Radio Reversal
Anna, Natalie, Han, Lamisse, Aleea, Jonathan and Helen
Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Radio Reversal is a show that subjects aspects of everyday life to historico-political, theoretical, cheeky, irreverent, high brow, low brow, eye brow, warm-hearted analysis. Our aim is to see the world more clearly, think about what we'd like it to become, and how we can make that happen. We think that discussing these sorts of ideas is one way to lessen the alienation that affects many of us trying to make sense of a world that so often makes no sense of us. We also play loads of awesome music (sometimes thematic!) with great enthusiasm for requests and an emphasis on supporting local artists. It's fun!
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17 April, 2025
Hollywood, Copaganda & the production of disaster cinema
In this week's episode of Radio Reversal, Anna is joined in the studio by super special guest, Katrina Graham, for a huge Thursday chat about the longstanding relationship between pop culture, policing & state propaganda.
We're continuing our series of shows looking at the politics of disaster, and this week, we're turning our gaze to film. We're thinking about the long history of Hollywood copaganda, and the role that films and tv have always played in making regimes of capitalist and colonial violence seem "normal." In particular, we're thinking about how disasters and crises are represented in film, and how those representations serve to entrench normative ideas about policing, the military, the state, and capitalism. We're asking about what is missed in representations of disaster and crisis in mainstream film and tv, and what this means for our collective understanding of these moments.
Katrina Irawati Graham is a writer, director and dramaturg working in screen and theatre. She works in many genres including feminist horror, crime and drama. She is twice ADG nominated for her co-direction with Peter Andrikidis on STAN drama series Bali 2002. Her Indonesian ghost story, White Song, is part of Australia’s first all-female directed horror anthology, Dark Whispers (SBS) The feature film of that story, Raesita Grey, was recently selected into the Jogyakarta Asian Film Market. She has written two award winning crime web series and has been in writers’ rooms for ABC and SBS. She is currently in development with Mother Tongue, an antiracist midwifery TV drama series.
Katrina is also La Boite Theatre's current Resident Dramaturg. Katrina is in demand as a speaker and facilitator known for her strong work championing anti-racism, cultural safety, intersectional gender equity and justice in the screen industry. She co-founded a national gender equity organisation and served on the Women in Film and TV International board alongside women from 6 continents.
She is involved in local grassroots groups including Magandjin Solidarity Fund, Grassroots Action Network, Growing Forward, Magandjin Myanmar Solidarity and Balaangala. She celebrates her Indonesian – Australian heritage.
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