An open letter to PBS speaks to the ongoing crisis of diversity in institutional support for documentary filmmaking. In more local news, a nonfiction series explores the modern history of New York through the development of its pizza. Lesotho’s first Oscar submission is one of the best new movies out now. All this and more in our film coverage this week!

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The BIPOC nonfiction filmmaker collective Beyond Inclusion has drafted an open letter to PBS, raising concerns about the broadcaster’s overreliance on Ken Burns and its need to diversify behind the scenes.

The International Federation of Film Archives has come up with a way for anyone to put together their own streaming series with the help of freely available archives: the Programming Game. Dana Reinoos writes all about it, highlighting some noteworthy programs that have already been made.

Jessica Sarah Rinland’s beguiling documentary Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another is now available to stream on MUBI. Read our review from TIFF 2019.

Check out this look at the two-year process that the Met undertook to restore and preserve Giovanni di Paolo’s altarpiece “Madonna and Child with Saints.”

Until theaters are safe again, be well!