Arts Express

Tue, Jun 16, 2020 04:00 AM

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Hosts: Prairie Miller

Topics:

A Conversation with Wes Studi. The only Native American to ever win an acting Oscar, an award this year, phones in. -
My Mother Natalie Wood: Actress Natasha Gregson Wagner Talks What Remains Behind -
Music Corner: Jack Shalom, in a conversation with old time musician Nora Brown -
Plus...Poetry, and a performance coming up, having something to do with getting hold of those stimulus checks - or maybe not.

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A Conversation with Wes Studi. The only Native American to ever win an acting Oscar, an award this year, phones in.

My Mother Natalie Wood: Actress Natasha Gregson Wagner Talks What Remains Behind

** "My mom was a very ahead of her time actress. She was somebody who fought for equal pay for herself, with all her male co-stars - she fought for actors who didn't have as much power as she did."

What Remains Behind: Natasha Gregson Wagner, an actress in her own right known for David Lynch's Lost Highway and Dogtown, discusses the documentary she narrates dedicated to her late mother she lost tragically as a young girl, screen legend Natalie Wood.

And what it may have to do with reading William Wordsworth poetry in a movie, getting Robert Redford cast in his first film role, fighting for air conditioning on West Side Story - and taking long lockdown walks in the woods.

"As more of us are being involved in the film industry, it's changing the scope in terms of how the public looks at us - rather than as a disappeared or disappearing people."

A Conversation with Wes Studi. The veteran Cherokee actor and only Native American to ever win an acting Oscar, an honorary award this year, phones in from Santa Fe to the show to talk about the many memorable movie moments in his career - and reflecting on his hopes for changing the way First Nation actors have been perceived in movies.

Music Corner: Jack Shalom, in a conversation with old time musician Nora Brown. And what exactly is old time music - and its connection to Appalachia, Kentucky coal miners, coal dust, strip mining and black lung.

Says Nora, who has performed on banjo, fiddle and guitar - "I think old time music carries stories, each song some complex meaning and some kind of story that's hidden in the lyrics. People weren't making it to please fans, it was home music for playing on your porch."

Plus...Poetry, and a performance coming up, having something to do with getting hold of those stimulus checks - or maybe not.

Guests:

Wes Studi, actor -
Natasha Gregson Wagner, actress -
Nora Brown, musician -

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