Grunge to High School Football with TJ Martin

Oscar and Emmy winning director TJ Martin discusses growing up with parents who were in a pioneering rock band in early ‘80s Seattle, making movies about beer pong, Tina Turner and a high school football team in Memphis, along with his process and goals of storytelling. If you want to prep for or follow up after listening with TJ’s work, a good start would be "Last Cup", "Undefeated", "LA92" and "Tina". This episode is meant for a mature audience, and there are discussions of assault and trauma.

Where to Listen

Oscar and Emmy winning director TJ Martin discusses growing up with parents who were in a pioneering rock band in early ‘80s Seattle, making movies about beer pong, Tina Turner and a high school football team in Memphis, along with his process and goals of storytelling. If you want to prep for or follow up after listening with TJ’s work, a good start would be “Last Cup”, “Undefeated”, “LA92” and “Tina”. This episode is meant for a mature audience, and there are discussions of assault and trauma.

Last Cup: Road to the World Series of Beer Pong
Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/last-cup-road-to-the-world-series-of-beer-pong/id896729444

Undefeated
Netflix – https://www.netflix.com/title/70177633
Apple iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/undefeated/id1224302552

LA92
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/movies-and-specials/la-92

Tina
HBO – https://www.hbo.com/movies/tina
Hulu – https://www.hulu.com/movie/tina-857744f2-d411-486f-a951-69fd70b847e1
Apple TV – https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/tina/umc.cmc.3k1l6zahy3rvbjwouz481gda9

TJ’s twitter – @tjmckaymartin
https://twitter.com/tjmckaymartin?lang=en