Is God Is (Featuring Derrick Murray)

About this episode

Derrick Murray joins the host to discuss the film Is God Is, exploring its themes of revenge and its theatrical origins.

On the 514th episode of Piecing It Together, Derrick Murray joins me to talk about Is God Is. This blazing story of revenge from director Alesha Harris based on her own play is out now in theaters. Puzzle pieces include Kill Bill, O Brother Where Art Thou, and Eve's Bayou. As always, SPOILER ALERT for  Is God Is  and the movies we discuss! Written by Alesha Harris Directed by Alesha Harris Starring Kara Young, Mallori Johnson, Sterling K Brown, Vivica A Fox, Janelle Monae Orion / Amazon Derrick Murray is a film critic and writes for Nerdbot Check out Derrick’s work on Nerdbot at https://nerdbot.com/author/derrick-murray/ And Follow Derrick on Twitter @Drokcomedy My latest David Rosen album MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024 is a compilation album that fills in the gaps in unreleased music made during the sessions for 2018's A Different Kind Of Dream , 2020's David Rosen , 2022's MORE CONTENT and 2025's upcoming And Other Unexplained Phenomena . Find it on Bandcamp , Apple Music , Spotify and everywhere else you can find music. You can also find more about all of my music on my website https://www.bydavidrosen.com My latest music video is “Shaking" which you can watch at…

People in this episode

Host: Piecing It Together Podcast

Guest: Derrick Murray

Topics covered

• film review
• revenge story
• theater adaptation
• director spotlight
• spoiler discussion

Keywords

• Is God Is
• Alesha Harris
• film review
• revenge
• theater adaptation
• Derrick Murray
• Kill Bill
• O Brother Where Art Thou
• Eve's Bayou

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nerdbot

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