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Dive deep into the world of “Inspirational Darkness” with multi-award-winning filmmaker, director, and Bram Stoker Award-nominated poet Jamal Hodge!

In this raw and revealing interview, Jamal opens up about his journey from the Bronx streets to over 100 film festivals, winning 70+ awards, and blending horror, thriller, and inspirational genres. We discuss his acclaimed works like Southern Storytellers (PBS docuseries), Mourning Meal, his poetry collections including The Dark Between the Twilight, overcoming personal challenges, and the power of vulnerability in storytelling.

Jamal shares insights on Current Events, Black voices in horror, finding hope in darkness, and what’s next in 2025-2026 for indie filmmakers amid rising trends in creator-driven stories.

If you’re into horror writers, speculative poetry, independent film, or motivational stories from resilient artists, this is for you!


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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro & Bronx Roots: Early inspirations from Roots, sci-fi, and perceiving people's hidden sides

03:00 - Childhood Trauma & Filmmaking Start: Shelters, DCTV at 15, writing books as escape, fear vs. danger

10:00 - Russia Trip & Worldview Shift: Siberia doc at Sundance, racism abroad, travel expanding minds (plus Mexico Zapatistas)

20:00 - Proud Moments & Poetry Origins: First festivals, Tomorrow I'll Be Five from the vulture photo, teaching bravery through vulnerability

30:00 - Gods & Worms Philosophy: Perception creates reality, universe as mind/consciousness, no binaries

40:00 - Shadows of Success: Greatness casts shadows, Diddy ruthlessness, Black icons & community scrutiny

50:00 - Pain Transmutation & Meaning: Turning suffering into service/gifts, purpose over joy

1:05:00 - Community Healing Work: Youth programs, redeeming pain by helping others

1:15:00 - Horror Favorites: Martyrs trauma, Tales from the Hood profundity, best actors/directors

1:23:00 - Consciousness & Aliens: Everything has vibration, limited senses, alien tech for abundance/empathy

1:28:00 - Book/Film Shoutouts & Wrap-Up: Upcoming projects, socials, hope for Black creators

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Pharaoh and Dessaline uncover a Birth Cohort study linking childhood vaccines to long-term chronic disease-numbers we actually read out loud, no script. Hear us stumble as we wonder: autism, allergies... coincidence? Right after RFK and Trump lit the fire, CDC yanked that vaccines are safe page off their site. Hmmm 🤔

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Pharaoh & Dessalines dive into the raw hatred surrounding Charlie Kirk-reacting to a vandal’s rage, Tucker’s funeral speech, Candace Owens’ deep dive on the assassination footage, and debunking out-of-context clips. From ballistics questions to Amanda Seale’s no-empathy rant, we expose the disingenuous takes. Join us on The Blunt of Reality unfiltered free speech conversation and share your thoughts in the comments.

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