Film & Documentary
May 4, 2020
Letter from the editor:
We're seeing more cultural effects of the COVID-19 pandemic settling in. Various TV shows have done episodes filmed entirely over video chat. We look at the new documentary Room H.264 asks what this might mean for the future of filmmaking.
Meanwhile, companies are rushing to adapt with new advertisements -- which are often in extraordinarily bad taste. We also have the news on the latest institutional reactions to the crisis, including Sundance partnering with Artist Relief and an online film festival by YouTube.
Stay safe, and enjoy whatever you're watching in quarantine.
YouTube Announces Its Own Digital Film Festival
Tribeca, Cannes, Sundance, and Toronto, are among the festivals collaborating on the upcoming We Are One: A Global Film Festival.
Dan Schindel
Don’t Miss These Two Fascinating Films About Family and Politics
Commonwealth and Council is streaming, for free, two deeply personal films by Mariah Garnett.
Elisa Wouk Almino
Over Skype, Filmmakers Ponder Whether Cinema Is Dying
The latest iteration of the documentary series Room H.264, presented by the Museum of the Moving Image, considers the future of film and was made entirely in quarantine.
Dan Schindel
Dorothea Lange’s Humanist Vision
In Lange’s photography, human ingenuity and grace triumph over the unspeakable blows of the Great Depression and other social oppression, even when hope is in short supply.
Ela Bittencourt
Sundance Institute Joins Relief Efforts to Help Film Workers Affected by COVID-19
Sundance is the first field partner of Artist Relief, an initiative to aid arts workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dan Schindel
‘The New Normal’ of Awful COVID-Themed Commercials
These days, brands love to pretend to care about us. During a pandemic, that’s gotten really weird.
Dan Schindel
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