Kevin Smokler
@weegee.bsky.social
Writer, Documentary Filmmaker, Inveterate Recommender
New Book: BREAK THE FRAME: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN FILMMAKERS
https://tinyurl.com/yc5r894h
www.breaktheframebook.com
www.kevinsmokler.com
New Book: BREAK THE FRAME: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN FILMMAKERS
https://tinyurl.com/yc5r894h
www.breaktheframebook.com
www.kevinsmokler.com
If you really want to talk to somebody, you can't shout at them. So I'm looking for those points of understanding and a lot of that is trying to address my own limitations and biases...More than thinking about fixing somebody else, I'm trying to fix myself" -- Documentary Filmmaker Dawn Porter
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
If you really want to talk to somebody, you can't shout at them. So I'm looking for those points of understanding and a lot of that is trying to address my own limitations and biases...More than thinking about fixing somebody else, I'm trying to fix myself" -- Documentary Filmmaker Dawn Porter
"Our job is about relationships...And sometimes I put stuff in that people don't want. And I have to know that they're going to be mad at me after b/c the story that you write in your life about your life is not the story that everybody else sees." -- Filmmaker Dawn Porter in my book BREAK THE FRAME
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Our job is about relationships...And sometimes I put stuff in that people don't want. And I have to know that they're going to be mad at me after b/c the story that you write in your life about your life is not the story that everybody else sees." -- Filmmaker Dawn Porter in my book BREAK THE FRAME
A little more about the great documentary director Dawn Porter whom I interviewed for my book BREAK THE FRAME: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN FILMMAKERS (1/?)
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A little more about the great documentary director Dawn Porter whom I interviewed for my book BREAK THE FRAME: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN FILMMAKERS (1/?)
Continuing with our recs for documentaries by the great Dawn Porter, who I had the honor of interviewing for my book BREAK THE FRAME
THE WAY I SEE IT. About WH Photographer Peter Souza and how we see the presidency in images ( Apple TV Rental)
For any photo buff
www.imdb.com/title/tt1129...
THE WAY I SEE IT. About WH Photographer Peter Souza and how we see the presidency in images ( Apple TV Rental)
For any photo buff
www.imdb.com/title/tt1129...
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Continuing with our recs for documentaries by the great Dawn Porter, who I had the honor of interviewing for my book BREAK THE FRAME
THE WAY I SEE IT. About WH Photographer Peter Souza and how we see the presidency in images ( Apple TV Rental)
For any photo buff
www.imdb.com/title/tt1129...
THE WAY I SEE IT. About WH Photographer Peter Souza and how we see the presidency in images ( Apple TV Rental)
For any photo buff
www.imdb.com/title/tt1129...
#DYK? Dawn Porter's documentary 37 WORDS (on hulu) about Title IX opens with the first on camera meeting b/t Billie Jean King and Gloria Steinem. Why is this important? Second Wave Feminism in America did not see athletes as part of their efforts. Corrected since. See below...
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#DYK? Dawn Porter's documentary 37 WORDS (on hulu) about Title IX opens with the first on camera meeting b/t Billie Jean King and Gloria Steinem. Why is this important? Second Wave Feminism in America did not see athletes as part of their efforts. Corrected since. See below...
On the higher end of dweebiest things of I've ever done, deciding to revive the stamp collecting habit I had in my 20s focusing on (vomit bags out in 3, 2, 1...) Commemorative Panels
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store.usps.com/store/result...
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
On the higher end of dweebiest things of I've ever done, deciding to revive the stamp collecting habit I had in my 20s focusing on (vomit bags out in 3, 2, 1...) Commemorative Panels
store.usps.com/store/result...
store.usps.com/store/result...
Goodbye life of mild productivity. The Electric Typewriter has published their 50 Best Articles from 2025 list
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tetw.org/Best_Article...
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Goodbye life of mild productivity. The Electric Typewriter has published their 50 Best Articles from 2025 list
tetw.org/Best_Article...
tetw.org/Best_Article...
In honor of a certain mayoral election last night, how many of Mira Nair's 11 movies have you seen?
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In honor of a certain mayoral election last night, how many of Mira Nair's 11 movies have you seen?
Given the historic nature of last nights elections and the attention they received leading up to, I suppose I don't need to tell you about the incredible life and work of film director Mira Nair, mother of the Mayor Elect of New York City, do I? But just in case...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Given the historic nature of last nights elections and the attention they received leading up to, I suppose I don't need to tell you about the incredible life and work of film director Mira Nair, mother of the Mayor Elect of New York City, do I? But just in case...
(1/)
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Apologizing to my man @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social for the far too obvious choice here...
October 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Apologizing to my man @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social for the far too obvious choice here...
"I have this metaphor that when I'm making a movie, I'm very good at finding good ingredients, and it's like a test tube then I just shake it and boom!" -- REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES dir. Patricia Cardoso. Read all about her incredible career in my new book BREAK THE FRAME (8/8) ( #BTFF)
October 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"I have this metaphor that when I'm making a movie, I'm very good at finding good ingredients, and it's like a test tube then I just shake it and boom!" -- REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES dir. Patricia Cardoso. Read all about her incredible career in my new book BREAK THE FRAME (8/8) ( #BTFF)
The way I healed things with my mother was by showing her compassion. She was taught garbage by her mother, my grandmother... And I said ‘no, I’m not going to carry around that garbage.’”
-- REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES playwright Josefina López (7/?)
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-- REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES playwright Josefina López (7/?)
latinamedia.co/real-women-h...
October 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The way I healed things with my mother was by showing her compassion. She was taught garbage by her mother, my grandmother... And I said ‘no, I’m not going to carry around that garbage.’”
-- REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES playwright Josefina López (7/?)
latinamedia.co/real-women-h...
-- REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES playwright Josefina López (7/?)
latinamedia.co/real-women-h...
“Our mothers become puppets for the patriarchy. All those things they’ve internalized, they push onto their daughters to ‘protect’ us, not realizing the damage they’re doing.’”
-- REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES playwright Josefina Lopez... (6/?)
latinamedia.co/real-women-h...
-- REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES playwright Josefina Lopez... (6/?)
latinamedia.co/real-women-h...
October 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“Our mothers become puppets for the patriarchy. All those things they’ve internalized, they push onto their daughters to ‘protect’ us, not realizing the damage they’re doing.’”
-- REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES playwright Josefina Lopez... (6/?)
latinamedia.co/real-women-h...
-- REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES playwright Josefina Lopez... (6/?)
latinamedia.co/real-women-h...
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES director Patricia Cardoso also directed for Ava Duvernay's QUEEN SUGAR and HBO's TALES OF THE CITY. She's currently a professor at UCR Riverside and sits on the Academy's Board of Governors. (3/?)
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES director Patricia Cardoso also directed for Ava Duvernay's QUEEN SUGAR and HBO's TALES OF THE CITY. She's currently a professor at UCR Riverside and sits on the Academy's Board of Governors. (3/?)
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (2002) is considered one of the great coming of age movies of modern times. I was honored to speak to dir. Patricia Cardoso, the first Latine director to win a dramatic award at Sundance for my book BREAK THE FRAME (2/?)
October 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (2002) is considered one of the great coming of age movies of modern times. I was honored to speak to dir. Patricia Cardoso, the first Latine director to win a dramatic award at Sundance for my book BREAK THE FRAME (2/?)
Just a few more thoughts on REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (2002) dir by Patricia Cardoso, the movie that launched America Ferrera and is available on HBO Max, Hulu and Amazon
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October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Just a few more thoughts on REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (2002) dir by Patricia Cardoso, the movie that launched America Ferrera and is available on HBO Max, Hulu and Amazon
(1/?)
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"For its director, RHWC would be the first and signature statement of her artistic and political priorities..an unwavering faith in the abilities of women to enter new and frightening phases of their lives." -- From my BREAK THE FRAME interview w/ Patricia Cardoso (12?) (#BTFF)
October 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"For its director, RHWC would be the first and signature statement of her artistic and political priorities..an unwavering faith in the abilities of women to enter new and frightening phases of their lives." -- From my BREAK THE FRAME interview w/ Patricia Cardoso (12?) (#BTFF)
From my BREAK THE FRAME interview with REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES director Patricia Cardoso (11/?) (#BTFF)
"Movie lovers need go-tos, films that will please most anyone, are easy to find and haven't been defacto recommended to death My go-to for over 20 years now has been Real Women Have Curves...
"Movie lovers need go-tos, films that will please most anyone, are easy to find and haven't been defacto recommended to death My go-to for over 20 years now has been Real Women Have Curves...
October 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
From my BREAK THE FRAME interview with REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES director Patricia Cardoso (11/?) (#BTFF)
"Movie lovers need go-tos, films that will please most anyone, are easy to find and haven't been defacto recommended to death My go-to for over 20 years now has been Real Women Have Curves...
"Movie lovers need go-tos, films that will please most anyone, are easy to find and haven't been defacto recommended to death My go-to for over 20 years now has been Real Women Have Curves...
#TIL the musical of REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES had a tragically short life on Broadway. NPR's Latino USA asked why in June... (9/?) (#BTFF)
www.latinousa.org/2025/08/15/r...
www.latinousa.org/2025/08/15/r...
October 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#TIL the musical of REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES had a tragically short life on Broadway. NPR's Latino USA asked why in June... (9/?) (#BTFF)
www.latinousa.org/2025/08/15/r...
www.latinousa.org/2025/08/15/r...
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES is the story of Ana Garcia, a HS senior w/ a full scholarship to Columbia. Her conservative parents want her to stay close to home and work in her older sister's dress factory.
RWHC is one of our greatest examples of end of high school coming of age movies (3/?) (#BTFF)
RWHC is one of our greatest examples of end of high school coming of age movies (3/?) (#BTFF)
October 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES is the story of Ana Garcia, a HS senior w/ a full scholarship to Columbia. Her conservative parents want her to stay close to home and work in her older sister's dress factory.
RWHC is one of our greatest examples of end of high school coming of age movies (3/?) (#BTFF)
RWHC is one of our greatest examples of end of high school coming of age movies (3/?) (#BTFF)
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES was released in Oct. of 2002, dir. by Patricia Cardoso in her film debut and adopted from the stage play by Josefina Lopes.
It is the film debut of then 17 year old America Ferrera and yes, is the inspiration for the current Broadway Musical (2/?)
It is the film debut of then 17 year old America Ferrera and yes, is the inspiration for the current Broadway Musical (2/?)
October 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES was released in Oct. of 2002, dir. by Patricia Cardoso in her film debut and adopted from the stage play by Josefina Lopes.
It is the film debut of then 17 year old America Ferrera and yes, is the inspiration for the current Broadway Musical (2/?)
It is the film debut of then 17 year old America Ferrera and yes, is the inspiration for the current Broadway Musical (2/?)
Today we honor REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (2000) dir. by Patricia Cardoso who I was honored to interview for my new book BREAK THE FRAME, 24 conversations with 24 brilliant women directors. RWHC is movie No 4 of our Break the Frame Festival (#BTFF).
Complete list:
letterboxd.com/smokler/list... (1/?)
Complete list:
letterboxd.com/smokler/list... (1/?)
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Today we honor REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (2000) dir. by Patricia Cardoso who I was honored to interview for my new book BREAK THE FRAME, 24 conversations with 24 brilliant women directors. RWHC is movie No 4 of our Break the Frame Festival (#BTFF).
Complete list:
letterboxd.com/smokler/list... (1/?)
Complete list:
letterboxd.com/smokler/list... (1/?)
Today is Film No. 4 of the Break the Frame Festival, 24 movies by 24 women directors, taken straight from my new book BREAK THE FRAME, CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN FILMMAKERS. The honor roll of 24, is right here (#BTFF)
letterboxd.com/smokler/list...
letterboxd.com/smokler/list...
October 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today is Film No. 4 of the Break the Frame Festival, 24 movies by 24 women directors, taken straight from my new book BREAK THE FRAME, CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN FILMMAKERS. The honor roll of 24, is right here (#BTFF)
letterboxd.com/smokler/list...
letterboxd.com/smokler/list...
So if you plan on visiting San Francisco soon and would like to do non-touristy things, here's a whole guide to rube-less activites thefrisc.com/category/out...
October 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So if you plan on visiting San Francisco soon and would like to do non-touristy things, here's a whole guide to rube-less activites thefrisc.com/category/out...
#DYK? There's effectively a Human Genome Project...but for works of art. www.artsy.net/categories
October 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
#DYK? There's effectively a Human Genome Project...but for works of art. www.artsy.net/categories