White People Won't Save You
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White People Won't Save You
A podcast that deconstructs the white savior trope in film, and recenters the Black and PoC chaaracters and actors in them.
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Top white savior countdown - 16 through 11
Welcome back to our Top 20 white savior countdown! In part two we work through some classics (To Kill a Mockingbird), some most hated (La La Land) and...
Highest 2 Lowest (Feat. Dylan Green)
Apologies for the delay! Between some technical and personal difficulties we had to get right, but we're back with a bunch of great episodes, starting...
Top 20 white savior films: 20-16
We finally did it! Sorry for the delay but welcome to the first of four mini (for us) episodes where we count down what we think are the 20 worst whit...
Deadly Breed
Apologies for the late episode, but we think the content of the movie will make up for it because...phew, what the hell was this. Cameron asked for so...
The Craft (Feat. Shakira Ja'nai Paye)
Sorry for the delay, Jordan was at Comic-Con (Ancestral Recall in stores next week) but we back! And we're so happy to have special guest Shakira Ja'n...
White House Down
I mean....you already know what time it is. As we take the day to boo America and its continued shortcomings and intentional cruelties, we hope we can...
Judgement Day
Happy Juneteenth and Happy Pride! We have another WPWSY investigation for you today as we try to decode the confusing but also outrageous Judgement Da...
Sheena
“See, even in chains we can defeat them. Turn your minds back my people. Remember yourself a thousand, thousand moons ago. Bring your bows!” All of th...
Sinners
Finally! Sorry for the delay, but we know people have been asking, so here are our thoughts on Ryan Coogler's new film Sinners!
You know we lov...
Die Hard With A Vengance
Is it only April? We hope everyone has been doing well and hanging in there. Hopefully today's episode will help up lift some spirits because we've go...
The Soloist
Oscar season might be over but that doesn't mean we still can't cover some Oscar bait. 2009's The Soloist that has all the makings of an awards season...
Just Cause
Never in the history of this show has a movie caught Jordan and Cameron so off guard. 1994's Just Cause isn't just a wildly racist movie, it actually...
Dead Bang
We're back with one from the vaults! Audio on Jordan's end wasn't the best (computer was on deaths door) but the episode itself is a banger...or shoul...
Nickel Boys
Finally we get to sit down and talk about one of the most acclaimed movies of 2024, Nickel Boys. Directed by RaMell Ross and based on the Pulitzer Pri...
Imperium (Feat. Brandon Collins)
We're kicking off the New Year with some absolute foolishness as we discuss the movie where Harry Potter goes undercover as a white supremacist. That'...
Quigley Down Under (Feat. .Kristal Adams)
Did you ever think you were watching one movie and ended up seeing another? That's the horror our wonderful guest comedian and comic writer Kristal Ad...
Election/Quincy Jones Tribute
Hello friends! We hope everyone has been hanging in. We ourselves had to take a little break following the election as well as for the Holidays, but w...
Ghost Brigade (Feat. Justina Ireland)
Happy Halloween! As scary as the real world is, we figured everyone could use a break and a really dumb movie, so here's 1993's Ghost Brigade. Also kn...
The Adventures of Huck Finn (Feat Marcus Kwame Anderson and David F. Walker)
Ride with us down the Mississippi as we speak with the award winning duo of David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson about 1993's The Adventure of Hu...
Rebel Ridge
Special episode alert! Today we discuss the new Netflix film Rebel Ridge, very much the kind of movie that inverts our usual films. A movie about civi...
The Beekeeper (Feat. Julian Lytle)
Bzzz bzz that's the sound of the... Beekepers? Joined by WPWSY All Star Julian Lyltle, we discuss the 2024 breakout hit The Beekeeper.
Jason St...
Thunderstruck
And now, starting at white savior, from the university of "who the hell thought this was a good idea", 2014's Thunderstruck!
Truly one of the mo...
The Landlord
Back together again! Cameron was in Baltimore for the week, so this episode was actually done in person, which was much needed because we had a lot to...
Unstoppable
We're back again with one of our greatest living actors, Denzel Washington. This time, it's the 2010 true train story, Unstoppable. Starring opposite...
Stonewall (Feat. Jared McCullough)
Since everyday feels like an historical event in 2024, we decided to go back in time to another, 2015's Stonewall. Joined by Jared McCullough of the B...
Black and White (1999) Feat. Ben Passmore
Have you ever wanted to see Brooke Shields with dreads? Or here Elijah Wood call another white person "the true nigga"? Or watch 1990's Knicks shootin...
Black and White (Feat. KT of For Your Reference)
Sometimes you gotta pop out and...you know the rest. We're so excited to welcome the amazing KT of the For Your Reference podcast to come on and discu...
Amos and Andrew
You ever see a movie poster and think, "nah that can't be real"? This is one of them. Amos and Andrew(?) starring Samuel L. Jackson(?!) and Nicholas C...
WPYSY LIVE! (The Mummy Feat. Aileen Clark)
We're live! Coming to you from Caveat in NYC, we pulled out all the stops for the last live show of the spring. Joined by pod favorite Aileen Clark (o...
Kendrick V Drake. Beef of the century?
Sometimes you gotta pop up and show niggas! Wow, what a week and change it's been for Hip-Hop. We actually had recorded something last Thursday and we...
Men of Honor (Feat. Panama Jackson)
First, all solidarity to the students protesting across the country. We're seeing some truly horrifying things but the strength and conviction is what...
La La Land (Feat. Roxxy Haze)
We talking about Jazz y'all! Specifically the 2016 film, La La Land. The hype, the 14 Academy Award nominations, the viral Moonlight moment, 8 years l...
White Man's Burden redux
In celebration of our first live show coming this Sunday (April 14th at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, get tickets here! ) we're flashing back to one...
Enemy Territory (Feat. Shawn Pryor)
Phew! Every once in a while we find a movie that makes you ask, "how is this real?" This is one of those ones. We call in WPWSY Hall of Famer Shawn Pr...
A Quiet Place Part II (Feat. Blerdy Massacre)
Despite the title of the movie, we've got a lot to say about this one! Joined by our friends at Blerdy Massacre, we discuss the 2020 smash sequel A Qu...
The American Society of Magical Negroes Part 2
Oh, you thought we were done!? After we finished talking with Aisha, we still had thoughts to get off, so enjoy this extended conversation as we get t...
The American Society of Magical Negroes (Feat. Aisha Harris)
You asked and we delivered. A movie that should have been funny and insightful but instead turned out to be one of the most confusing films in recent...
Invictus (Feat. Fatimah Gilliam)
Award season has come to an end, so we look back at a past awards darling to see how it holds up today. Spoiler, it doesn't. 2009's Invictus tells th...
The Phantom (Feat. Tarik Davis)
Today! We travel back to simpler times, before cinematic universes, to a world of ridiculous costumes, confused racial stereotypes, and a villain who...
Betrayed (Feat. Chauncey K. Robinson)
A white supremacist romantic thriller? Say it ain't so. Today we discuss 1988's Betrayed, a movie that asks, "is it love if you don't hunt a Black man...