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CineFemmeAuthor: Andrea Nelson and Devin Brooke
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1999's "The Mummy" with Blake Berlin
Episode 11
Friday, 26 April, 2024
Fun fact about our guest Blake Berlin - he’s been kidnapped and tortured by Andrea and Devin! For a film of course. Blake is our brilliant actor and writer friend, who produced his first feature this year! Blake picked the iconic, incomparable action-adventure-romance-horror film - the amazing 1999 “The Mummy.” We talk about our deep love of this film, how it’s a feminist film that does not pass the Bechdel test, the comedic genius of Rachel Weisz and all the ways this film still holds up and impresses us! We were so excited to talk about this movie with Blake, especially considering this May is it’s 25th anniversary! Our women in film history was finally the thing we kept wondering if we would accidentally do - we picked the same person! We talk about Aziza Amir, who is hailed as the founder and godmother of Egyptian cinema, and is considered Egypt’s first female film actress and producer, blazing a trail not only for Arab women but Egyptian filmmakers all around! Follow Blake on IMDb and instagram @itsblakeberlin, especially right now as his film “Instead,” which he wrote and produced and starred in AND directed, is hitting the festival circuit starting this weekend on April 28th! We could not be more excited or proud of him! If you love beautiful indy romance dramedies, you’ll want to check out his lovely film, it’s seriously so wonderful guys. (0:00) Introduction (04:58) Icebreakers (17:11) Women in Film History (24:13) The Mummy!
