Ashley O'Shay
Sound accompaniment: a siren outside the window, people talking outside in the street, kids scream-hollering, a dog barking
Drinks: artisan Ethiopian coffee with maple pecan flavor
Some things that joined us in the conversation: Unapologetic, Black Star Film Festival, Working Films, Kartemquin, Firelight Media, BAVC, Morgan Elise Johnson, Rubin Daniels, Indiana Black Expo, National High School Institute (Northwestern University), Northwestern University, Debra Tolchinsky, The killing of Rekia Boyd, The Thin Blue Line, Grizzly Man, If Cities Could Dance (KQED), Surviving R Kelly, Ava DuVernay, Dawn Porter, Finding Yingying, Jiayan "Jenny" Shi, Diane Moy Quon, Arthur Jones, Feels Good Man, True/False Rough Cut Retreat, Sundance, Jamila Woods, Saba, The Old Guard, Charlize Theron, Kiki Lane, Gina Prince-Bythewood,