The Kashif Boothe Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Kashif Boothe Podcast
Each week I sit down with a guest and we discuss their career so far, the highs, the lows, what they’ve learned and what’s next!
This week I speak to actor and filmmaker Rupert Sadler. We talk about working together on the short film The Agency, what it was like going to drama school in Russia and more!
This week I speak to James Merrill. We talk about how he started his acting career at 30 years old, being Jason Mamoa's body double in the Justice League and how he has done it for almost a decade. We reminisce about working on my web series Imperfect, the short film The Agency and more!
This week I speak to actress Roxanne Lawrence who I met at the American Black Film Festival back in 2019. We reminisce about our time at the festival in Miami and we speak about her journey as an actress and why she decided to pursue dreams at 36 after the loss of her father. Roxanne also starred in the music video for Headie One and Stormzy's single Cry No More and she shares what it was like working with Headie One.
This week I speak to Actor/Filmmaker Raymond Sichilima, we talk about his journey as an actor starting in theatre and transitioning to screen. Why he chose not to go to Drama School and what is was like starring in The Legend or Tarzan and more!
This week speak to actor James Ladd, who starred in one of my first films Orioh! We had a great time reminiscing about making that film 12 years ago and what he has been up to.
This week I speak to Actor/Writer Anwar Ali and we talk about his recent role as Andrew Young in the Genius limited series MLK/X and being a content creator having over 100,000 followers on Tik Tok and more!
Natalie and I speak about our current screenwriting journey's writing our TV Pilots and why she decided it was time for a career during the 2020 pandemic.
This week I talk about Hollyoaks cutting their episodes to be aired 3 days a week instead of 5 and I speak about the show Champion being cancelled and why Black British shows last 1 or 2 seasons.
This week I speak to previous guest on the podcast Esther Akinola. We talk about how we been struggling to find work within our respective fields, our pet peeves about job interviews and more!
Sora AI is coming what does that mean for filmmakers? and Physical media is being phased out.
The lack of diversity on Love Island is always a hot topic and here's why I think there is.
BFI announced that over 900 people applied for their early development fund. That isn't something to be happy about, here's why.
Is The Color Purple a flop? and Why Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie weren't snubbed by the Oscars
Should James Bond Be Black? No. Here's Why.
I also discuss why I think colourblind cinematic universes work well and why I think there should be more.
This week I speak about why I think the Issa Rae created series Rap Sh!t was cancelled due to the Warner Bros/Discovery merger and why black people should stay saying black people don't watch black shows.
Behind The Scenes working on the short film Sunday Dinner. Available to watch on Amazon Prime - https://www.amazon.co.uk/placeholder_title/dp/B0B6DDR1Y2
In the mid season finale I speak to actress Princess Donnough, we talk about the first film we worked together on 11 years ago called Orioh, reconnecting & working on the multi award winning web series Talia Versus, the play she’s currently starring in “ Wedding Speech” and what it is like being a black woman trying to make it as an actress in the UK and more!
This week I speak to award winning Actress, Writer Olu Adele, we talk about how we first met, her journey as an actress and creative. He role in Top Boy, the ups and downs on the industry and she asks my advice what I look for when casting actors and a lot more!
This week I speak to Actor and Music Producer Pierre Wilson-Cox, we talk about his journey so far as an actor, the advantages of going to drama school, his experience working on the hit web series Growing Pains and TALIA VERSUS and more!
This week I speak to actor and Comic Book Influencer Michael Ajih. We talk about his journey as an actor, how he became a comic book influencer, his recent viral moment with Jonathon Majors at the premiere of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and more!
This week I speak to Actress and Intimacy Co-ordinator Jamila Wingett, we talk about what is like coming from an acting family, working together on my web series Nate & Jamie and Newlyweds, her upcoming short film and her experience working on the hit Amazon Prime/ITV X drama series Riches as an intimacy co-ordinator.
This week I speak to Actor Joshua Samuels, we speak about the award winning web series Nate & Jamie we worked on together which is based on a story he told me. We talk about his journey after Nate & Jamie, his experience as playing The Duke in Bridgerton Secret Cinema and the upcoming feature film he's starring in which will be on Amazon Prime later this year and more!
This week I speak to Award winning actress Abbie Samuel, who starred in my web series' Nate & Jamie and Imperfect which she won her award for. We reminisce about the days working together and what she is up to now as a DJ and Host and her journey as an actress.
This week I speak to the Writer/Director Jamal Walker on his debut feature film Package and Producer/Casting Director Yomi Oniyide. We talk about the highs and lows they faced making the film, Jamal's production company Walk With and more!
This week I speak to Actor/Host Myles Hart who is currently starring in the Book of Mormon in the west end, he talks about how he got the role, his award nominated podcast Get The Belt and more!
This week I speak to Actress/Writer Jeda Cacioli. We talk about her career so far and what is was like moving to London from Australia and having to start over, the film we produced together Mnemsoyn and more!
In this weeks's episode I speak to actor Jamal Renaldo, we talk about working together on my final web series Newlyweds, his journey so far and what it is like being an actor on stage and his upcoming music career.
In the seasons 3 premiere I speak to Actor, Comedian, Host and Entrepreneur Samuel Williams! Samuel and I talk about his journey as an actor to becoming a host and comedian and we talk about the many projects we've worked on including the award winning web series Nate & Jamie where he played the lead character Nate, what's next for him and more!
Interview W/ DeOmar Manning + Levi Mahadeo on moving from Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago to the UK
This week I speak I'm joined by my friend Mischa Christie again and we talk about the importance of self care.
This week in the season 2 finale, I speak to Birmingham based Writer/Director AR Ugas on how his script was read by Keanu Reeves & how his first short was released by UK Fully Focused & more!
This week I speak to all around Creative, Photographer and Assistant Director Daniel Modeste. We talk about his journey as a freelance Photographer, the inspiration behind his work and if he'll ever take on the role as a Director of a movie.
This week I speak to 19 year old Producer Reece Pike, who has his own production company, has worked at Working Title Films and recently on a upcoming Netflix series. We talk about his filmmaking journey, starting from only 14 years old and what he has coming up next!
This week I speak to Writer/Director Dean Leon Anderson on his career so far and developing his upcoming feature with the BFI!
This week I speak to the multi hyphenate and multi talented @designyoursoul Matthew Pompey. We speak about his journey first starting in Jamaica at 7 years old to now being a writer, director, creative director and the owner of a live streaming company and more! #thekashifboothepodcast
This week I speak to Editor Luke Flight who I met 8 years ago whilst working at Raw TV, when he was an assistant editor. We talk about his journey since then and what it is like being a freelance documentary editor.
This week I speak to my friend Mischa Christie who is a medical writer, content creator from Jamaica. We talk about his transition from being a pharmacist to a writer, why he choose the to move to London and the many differences between Jamaica and the UK!
This week I speak to Multi Talented Writer, Producer, Director, Comedian, Spoken Word Artist and more! Moses Ssebandeke about his journey as a filmmaker, working with Stormzy, the BBC, making 10 short films and his recent debut feature film which shot over lockdown in 2020.
This week I speak to award winning Actor, Director and Producer Jordan Pitt. We talk about his journey as an actor and Director and what led to him launching his production company One Umbrella Productions and his experience being an assistant director at the 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony and more!
This week I speak to Screenwriter Tam Paul-Worika about his upcoming black british sci-fi thriller web series and how he successfully raised £13,000 to make the series via crowd funding and how he did it and more!
This week I speak to screenwriter Nifty Noel, we talk about his screenwriting journey, his web series Pilot Age Mates, what It is like working within scripted TV development and more!
This week I speak to screenwriter Darren Yeboah, who's debut feature film Golden Stripes is slated for a theatrical release this October. We talk about his journey as a writer and our love for TV sitcoms and more!
This week I speak to screenwriter James Barber best known for his web series Flatshare. We talk about his journey to getting the series shot and released and his experience signing a option deal with a production company to develop a TV show pilot and more!
This week I speak to award winning Writer/Director Levi Aluede. We talk about his journey so far, how he came up with award winning web series Visions, his upcoming short film The Smell of Cut Grass via Euras Films and Sanctuary the BFI funded short film and more!
This week I speak to award winning Director Anthony Vander who is best known for his feature film Sweet Boy and his two short films Spar and Finale. We speak about his journey as a Director and what he looks for in actors when he his casting and working with them on set. Anthony and I currently developing a horror feature film and discuss our journey sourcing funding and what goes into pulling off a successful film.
This week I speak to Writer/Script Editor and Feature Film Development Assistant Anthony Caballero. We talk about his journey so far, having worked at NBC Universal and Working Title Films, his short film being funded by Netflix and UK Fully Focused and more.
Storytime - Shooting 2 Projects In 1 Week
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This week I share Why I Stopped Writing
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This week I speak about The Good, The Bad & Ugly of Independent Filmmaking
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This week I share why I quit my job at a TV network after four years!
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In the season 2b premiere I speak to my mentee Kadeem Earnel, who is a Writer/Director/Producer of the award winning web series South Beast. We talk about how learned about the film and tv industry whilst working with me on my series Nate & Jamie, the plans he has for Season 2 of South Beast and more!
Snippets of the panel I spoke on for New Writing North
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This week I speak to Khadijah Khatun, Khadijah Directs UK based not for profit, Muslim Women Connect, which supports Muslim women in career growth and development. She is also a Communications Specialist, is undertaking a Masters in Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice and works also in race equality activism.
Facebook Live Interview W/ Re-Tribe & Kashif Boothe about my career, diversity in Film & TV and more
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In this episode I talk about the importance of building a brand and how it has benefited my career, leading me to working Idris Elba and Reggie Yates.
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In this episode I talk about The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Crowd Funding for your film project.
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In this episode I speak to Social Media Consultant Esther Akinola of The Kosi Agency about her journey working in social media editorial, her new consultancy company and what are the key steps to success in social media management. We are also talk about the controversial topic Black Fishing and if it is in fact Mixed Fishing, a term that was developed from Black Twitter.
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In this episode I speak to Saadiya, host of The Invisible Crisis Podcast who I met through Bumble Bizz. We talk about her Sickle Cell health condition, the trials she's faced having a critical healthcare condition since was she 3, our experiences with the NHS and the effects of working in the media industry has on your mental health and more!
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In this weeks episode I speak to Daytime Emmy nominated Writer/Producer Dui Jarrod, who is best known for his web series Brooklyn Blue Sky which aired on BET.com and won Best Web Series at the BAFTA Qualifying Festival American Black Film Festival and his Daytime Emmy nominated web series King Ester.
In this weeks episode I speak to Writer, Actor and Podcaster Eric Lockely who also runs his own theatre and production company. We talk about his web series Blacker which was screened at Black Web Fest 2019 in NYC where we first met, why he felt it was time to move to move to LA, his podcast The 180 with Eric Lockley and his upcoming projects!
This week I speak to Editor, Videographer and Entrepreneur Jason Boothe and Founder of Reel Go Getters. Originally from Nottingham, England now based in Toronto, Canada we talk about his journey as a filmmaker and what he's got coming up next.
This week I speak to Writer, Actor and Host Albert Lawrence on his short film Theo's Trade & being a host on Amazon Live & The Emmys
This week I speak to Writer, Director and Actor Thomas Duverne on his directorial debut short film Greed, The Black British actors in America debate, his upcoming projects and I give him some advice on crowd funding
This week I speak to Writer and Director Reggie Williams who I met at Black Web Fest NYC 2019 where his organisation Black Film Space hosted a writers room session. We speak about Black Film Space, his short film An anomalous love and his upcoming projects.
This week I speak to Writer/Director & Actor Steven St.Pierre who I met at Black Web Fest NYC 2019 on what inspired him to write his film Corey and what it was like starring in an episode of FBI Most Wanted
This week week I speak to award winning Writer/Director RJ Dawson who I met at the American Black Film Festival in 2019 when his American Film Institute graduate film Gummi Bear was screened.
In the Season 2 premiere I talk award to Writer/Director Jason Pierre. I met Jason at 2019 Black Web Fest in 2019 where his award winning short film Existential Donut was screened. We talk about how he made his film and what it is like writing on the hit CW show In The Dark!
In the season finale I talk to the Head of Facilities at the production company RAW TV. Simone gave me one of my first jobs in TV and it was great catching up her. We talk about her journey in TV so far, what it has been like working at RAW TV for the past 10 years and what is next for the company.
In this week's episode I talk to Writer/Director Monet Morgan who is best know for her films Co-D and Wooly Hair. We talk about her journey as a Director, the inspirations behind her films, her style as a director and the writers/directors she is inspired by and the exciting new projects she has coming up later this year!
In this week's episode I speak to the winner of the 2021 Triforce Creative Network and Green Acre Films Script Search competition Funmi Adebanjo! We talk about the process of the writing competition, listening to your intuition, the importance of script editors, her writing inspirations and what is like juggling her career in advertising and her new writing career!
In this week's episode I talk to Development Exec Dionne Farrell. I've known Dionne for seven years we started our career in TV all the way back in 2014 at the production company Raw TV. We talk about our time at Raw TV, her journey post her position at RAW and what lead her to her position at BBC Films
This week I talk to Award Winning Director Ella Bennett best known for her short film Last Leg. We talk about her journey so far working in Film & TV and how she got started at only 14 years old! What is was like working at BBC Comedy, Studying at The Brit School and Ravensbourne University, her current gig as Lecturer and what she has got planned for 2021!
This week I speak to Writer/Director and Actress Rachel Arzu from Harlem, New York about her web series Regular, her writing style and aesthetic, her inspirations, the struggles she faced funding and producing her web series, her recent trip to London and what is was like meeting her idol Issa Rae!
In this week's episode we talk to Writer/Director and Editor Saraphina Mattis about her pilot web series Talia Versus I exec produced, how she got started, what it is like working as a single mother in the Film and TV industry, her writing inspirations and creating characters which portray dark skin black women and what's next for her!
In this weeks episode I talk to Writer Thara Pop, on how she started writing when she was finishing law school, reaching the final of a writing competition with Endemol and what is like currently being on a Channel 4 screenwriting course, her new short film Crown on BBC player and what's next for her!
In this week's episode I talk to Kadia Blagrove, creator and writer of the web series Lea The Late Bloomer who I met at Black Web Fest NYC. We talk about her web series, her inspiration by it, how quarantine has been for her in New York, the debate of Black Brits taking roles in Hollywood and what's next for her.
In this week's episode I talk to Award winning Writer/Director about her award winning short film Honey, I Think I've Forgotten, her journey navigating through the Film & TV Industry as Queer black woman, her new YouTube channel and her upcoming projects.
In this weeks episode I talk to Writer/Director Marlea Edwards who has over 15 years of experience working within the TV Industry. Marlea shares her experiences working as an Black woman at the BBC, Endemol Tom Ford and meeting the likes of Lenny Kravitz, Beyonce & Jay Z, Naomi Campbell etc and becoming an independent filmmaker.
In this weeks episode talk to Writer/Director Monique Needham on her career so far, how she came up with her web series Housemates, her short film Cash Point, her love of sitcoms and cinematography and what's next for her!
In this weeks episode I talk to Writer/Director about her award winning film Soul of Black Woman, her journey in TV & Film as a Black Woman in this industry, how she got started and I get an exclusive on her exciting new project.
In this week's episode I talk to Joelle David the founder and creative director of the production company Bluebird Pictures. Joelle shares her journey working in the TV & Film industry, what lead her to launching her production company, what she's learned and her exciting projects to be shot later this year.
In this weeks episode I talk two time award winning Writer Sinitta Monero who is perhaps best known for her web series Suffering. We talk about her career so far, imposter syndrome, listening to your gut and we get an exclusive on her exciting new project.
In this weeks episode Writer/Director & Editor Lori talks about her award nominated web series How We Met Web Series, how she came up with the idea, her influences and how she got into film and tv.
In this weeks episode Writer/Director Tianna Banton talks about the trials and tribulations making her short film The Closer I Get To You, her career so far, what she has learned throughout her career so far and what she has planned for 2021.
In the series premiere I interview Writer/Director Natasha Adams. We talk about her two time nominated web series Growing Pains, how she got started, what's she learned and what's next!
In the first episode of my collaboration with Fam Club we talk about culture and identity with the young people of south East London
In this episode I share I how produced two web series with 0 budget and how you can too!
In this episode I discuss why my podcast has been rebranded from The Jude & Kashif Podcast to The Kashif Boothe Podcast.
Welcome the mini episode series called story time where I share stories of my career so far. In this episode I share the story of why I was awake for 40 hours and won my first award