America Anti-fascism: ‘Black Legion’ and ‘Confessions of a Nazi Spy’
In this episode of Fascism on Film, we turn to late-1930s America, an anxious nation watching as authoritarian movements surged abroad and felt their reverberations at home. Long before the United States entered World War II, Hollywood began shaping stories that confronted this threat directly, laying the groundwork for an early tradition of anti‑fascist cinema […]
Proto-fascism: The Birth of a Nation
On this week’s episode, the Fascism on Film Podcast tears into one of the most repugnant films of all time: “The Birth of a Nation.”
A Storm Approaches: ‘The Mortal Storm’
In this episode, we talk about The Mortal Storm (1940), Frank Borzage’s quietly devastating portrait of a German family caught in the first months of Nazi rule. …
Wilkomen to the Weimar Republic: ‘Cabaret’
In this episode, we turn our attention to Cabaret (1972), Bob Fosse’s masterful film set in the final days of the Weimar Republic. At first glance, it’s a dazzling musical about performers in a Berlin nightclub.
Welcome to Fascism on Film
In the first episode of “Fascism on Film,” co-hosts Teal Minton and James Kent begin a conversation about one of the most unique and destructive political phenomena of the last century: fascism.