James Kicklighter
@jameskick.bsky.social
Reader & traveler. Film Director of The American Question (2024) & The Sound of Identity (2021) | Reps: United Talent & Rain | Member: Director’s Branch, Television Academy
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James Kicklighter
@jameskick.bsky.social
· Nov 17
The American Question - Apple TV
The American Question delves into the heart of a divided America, exploring the historical and contemporary factors that have eroded our trust in our …
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I’m James Kicklighter! If you like #Politics and #Democracy, please watch my new #documentary. We spent 8 years filming with regular folks in PA & MI, alongside experts across the philosophical spectrum, to see how trust eroded in America, and how to solve the problem. tv.apple.com/us/movie/the...
Our latest #documentary, THE AMERICAN QUESTION, is now available on Tubi! Hope you’ll check it out. link.tubi.tv/krin59sMyQb
January 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Our latest #documentary, THE AMERICAN QUESTION, is now available on Tubi! Hope you’ll check it out. link.tubi.tv/krin59sMyQb
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With many beloved icons leaving us, Roger Michell’s TEA WITH THE DAMES is cementing itself as a proper historical - and hysterically witty - document. He (RIP) captured this funny moment between pals Judi Dench, Maggie Smith (RIP) and Joan Plowright (#RIPJoanPlowright ).
January 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
With many beloved icons leaving us, Roger Michell’s TEA WITH THE DAMES is cementing itself as a proper historical - and hysterically witty - document. He (RIP) captured this funny moment between pals Judi Dench, Maggie Smith (RIP) and Joan Plowright (#RIPJoanPlowright ).
Check out my new interview on THE AMERICAN QUESTION #america youtu.be/7SRPutey1T0?...
CONVOS: James Kicklighter on New Documentary 'The American Question,' Our Political Divide, & More
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January 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Check out my new interview on THE AMERICAN QUESTION #america youtu.be/7SRPutey1T0?...
Tonight at USC! I’ll see you there, RSVP here: cinema.usc.edu/events/event...
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January 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Tonight at USC! I’ll see you there, RSVP here: cinema.usc.edu/events/event...
Landed at my doorstep today, a piece of someone’s life gone in Los Angeles. Totally heartbreaking.
January 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Landed at my doorstep today, a piece of someone’s life gone in Los Angeles. Totally heartbreaking.
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Sometimes on Too Good To Go restaurants will sell u bulk prepped produce which u can even freeze. It really is the best app if u live in a major city bc u can get some real luxury food items for just a few dollars! I don't think it's as good in small cities bc the only ones doing it are like Panera
January 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Sometimes on Too Good To Go restaurants will sell u bulk prepped produce which u can even freeze. It really is the best app if u live in a major city bc u can get some real luxury food items for just a few dollars! I don't think it's as good in small cities bc the only ones doing it are like Panera
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Awful news.
Jeff Baena, a writer and director whose credits include “Life After Beth” and “The Little Hours,” has died, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. He was 47.
Jeff Baena, writer, director and husband of Aubrey Plaza, dead at 47 | CNN
Jeff Baena, a writer and director whose credits include “Life After Beth” and “The Little Hours,” has died, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
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January 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Awful news.
Nosferatu is the original Babygirl.
January 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Nosferatu is the original Babygirl.
I couldn’t be more excited to share THE AMERICAN QUESTION documentary with @usccinema.bsky.social on January 16th. Open to the public! Register now:
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January 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I couldn’t be more excited to share THE AMERICAN QUESTION documentary with @usccinema.bsky.social on January 16th. Open to the public! Register now:
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God bless Jimmy Carter. For his and his family’s sake, I am grateful that he passed while Joe Biden was still president. He will have an appropriate, dignified, and heartfelt national memorial service—perhaps the last of its kind. As was he.
God speed, Mr. Carter.
God speed, Mr. Carter.
December 29, 2024 at 9:15 PM
God bless Jimmy Carter. For his and his family’s sake, I am grateful that he passed while Joe Biden was still president. He will have an appropriate, dignified, and heartfelt national memorial service—perhaps the last of its kind. As was he.
God speed, Mr. Carter.
God speed, Mr. Carter.
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The much-missed Jonathan Demme's documentary "Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains" is streaming on Amazon, if anybody is interested in such things.
December 29, 2024 at 9:46 PM
The much-missed Jonathan Demme's documentary "Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains" is streaming on Amazon, if anybody is interested in such things.
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When Jim Banner recruited me for the updated Presidential Misconduct collection, I was busy finishing Fault Lines and joked that I could only handle a light load, so I’d do Carter.
But I found he was, if anything, *too* ethical, bending over backward to be transparent. Seems a world away from us.
But I found he was, if anything, *too* ethical, bending over backward to be transparent. Seems a world away from us.
December 29, 2024 at 9:34 PM
When Jim Banner recruited me for the updated Presidential Misconduct collection, I was busy finishing Fault Lines and joked that I could only handle a light load, so I’d do Carter.
But I found he was, if anything, *too* ethical, bending over backward to be transparent. Seems a world away from us.
But I found he was, if anything, *too* ethical, bending over backward to be transparent. Seems a world away from us.
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Gonna be a long time until we have 5 living ex-presidents again.
December 29, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Gonna be a long time until we have 5 living ex-presidents again.
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As the new year approaches, the already remarkable season-to-date "precipitation dipole" in California has further intensified. Much of SoCal has still not received meaningful rain this season, while NorCal continues to get soaked on a recurring basis. #CAwx #CAwater #CAfire
December 27, 2024 at 4:51 PM
My husband’s very gay gingerbread man.
December 25, 2024 at 3:14 AM
My husband’s very gay gingerbread man.
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Bring back animated opening credits
December 24, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Bring back animated opening credits
I hope you have a dog that loves you as much as Oscar 🥹
December 24, 2024 at 1:23 AM
I hope you have a dog that loves you as much as Oscar 🥹
In his 9/10 review, Rotten Tomatoes critic Ale Turdó says “The American Question's cautionary exposé on America's increasing divisions excels at pointing out some of the countries most worrying issues. But it also goes the extra mile to try finding some realistic solutions.” youtu.be/2qbg8BqbF-E?...
THE AMERICAN QUESTION - Review | #GetThatMovie by HSC
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December 21, 2024 at 9:17 PM
In his 9/10 review, Rotten Tomatoes critic Ale Turdó says “The American Question's cautionary exposé on America's increasing divisions excels at pointing out some of the countries most worrying issues. But it also goes the extra mile to try finding some realistic solutions.” youtu.be/2qbg8BqbF-E?...
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WHAT DID I TELL YOU.
December 19, 2024 at 6:04 PM
WHAT DID I TELL YOU.
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Moving the DNC to Youngstown is a silly idea. But opening a secondary HQ in another major city—like Chicago or Minneapolis—makes sense to me. It would get more operatives out of DC and make it easier to recruit and retain top talent.
December 17, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Moving the DNC to Youngstown is a silly idea. But opening a secondary HQ in another major city—like Chicago or Minneapolis—makes sense to me. It would get more operatives out of DC and make it easier to recruit and retain top talent.
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why are you booing him he's right
The reason the growing dominance of social media in our communication is causing a global shift towards fascism, xenophobia, and conspiracism is because it’s an information space where:
-the most visible ideas are viral ones
-the most viral ideas are the most shocking
-nothing has to be true
-the most visible ideas are viral ones
-the most viral ideas are the most shocking
-nothing has to be true
You may as well say that the Civil War wasn't caused by slavery but by newspapers. The medium drives the politics, but it cannot do so in a vacuum. Just saying "it's social media" doesn't provide anything actionable to change the problem.
December 17, 2024 at 3:30 PM
why are you booing him he's right
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Check out The American Question on Digital!
Lost in the Wasteland! @jameskick.bsky.social
Check out The American Question on Digital!
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December 16, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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Lost in the Wasteland! @jameskick.bsky.social
Check out The American Question on Digital!
Lost in the Wasteland! @jameskick.bsky.social
Check out The American Question on Digital!
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Authoritarian regime consolidation cliches-in-action #2: threaten/execute legal action against news organizations and dissenting voices to intimidate them into not revealing or discussing your failures, corruption, or lawlessness. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...
Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage
The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.
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December 15, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Authoritarian regime consolidation cliches-in-action #2: threaten/execute legal action against news organizations and dissenting voices to intimidate them into not revealing or discussing your failures, corruption, or lawlessness. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...