Smoke runs three Youtube channels with different types of content each:
SmokingScreen: a collaboration with fellow youtubers and filmmaking enthusiasts Jade Alexander and Deangelo Wright, SmokingScreen is a film and TV show review channel known for it’s in-depth analysis of popular and indie films, not just in terms of plotline and characters but in terms of filmmaking (cinematography, music, design, behind th e scenes material), in order to better understand the themes and intentions behind each film they choose to review. On top of that, they go out of their way to travel to various film festivals throughout the year, handpicking their favorites and making recommendation lists and spoiler-free videos to bring attention to them before their public release. Started in 2012, the longrunning channel boasts 5 million followers and it’s one of the more well-known review channels in the platform. It has over two thousand videos and it has reviewed over 2,7k films (and a hundred or so TV shows). Though all three contribute to the review writing process, the channel is normally hosted and voiced by Deangelo and Jade, with Smoke writing and researching, and ocasionally appearing on screen (though mostly preferring to stay behind the scenes), and Jade cutting and editing the material as well as general upkeep of the channel. They also run a website with written versions of their reviews, recommendation lists, and polls, and run a biweekly two hour podcast (since mid 2018; previous to that it used to only for the awards season) where they talk about movies they haven’t gotten a chance to make videos about. The channel itself posts a new video three times a week in a mon-wed-fri schedule.
The festivals they visit (or have visited in the past) include: Sundance, Slamdance, TIFF, the LA Film Festival, the Pan African Film Festival, the Atlanta Film Festival, the NY Film Festival, and the Tribeca Film Festival. They hope to add Cannes and Venice to the list soon.
Art of The Film: a more lowkey, low profile, channel that sprouted from SmokingScreen in 2017, it’s ran entirely by Smoke (who goes simply by Theo, and never shows his face) and it’s where he analyses various famous films from the direction and screen writing angles, in order to discuss the visual storytelling techniques used. In contrast with the higher energy SmokingScreen, AOTF is more laidback in narration and pace, and it’s updated once every two weeks. A good real life equivalent is LFTS, but you didn’t hear that from me.
Smoke Carter: Smoke’s personal channel for actual projects and efforts, it features many of his short films and BTS materials from things he has directed, including music videos for local music artists and performers and alternate reality games he’s worked with. Also includes, of course, known pieces of his like his well-beloved absurdist comedy and 7-episode miniseries keeping score (that ran from 2013 to 2016) and his New York subcultures/countercultures documentary series The Sleepless Chronicle.








