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Agunda Okeyo

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Writer, producer via Nairobi NYC & LA. CEO Africa Underground Prods, Creator of #SistersOfComedy Love Party Podcast 🎙️ & Loving Spoonful Newsletter ✍🏾 Agunda’s Linktree 🌳 : https://bit.ly/3OpQa97

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Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Nov 20

Hi Blue Sky Community! 👋🏾 💖 Follow me for all things politics & culture including film/tv, books, comedy & more—all from the vantage of a hopeful realist guided by a love ethic & good old critical thinking! Bon Appétit 🥐✨🧚🏾‍♀️

Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · 22d

This week’s Succinct Cinema 🍿🥰 | Excerpt below & Continue on Substack ✨🫶🏽🤓

READ & SUB to “Succinct Cinema: The History of Sound”▫️ LINK 🔗 bit.ly/3Iv0LR2

#PaulMescal #JoshOConnor #TheHistoryOfSound #OliverHermanus #BenShattuck #romance #lbgtq #queerlove #love #lovestory #movie #moviereview #writer

Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Sep 11

This week’s Succinct Cinema 🍿🥰 |

“With Weapons (2025), relative newcomer writer/director Zach Cregger created a compelling feature….”

READ & SUB to “Succinct Cinema: Weapons”▫️ LINK 🔗 bit.ly/4gobXLN

#JuliaGarner #JoshBrolin #ZachCregger #WeaponsMovie #horror #horrorfilm #movie #moviereview

Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Sep 10

NEW Newsletter 💕 🗞️

“Ayo Edebiri [was] in an uncomfortable situation—a black woman having to explain why civil rights are not dependent on [the] white gaze.”

READ & SUB to “If Black Lives Don’t Matter, African Lives Don’t Exist” 🌍▫️ LINK 🔗 bit.ly/4nnsj9w

#ayoedebiri #viral #blacklivesmatter #metoo

If Black Lives Don't Matter, African Lives Don't Exist

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Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Sep 4

This week’s Succinct Cinema 🍿🥰

“I suspect Egger’s Nosferatu is more true to the original Gothic horror because it's pretty dark and mysterious.”

READ & SUB to “Succinct Cinema: Nosferatu”🦇✨▫️ LINK 🔗 bit.ly/46hUiBS

#nosferatu #RobertEggers #lilyrosedepp #NicholasHoult #horror #movie #moviereview

Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Aug 28

This week’s Loving Spoonful Newsletter 🥰

“What is even happening? DEI in MAGA world now signifies anyone “other” or challenging existing power structures.”

READ & SUB to “What The Heck Is ‘Woke AI” 🤖 ▫️ LINK 🔗 agunda.substack.com

#dei #samaltman #openai #ai #artificialintelligence #imperialism

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · Aug 11

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Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Aug 11

This week’s Loving Spoonful 🥰 | Excerpt below & Continue on Substack ✨🫶🏽🤓

“The original series, Sex and the City, behind And Just Like That… was really special...”

READ & SUB to “Sex and the City Takes a Bow”▫️ LINK 🔗 bit.ly/4llUc0w

#sexandthecity #andjustlikethat #hbo #hbomax #movie #television

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · Aug 5

“More than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild of America West and East have signed the union’s open letter decrying the Trump administration’s ‘recent threats to the free press.’” #WGAStrong deadline.com/2025/08/trum...

Thousands Of Writers Sign WGA Open Letter Slamming Trump’s “Unprecedented, Authoritarian Assault” On Free Press

More than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild have signed the union's open letter decrying the Trump administration's "recent threats to the free press."

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Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Aug 6

This week’s Succinct Cinema 🍿🥰 ✨

“Eddington immerses you into a rooted New Mexico community replete w/ strange internal dynamics exacerbated by growing intolerance to difference or change.”

READ & SUB to “Succinct Cinema: Eddington”▫️ LINK 🔗 bit.ly/41vaZXH

#eddington #AriAster #movie #popculture

Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Aug 1

This week’s Newsletter ♥️🙏🏾 |

“On Monday two Israeli human rights organizations filed meticulous reports concluding that Israel is committing g*nocide in Gaza.”

READ & SUB to “We Lost Ourselves in Gaza”▫️ LINK 🔗 bit.ly/3UH9WjG

#gaza #palestine #humanrights #politics #ceasefireInGazaNOW #peace

We Lost Ourselves in Gaza

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Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Jul 30

BONUS Succint Cinema! 🍿|

“PTA was one of the youngest people I saw taking the craft deathly seriously while telling original stories.”

READ & SUB to “Succinct Cinema: Licorice Pizza” 🍕 ▫️ LINK 🔗 bit.ly/4ofxQjN

#AlanaHaim #CooperHoffman #movie #hollywood #losangeles #featurefilm #moviereview #1970s

Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Jul 29

This week’s Succint Cinema! 🍿 | Excerpt below & Continue on Substack ✨🫶🏽

“Song’s second film takes place in NYC & tells a modern story of love.”

READ & SUB to “Succinct Cinema: The Materialists”▫️ LINK 🔗 bit.ly/3IRQTR0

#DakotaJohnson #ChrisEvans #PedroPascal #dating #romance #moviereview #movie

Succinct Cinema: The Materialists

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Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Jul 25

This week’s newsletter 🥵 | Excerpt below ✨🫶🏽🤓

“So the merger between Paramount & Skydance presents a unique opportunity to the president to effectively capture a major network.”

READ & SUB to “Who’s Afraid of Stephen Colbert?”▫️ LINK 🔗 bit.ly/4lMPxpv

#stephencolbert #LateNight #politics #resist

Who's Afraid of Stephen Colbert?

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Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Jul 21

New newsletter! 🎉 | Excerpt & Continue on Substack ✨

“A Promising Young Woman is a fascinating, dark, comical exploration of female friendship, patriarchy & male predation.”

READ & SUB to “A Promising Young Woman” ▫️🔗 bit.ly/4f0apXr

#CareyMulligan #emeraldfennell #movie #feminism #moviereview

Succinct Cinema: A Promising Young Woman

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 18

Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement.

The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026

CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.

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Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Jul 18

New weekly newsletter! 🎉 |🤓 📚

“As one of the three liberal justices, she has become a beacon through a dark time. Her dissenting opinions provide a kind of reality-based truth telling…”

READ & SUBSCRIBE 🔗 bit.ly/3IAzUCE

#ketanjibrownjackson #doge #supremecourt #ice #blackexcellence #resist

Laying Down The Law: Justice Jackson Dissents

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Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Jul 14

BONUS Monday! Check out my thoughts on Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) NOW PLAYING 🍿 in my weekly tv/movie review series on Substack called “Succinct Cinema.” 🎥✨

READ & SUBSCRIBE🔗: bit.ly/4lBOTuL

#MovieReview #movie #tomcruise #simonpegg #movienight #actionmovie #missionimpossible

Succinct Cinema: Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning

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Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy Monday! Check out my thoughts on Viola Davis’s new family action movie G20 (2025) in my weekly tv/movie review series on Substack called “Succinct Cinema.” 🍿 🎥✨

READ & SUBSCRIBE 🔗: bit.ly/3GAzDiA

#Prime #MovieReview #featurefilm #violadavis #movie #anthonyanderson #marsaimartin #movienight

Succinct Cinema: G20

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Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Jul 10

Weekly newsletter! 🎉 |🤓 📚

“Whether they arguably contribute to a deadly incident like in Texas or preside over [a crash like] at DC’s National Airport or LA’s recovery from once-in-a century wildfires, they accept no responsibility.”

READ & SUBSCRIBE 🔗 bit.ly/44ml1wm

#bigbeautifulbill #doge #ice

The Big Beautiful Betrayal

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Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Jul 7

Happy Monday! Check out my thoughts on streaming series YOU (2018-2025) in my weekly tv/movie review series on Substack called “Succinct Cinema.” 🍿 🎥✨

READ & SUBSCRIBE 🔗: open.substack.com/pub/agunda/p...

#Drama #Netflix #TVReview #MovieReview #netflixseries #tvshow #pennbadgley #movienight

Succinct Cinema: YOU

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Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Jul 4

This week’s newsletter! 🎉✍🏾

“I’m choosing to take a hopeful perspective on Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy. He is young, smart, committed, organized, charismatic, and has an actionable vision…”

READ & SUB ▫️ 🔗 agunda.substack.com

#zohranmamdani #nyc #humanrights #resist #civilrights #antiwar #antiracism

Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · May 5

@laurpuckett.bsky.social just sent you an email referred by Danielle James 🫶🏽✨✍🏾

Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Feb 12

📨🔥💖 In this week’s Loving Spoonful Newsletter @agundaokeyo continues her series “DEI Boogeyman” with Part IV on DEI weaponization now.

READ & SUB to “DEI Boogeyman (Part IV): A Supremacist Sword & Shield”▫️ LINK 🔗 bit.ly/3EBCczD

#dei #diversity #equity #inclusion #civilrights #humanrights #peace

Agunda Okeyo @agundaokeyo.bsky.social · Feb 10

I don’t usually pay attention to American football 🏈 but doesn’t it feel like the North just won the civil war?? Between Phili realness, Jalen Hurts & Kendrick, I’m feeling very patriotic right now. 🥹🫡🇺🇸 #eagles #superbowl #jalenhurts #kendricklamar #sza

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Frannie, herself. @frannieoh.bsky.social · Feb 4

Uplifting! We are not alone.

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MORE! MORE! 👏🏻

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Comedy Panel: Natalia Reagan, Agunda Okeyo and TV's Frank Conniff

Podcast Episode · The John Fugelsang Podcast · 02/03/2025 · 50m

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