I highly recommend people also check out William Greaves' film about the Harlem Renaissance that he put out while he was alive.
Plays like a PBS special (it was one, I believe) but it actually gets to some really interesting depths about the artists.
https://t.co/mhV5j6hBVV
Wild what can happen if you have the guts to speak up. You think there's a universe where this kind of ass-saving PR release & newfound generosity happens if the Art Director kept her mouth shut, like so many people said was the right thing to do? Hmmm...
Nostalgia is a tool of fascism, a warm, idealized version of a past that never truly existed. Do not catch yourself longing for The Corporate Wire Mother. There was no Golden Age; only advertisements for products that you were too young to defend yourself against.
If the governments job isn’t to secure even basic shit like clean drinking water for its citizens, what’s its actual purpose?! THIS IS WHAT WE WANT OUR TAXES PAYING FOR
The set designer who advocated for fair wage now is being rewarded. I hope she gets automatically into the local union to negotiate contracts moving forward.
here’s why i am a firm believer in the whole “affordability promises are a scam” thing. as an organizer + polic(e)y/planning professional in ATL for a decade, i can’t unsee the way affordability concessions are a resource laundering front for consultants & politicians 🧵