Teaser with Morgan Jerkins & Zora Schiltz Rouse

Morgan Jerkins and Zora Schiltz Rouse are young filmmakers working at the thematic intersection of environmental and reproductive justice.

Morgan is a New York Times bestselling author and National Magazine Award-winning journalist. Zora is a producer and director who most recently worked on a Ryan Murphy show for FX.

We'll be back with their full interview on April 3 — think of it as a post-film Q&A.

In the meantime, follow them on IG: @_morganjerkins, @zoritapepita

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00:00:05 Asha Dahya
Welcome to the rePROFilm Podcast, I’m your host Asha Dahya. I am very excited to share my upcoming interview with some extraordinary filmmakers for this month’s Periodical.

00:00:17 Morgan Jerkins
My name is Morgan Jerkins, and if you want to chime in Zora and introduce yourself.

00:00:24 Zora Schiltz Rouse
Hello, my name is Zora Schiltz Rouse and I co-directed Black Madonna with Morgan Jerkins.

00:00:29 Morgan Jerkins
Yep, and I co-directed with Zora and I wrote Black Madonna. Black Madonna is about a black climate justice activist who discovers that she's pregnant while living in a Los Angeles neighborhood that's experiencing a very devastating environmental decline. So that was that. That's just the logline. But you can probably tell that I've rehearsed it a lot and had to sculpt it a lot, because I tend to be very long winded, but hopefully that gives a very snappy teaser of it all.

00:01:03 Asha Dahya
Stay tuned for the full interview with Black Madonna directors Morgan and Zora. In the meantime, be sure to subscribe to our free periodical at Reprofilm.org and we will drop every episode of the podcast, as well as a host of other repro goodies, straight to your inbox every month.