Episode 26: The Revolutionary Struggle Episode

Cerise and Vicky pledge their hearts to the movements of the past by ranking five movies about 60s leftism. Will they become perfect servants of the revolution? Or will they be made an example of for the good of the cadre? Listen to find out! 9:33 - Judas And The Black Messiah (2021, Shaka King) - Cerise and Vicky agree that it's about as good as a Hollywood biopic of Fred Hampton could be, and then they argue about what that means. 30:43 - Z (1969, Costa-Gavras) - Cerise and Vicky race against time to expose the truth about this movie to the world. That truth? The movie's pretty dope. 49:36 - Germany in Autumn (1978, Various) - Cerise and Vicky dive deep into a deep dive into the history of German Leftism. Vicky holds her breath significantly longer than Cerise. 1:05:08 - King Of The Children (1987, Chen Kaige) - Cerise and Vicky cover a movie that's massively famous in China and massively obscure in the West. The shocking secrets lurking in Vicky's psyche are revealed. 1:19:09 - United Red Army (2007, Koji Wakamatsu) - Vicky tricks Cerise into watching an unflinchingly brutal examination of vanguardism. Cerise is displeased.