Episode 12: ‘Set It Off’ with Tina Mabry

Episode 12

25th January 2018

Much like Queen Latifah’s character, Cleo, April is also about to SET IT OFF…with this interview! Director Tina Mabry (Mississippi Damned, Insecure, Dear White People, Queen Sugar) is on this week’s episode to discuss the 1996 bank heist classic. Tina goes in depth on her history with the film and how much Queen Latifah’s character meant to her growing up. She also discusses her directing techniques for getting through emotional scenes, growing up in the south, and why her cinematographer refused a helicopter shot on her debut feature Mississippi Damned.

Episode notes

Much like Queen Latifah’s character, Cleo, April is also about to SET IT OFF…with this interview! Director Tina Mabry (Mississippi Damned, Insecure, Dear White People, Queen Sugar) is on this week’s episode to discuss the 1996 bank heist classic. Tina goes in depth on her history with the film and how much Queen Latifah’s character meant to her growing up. She also discusses her directing techniques for getting through emotional scenes, growing up in the south, and why her cinematographer refused a helicopter shot on her debut feature Mississippi Damned.

Check out Tina Mabry’s TV work on Queen Sugar, Insecure, and Dear White People. Also check out her feature Mississippi Damned

And if you haven’t seen it yet, go watch Set It Off.

With April Wolfe and Tina Mabry

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  • April Wolfe
  • Tina Mabry

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Switchblade Sisters is a podcast providing deep cuts on genre flicks from a female perspective. Every week, screenwriter and former film critic April Wolfe sits down with a phenomenal female film-maker to slice-and-dice a classic genre movie – horror, exploitation, sci-fi and many others! Along the way, they cover craft, the state of the industry, how films get made, and more. Mothers, lock up your sons, the Switchblade Sisters are coming!

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