Teaser for our new dramatic podcast.
Michael Tow as Lingyun Chen*, Chief of Shin Jiya District
Celeste Oliva as Amihan Bekele*, Chief of Hapa Resource
Ian Lyons as William Deschenes*, formerly of Northern Imperial district
Jackie Davis as Rose Jacobs*, Chief of Southern Dominion district*
Naheem Garcia as Ricardo Gutierrez*, Chief of Dorado district
Michelle Aguillon as Akane Ashikaga*, Leader of Satogae district, Hawaii
Shahjehan Khan as Lt. General Chimere Rashid* of La Mura
Rena Makiszewski as Winona Red Feather*, Chief of Homeland district
Teja Arboleda as The Producer
On the border of Shin Jiya, at the Before Kansas checkpoint.
It's mid-April, 2076. We believe the race-war has officially ended.
There are six official race-based districts.
Behind-the-scenes look at editing an audio podcast using a tool and technique called text-based editing.
CAST
Michael Tow as Lingyun Chen*
Ian Lyons as William Deschenes*
Celeste Oliva as Amihan Bekele*
Jackie Davis as Rose Jacobs*
Rena Makiszewski as Winona Red Feather*
Naheem Garcia as Ricardo Gutierrez*
Michelle Aguillon as Akane Ashikaga*
Shahjehan Khan as Lt. General Chimere Rashid*
Teja Arboleda as The Producer
PRODUCING TEAM
Creator, Executive Producer, Director - Teja Arboleda
Producer, Casting Director - Michael Tow
Co-Producer, Script Advisor - Barbara Wilson-Arboleda
Music-Score - Arshan Gailus
Development Producer, Advisor - Dan Watanabe
Marketing Coordinator - Katie Arboleda
Special thanks to Desiree Cooper - writer and storyteller
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This podcast is based on Caucus, a fictional, futuristic story I wrote back in the early 2,000s, then converted to a screenplay in 2010. The interviews in this podcast are with some of the key characters who are integral in the original story. I play the Producer, who is interviewing them about what happened (in retrospect) during the Race War. Each actor plays a character who is the leader of a different "race" district.
As a veteran documentary producer and storyteller, director and actor myself, this method made the most sense, to bring in authentic voices to racial conflicts that are inherent in American culture and history.
I've made many documentaries in my life - most were investigative style, critical issues-based, contemporary issues stories, supported by interviews with people from all backgrounds and experiences, from war to abuse.
This podcast is interview-style. The actors study two documents: 1. An extensive world and story breakdown, including a timeline, historical facts, (future) technical terms, world view(s) and conditions they live in; 2. A specific, unique character backstory and interview/dialogue bullet list of potential topics, Q&A and conflicting notions. Each actor does not know what the other characters' stories are.
During the recording, we have a heated and dramatic conversation about the struggles they had during the war, and the impact of the country having physically been divided by race. The long conversations are then edited down, mixed. Our Sound Scape Designer, Arshan, then builds up the tension and mood with ambient sounds and music.
This approach is fascinating to me because stories about race and identity need a real outlet to burn through the archetypical and stereotypical nature of most media, characters and characterizations. A documentary style, realistic interchange between "races" in a critical setting, is not only dramatic, but is gut-wrenchingly emotional.
"When a Black mother and a White father, and their mixed-race teenager are forcibly moved to different districts, it's not just the screaming that will haunt you - it's the silence and fear that will keep you up at night. You will never sleep again."
*Any resemblance to real persons or other real-life entities is purely coincidental. All characters and other entities appearing in this work (Caucus & Caucus: After The Fall) are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, dead or alive, or other real-life entities, past or present, is purely coincidental.
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