Tony started performing stand up comedy in Dallas, Texas, during his senior year in college by going on stage and telling stories about his life. He has been able to evolve those stories into an act that has allowed him the opportunity to open up for comics like Jim Jeffries, Tj Miller, Orny Adams, Theo Von and Bobcat Goldthwait. He is also 1/2 of…
Dr. Becca Peixotto is the Curator of the Origins: Fossils From The Cradle of Humankind exhibit at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Located in the heart of Dallas, TX, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science delivers exciting, engaging and innovative visitor and outreach experiences through its education, exhibition, and research and collections programming for children, students, teachers,…
This is a very special edition of the podcast! I attended a round table conversation featuring documentary filmmaker, Joe O'Connell, and the subject of his film "Danger God," Gary Kent, who was the inspiration for Brat Pitt's character in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood." They discuss the documentary, stunt work through the years, Gary's real-life run-in with Charles Manson, and…
This episode of the podcast, we are on the red carpet of the 2019 Frame4Frame Film Festival in Arlington, TX. If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher , Spotify , TuneIn or Google Play . Follow us via Facebook and Twitter . Visit our website . Click here to take our listener survey! We now…
The Frame4Frame Festival 2019 is September 19 - 22 in Arlington, Texas and features art, music, films, and fun. Ahead of the festival, we sit in on the media round table with James Hawthorn and Vivian Fullerlove with the festival. Then, we talk with filmmakers Nicholas Muthersbaugh of "Alora," Sheran Keyton of "Purgatory," and George Wada of "Once Upon A Time." Next, we speak with director Daniel…
