An open letter to PBS speaks to the ongoing crisis of diversity in institutional support for document
| 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!Meanwhile, it’s now been a year since Hyperallergic started its membership program. If you want to support unique, independent arts journalism, then please consider becoming a member.– Dan Schindel, Associate Editor for Documentary | |
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| Open Letter to PBS From BIPOC Filmmakers |
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| | Ken Burns (photo by David Hume Kennerly, courtesy Wikimedia Commons) |
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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. |
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| | From La fée carabosse (1906), dir. Georges Méliès |
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| 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. |
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| 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.” |
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| | Conserving the Giovanni di Paolo altarpiece |
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| Until theaters are safe again, be well! |
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