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Serious Feather Arts with Brett Gregory - Podcast

Serious Feather Arts with Brett Gregory

Hi, my name's Brett Gregory, I'm based in Manchester (UK), and I've been an award-winning filmmaker, lecturer, journalist and podcaster since 2005.


Follow me for more movie documentaries at https://www.youtube.com/@SeriousFeather


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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
18 minutes
Episodes
41
Years Active
2024 - 2025
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Serious Feather Behind the Scenes - The Limey (Soderbergh, 1999)

Serious Feather Behind the Scenes - The Limey (Soderbergh, 1999)

The FULL DOCUMENTARY 'Behind the Scenes - The Limey (Soderbergh, 1999)' is available on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/Ow8syXw-Rk0


The Limey follows Wilson (Terence Stamp), a tough English ex-con who …

00:10:53  |   Mon 21 Jul 2025
Essay: Why I Write by George Orwell (1946)

Essay: Why I Write by George Orwell (1946)

Why I Write by George Orwell (1946)


Narrated by Brett Gregory


Full Text available here: https://www.seriousfeather.com/blog.html#whyiwrite


George Orwell (1903-1950) was an English novelist, essayist, an…

00:18:19  |   Tue 17 Jun 2025
Essay: The Catastrophe of Success by Tennessee Williams (1947)

Essay: The Catastrophe of Success by Tennessee Williams (1947)

Full Text available here: https://www.seriousfeather.com/blog.html#catastropheofsuccess


Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was an American dramatist whose plays reveal a world of human frustration in whic…

00:14:06  |   Mon 16 Jun 2025
Toby Manning Interview: Part 2 - ‘Forces of Chaos and Anarchy’ - 1964 to 1971

Toby Manning Interview: Part 2 - ‘Forces of Chaos and Anarchy’ - 1964 to 1971

A radical history of the political and social upheavals of the last 70 years, told through the period’s most popular music.


Mixing Pop and Politics is not a history of political music, but a political…

00:28:54  |   Thu 03 Apr 2025
Special Report: Released Palestinian Prisoners Reveal Israeli Crimes Against Humanity

Special Report: Released Palestinian Prisoners Reveal Israeli Crimes Against Humanity

Produced in association with the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy.


www.thepipd.com


Full transcript available at


https://www.seriousfeather.com/politics.html#PalestinianPrisoners


Hosted on Acast.…

00:07:12  |   Thu 20 Mar 2025
Toby Manning Interview: Part 1 - 'In Beautiful Dreams' - 1953 to 1964

Toby Manning Interview: Part 1 - 'In Beautiful Dreams' - 1953 to 1964

A radical history of the political and social upheavals of the last 70 years, told through the period’s most popular music.


Mixing Pop and Politics is not a history of political music, but a political…

00:31:46  |   Sat 18 Jan 2025
Interview: The Radical Film Network with Steve Presence and Matthias Kispert

Interview: The Radical Film Network with Steve Presence and Matthias Kispert

The Radical Film Network is the largest network for activist and experimental film in the world. Free to join and run by and for its members, the RFN supports progressive film culture in all its form…

00:28:45  |   Sun 12 Jan 2025
Interview: Prof. David Archibald reflects upon The Tenementals debut album 'Glasgow: A History (Vol. I of VI)'

Interview: Prof. David Archibald reflects upon The Tenementals debut album 'Glasgow: A History (Vol. I of VI)'

Glasgow: A History (Vol. I of VI) available at:


https://strengthinnumbersrecords.bandcamp.com/album/glasgow-a-history-volume-i-of-vi


The Tenementals socials:


https://www.instagram.com/tenementals/


https:…

00:37:21  |   Sun 29 Dec 2024
Album Review: 'Glasgow: A History (Vol. I of VI)' by The Tenementals

Album Review: 'Glasgow: A History (Vol. I of VI)' by The Tenementals

Full hyperlinked transcript available at:


https://www.seriousfeather.com/music.html#glasgowhistoryalbum


Glasgow A History (Vol. I of VI) available at:


https://strengthinnumbersrecords.bandcamp.com/album…

00:11:57  |   Fri 22 Nov 2024
Interview: Dr Laura Minor discusses her book 'Reclaiming Female Authorship in Contemporary UK Television Comedy'

Interview: Dr Laura Minor discusses her book 'Reclaiming Female Authorship in Contemporary UK Television Comedy'

This text examines how British female comedy authors have flourished in the contemporary televisual landscape


- Examines key female writers/performers creating UK television comedy


- Updates Kathleen R…

00:30:33  |   Wed 13 Nov 2024
Single Review: 'The Owl of Minerva' by The Tenementals

Single Review: 'The Owl of Minerva' by The Tenementals

Full hyperlinked transcript available at


https://www.seriousfeather.com/music.html#owlofminerva


https://strengthinnumbersrecords.bandcamp.com/album/glasgow-a-history-volume-i-of-vi


The Tenementals socia…

00:09:54  |   Fri 11 Oct 2024
Interview: Jon Greenaway discusses his book 'Capitalism: A Horror Story'

Interview: Jon Greenaway discusses his book 'Capitalism: A Horror Story'

Jon Greenaway is a horror expert, with a PhD from the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies. He is the co-host of the leftist film analysis podcast Horror Vanguard and his work has appeared in The Gua…

00:25:45  |   Fri 13 Sep 2024
Interview: Prof. David Archibald (Glasgow University) discusses Scotland, Spain, and Santiago

Interview: Prof. David Archibald (Glasgow University) discusses Scotland, Spain, and Santiago

Brett Gregory speaks with David Archibald, founding member and frontman of The Tenamentals, a group of academics, artists and musicians who are developing a series of songs which recount a history of…

00:23:21  |   Mon 09 Sep 2024
Interview: Prof. Mike Wayne (Brunel University) discusses his book 'Marxism Goes to the Movies'

Interview: Prof. Mike Wayne (Brunel University) discusses his book 'Marxism Goes to the Movies'

Full video and hyperlinked transcript available at www.seriousfeather.com


Overview


Introducing the key concepts and thinkers within the Marxist tradition, Marxism Goes to the Movies demonstrates their …

00:20:58  |   Fri 16 Aug 2024
Interview: Dr. Paula Murphy (Dublin City University) discusses her new book 'AI in the Movies'

Interview: Dr. Paula Murphy (Dublin City University) discusses her new book 'AI in the Movies'

Full video and hyperlinked transcript available at www.seriousfeather.com


Overview


'AI in the Movies' analyses film representations of artificial intelligence, from their first emergence in the 1950s u…

00:24:28  |   Mon 08 Jul 2024
Interview: Bram E. Gieben discusses his new book 'The Darkest Timeline'

Interview: Bram E. Gieben discusses his new book 'The Darkest Timeline'

By turns a work of savage polemic, speculative philosophical reasoning and outsider insight, The Darkest Timeline is a dynamic ride through critical theory, pop culture and high-concept fiction. It i…

00:28:40  |   Fri 28 Jun 2024
Interview: Director Muayad Alayan discusses his new film, 'A House in Jerusalem'

Interview: Director Muayad Alayan discusses his new film, 'A House in Jerusalem'

Young Rebecca is forced to move with her father from the UK to Jerusalem, in the hopes that a new beginning can help her heal from her mother’s sudden death. Soon after settling into an old house in …

00:51:59  |   Fri 28 Jun 2024
Interview: Ms. Giedre Kubiliute (Leeds Beckett University) discusses 'Protests and the Media'

Interview: Ms. Giedre Kubiliute (Leeds Beckett University) discusses 'Protests and the Media'

This insightful volume critically explores activist events in their scale and their capacity to attract media attention through a critical event studies lens, offering new perspectives on protests an…

00:25:20  |   Fri 28 Jun 2024
Interview: Director Kym Staton discusses his Julian Assange documentary 'The Trust Fall'

Interview: Director Kym Staton discusses his Julian Assange documentary 'The Trust Fall'

Despite being detained, silenced and hidden from public view in maximum security Belmarsh Prison, multi-award-winning Australian journalist and publisher Julian Assange has become one of the loudest …

00:14:55  |   Fri 28 Jun 2024
Review: Americonned (Claffey, 2023)

Review: Americonned (Claffey, 2023)

AMERICONNED is an award-winning film about income inequality in the US and its tragic destabilizing effects to Americans. Deep inequality has led to radicalization at every level of society, and this…

00:11:28  |   Thu 27 Jun 2024
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