Cinema Obscura S2 Ep. 2: ‘Kimi’ vs. ‘Moon’

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James Fife, Casey Rafter, Mercy Sosa, Chris Woodard, and Aile Flores
May 1, 2023

On this A.I. themed episode, podcast editor James Fife and copy editor Casey Rafter ground themselves to Earth watching “Kimi” starring Zoe Kravitz, while spanish editor/future editor-in-chief Mercy Sosa and digital editor Chris Woodard take one giant leap for mankind diving into “Moon,” starring Kevin Spacey.

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James Fife, Podcast Editor

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James Fife joined The State Hornet in the Spring of 2021. He is a Film major graduating in Spring 2024.

Casey Rafter, copy editor

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Casey Rafter joined The State Hornet in spring 2022 as a newswriter. As of fall 2022, he is the website’s copy editor. He also writes for Sacramento News & Review and has experience as a writer, editor-in-chief and student adviser for The Express at Sac City College.

Mercy Sosa, Editor-in-Chief

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San Diego native Mercy Sosa returns in spring 2024 as the editor-in-chief at The State Hornet. She joined The Hornet in spring 2020 as a politics beat writer; she later served as news, digital and Spanish language editor. Sosa has freelanced for Sacramento Business Journal, Solving Sacramento and Univision.

Chris Woodard, Managing Editor

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Chris Woodard joined The State Hornet in 2022 as a third-year transfer student. He previously worked as the editor-in-chief of Cosumnes River College’s publication, The Connection. He is a Sacramento native and hopes to cover arts & entertainment after graduating in the spring of 2024.

Aile Flores, podcast staffer

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Aile is 23 years old and is pursuing journalism in hopes of working for a publication called Vice. She is super passionate about the unusual and hopes to introduce audiences to topics either unseen or unheard of. Her current goal is to establish her podcast while learning the ins and outs of journalism.

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