"We the Animals" is a passion project for director Jeremiah Zagar who adapted the story from the novel by Justin Torres. Alyssa Julya Smith sits down with director Jeremiah Zagar, and actors Sheila Vand and Raul Castillo to talk about the film, which is ultimately a story about family.
Zagar discusses the process of bringing his favorite books to life on the big screen and the process of working with the Sundance incubator to make that happen. He also discusses casting three first-time actors in lead roles.
Vand and Castillo chime in and talk about how they made the set feel like a family, and how they spent a lot of time together to create that family bond. The film premieres for the first time at Sundance Film Festival.
Cheddar talks to a group of Maryland teachers who took on the added task of hunting down vaccine appointments on behalf of the local seniors and Spanish-speaking populace.
Another lockdown in France as the AstraZeneca vaccine goes back into arms, the POTUS and VPOTUS head to Atlanta, a milestone for streaming media, and a N2K Spotify playlist is coming!
Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash. 10th District), one of four Korean Americans to be elected to Congress, talked about the need for urgency and accountability following the killing of eight people, including six Asian women.
Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are opening new fronts in the war against so-called murder hornets as the giant insects begin establishing nests this spring.
Jill and Carlo discuss the latest on the Atlanta shooting rampage, worrisome signs from the Northeast as COVID cases plateau, stimmy checks hitting bank accounts, and Biden lets the dogs back.
Doug Scott, Twitch CMO, talked to Cheddar about the platform's streaming success partly by allowing its audience to be creators as well.
Israeli archaeologists have announced dozens of newly discovered Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text.
A series of shootings at three Atlanta area massage parlors left eight people dead and raised fears that the attack was yet another hate crime against Asian Americans.
A massacre at Atlanta massage parlors puts new focus on anti-Asian hate crimes. What the heck is the EU up to with its vaccination efforts? And the most popular dog breed is...
Stop AAPI Hate co-founder Cynthia Choi joined Cheddar to discuss anti-Asian hate crime reporting and what Americans can do to combat incidents of racial discrimination against Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
