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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-27T07:00:18.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "April Wolfe",
    "Bad Hand",
    "NASA",
    "Chloe Okuno",
    "AI",
    "Val Kilmer",
    "Female Filmmakers",
    "documentary film",
    "women directors",
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    "Hannah Berryman",
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    "AI-Generated Val Kilmer Will Appear in Movie Kilmer Was to Shoot Before His Passing",
    "April Wolfe/Chloe Okuno Project Bad Hand Lands at Searchlight",
    "Late Shift",
    "Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice",
    "Say Amen Somebody",
    "A Teacher",
    "Patricia Cardoso",
    "Debra Granik",
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    "Melanie Laurent",
    "Maggie Gyllenhaal",
    "Allison Anders",
    "Gillian Armstrong",
    "Celine Sciamma",
    "Lynn Shelton",
    "The Wachowskis",
    "Penny Marshall",
    "Martha Coolidge",
    "Vera Drew",
    "Jane Schoenbrun",
    "Alice Maio Mackay",
    "Mira Nair",
    "Věra Chytilová",
    "Ida Lupino",
    "Dorothy Arzner",
    "Alice Guy-Blaché",
    "Caitlin Adams",
    "Susan Seidelman",
    "Nia DaCosta",
    "Kathryn Bigelow",
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    "Dee Rees",
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  "textContent": "We’re capping off a month at looking at different films directed by women with Hannah Berryman’s documentary, _Spacewoman_. Kevin Smokler, author of _Breaking the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers_ joins us to talk about this close look at the stellar career of astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot, and later command, a Space Shuttle mission. **What’s Good** Alonso - Calm for naps Drea - getting a doctor’s appointment Kevin S. - Memorizing Oscar winners as a sleep aid Kevin A. - 3 hour Celebrity game **ITIDIC**\n\n  * AI-Generated Val Kilmer Will Appear in Movie Kilmer Was to Shoot Before His Passing\n  * April Wolfe/Chloe Okuno Project Bad Hand Lands at Searchlight\n\n**Staff Picks** Alonso - Late Shift Drea - Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice Kevin S. - Say Amen Somebody Kevin A. - A Teacher **Directors Mentioned in C-Block:**\n\n  * Patricia Cardoso\n  * Debra Granik\n  * Amy Heckerling\n  * Anna Boden\n  * Rose Troche\n  * Donna Deitch\n  * Cheryl Dunye\n  * Joan Micklin Silver\n  * Lizzie Borden\n  * Wanuri Kihiyu\n  * Melanie Laurent\n  * Maggie Gyllenhaal\n  * Allison Anders\n  * Gillian Armstrong\n  * Celine Sciamma\n  * Lynn Shelton\n  * The Wachowskis\n  * Penny Marshall\n  * Martha Coolidge\n  * Vera Drew\n  * Jane Schoenbrun\n  * Alice Maio Mackay\n  * Mira Nair\n  * Věra Chytilová\n  * Ida Lupino\n  * Dorothy Arzner\n  * Alice Guy-Blaché\n  * Caitlin Adams\n  * Susan Seidelman\n  * Nia DaCosta\n  * Kathryn Bigelow\n  * Julia Hart\n  * Dee Rees\n  * Catherine Breillat\n  * Mary Harron\n  * Regina King\n  * Dyan Cannon\n\n",
  "title": "Episode #447: ‘Spacewoman’ with Kevin Smokler"
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