{"id":17235,"date":"2025-07-08T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/?p=17235"},"modified":"2025-07-08T08:26:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:26:55","slug":"episode-168-atlanta-film-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/episode-168-atlanta-film-festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 168 &#8211; Atlanta Film Festival 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a couple of months later than I hoped, but my wrap-up episode of the 2025 Atlanta Film Festival is finally here. I explain where the podcast has been the past couple of months, rattle off some of my favorite films of the fest, as well as share interviews with director David Fortune, executive producer Xavier Two Lewis and actor Njema Williams (<i>&#8220;Color Book&#8221;<\/i>), writers Omar Epps and 2 Chainz (<i>&#8220;Red Clay&#8221;<\/i>) and filmmaker Kiera Faber (<i>&#8220;The Garden Sees Fire&#8221;<\/i>, which I forgot to mention as one of my favorite short films of the festival). 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