Woodstein Media Podcast Episode Ten: Slaxx director Elza Kephart chats about films and climate emergency action

(Behind-the-scenes photos on the set of Slaxx submitted by Elza Kephart.)

Episode 13: Episode 13: Steve Ignorant discusses the relevance of CRASS songs, modern motivation with Slice of Life and ongoing creative plans – Woodstein Media Podcast

On episode 13, one of the founding members and lead shouter of the renowned anarcho-punk band CRASS, Steve Ignorant, discusses the protest songs they wrote over 40 years ago, which he continues to perform.“Sad thing is, those songs are still relevant; you’ve just got to change a few politicians’ names.”He also shares his motivations for the songs he has been writing for his new 21st-century project, Steve Ignorant’s Slice of Life, which delves heavily into contemplating the inevitability of aging and mortality. At this point, he’s not showing signs of slowing his life down and still has plenty of international touring in the works, more books to be published, and more songs to be written.Support Wood-stein.ca by becoming a Patron.https://www.patreon.com/ColinBurrowesor by donating through Paypalhttps://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=QBZG6EHTUYZ4Yfor more information about Steve Ignorant, check out:https://www.steveignorant.com/https://www.facebook.com/steveignorantofficialhttps://twitter.com/steveigs https://www.instagram.com/steve_ignorant/ Music and Merch: https://www.steveignorant.com/shop/Music in this episode can be found on the following albums.CRASS – The Feeding of the 5,000https://crass.bandcamp.com/album/the-feeding-of-the-5000CRASS – Stations of the CRASShttps://crass.bandcamp.com/album/stations-of-the-crassSteve Ignorant's Slice of Life – Live at Ramsgate Music Hallhttps://ramsgatemusichall.bandcamp.com/album/steve-ignorants-slice-of-life-live-at-ramsgate-music-hallCRASS – Best Before 1984https://crass.bandcamp.com/album/best-before-1984

Episode ten features a discussion with Elza Kephart, director of the feature films, Graveyard Alive, Go in the Wilderness and most recently, Slaxx, a socially conscious satirical horror-comedy that sharply informs on the evils of fair trade, corporate globalization and, fast fashion.

Although we do discuss the films and series, Kephart is developing. Much of this conversation focuses on her climate activism with Extinction Rebellion, the Ministry of the New Normal, and as a member of SCALE (Sectoral Climate Arts Leadership for the Emergency), and the Directors’ Guild of Canada’s National Sustainability and Climate Action Committee.

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For more information about Kephart’s films, visit https://midnightkingdom.com/ and watch the trailer for Slaxx.

Links to more information about climate activism that was discussed on this podcast.

XR Extinction Rebellion Quebec

XR Global

Sectoral Climate Arts Leadership for the Emergency

Directors’ Guild of Canada’s National Sustainability and Climate Action Committee

Another issue mentioned in the conversation was gender inequality in the film industry and while some progress might be being made, there is still much room for improvement.

The music in this episode is from the double album MESMERICA – EXPECT A CIRCUS by ex-Chumbawamba member Danbert Nobacon, Kira Wood Cramer & The Axis of Dissent.

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