In preparation for @firelightmedia panel at #CAAMFest2021, we checked senior leadership across stations making up the majority of @PBS primetime. Do they display the “diversity of perspectives” required to “meet the moment”? Behold, leadership at @GBH#PBSam#PBSsowhite#thread
Extremely thorough and well-researched journalism from @guardian's @NoaYachot on the much-misrepresented issue of Jihad Rehab. It's the most informative piece that has been written yet. https://t.co/uOCt0FFrm4
We could not be more thrilled for this tremendous vote of confidence from some of the smartest people in the field. Thank you @color_congress for a game-changing field intervention. We are so grateful and excited to get busy! ❤️
Announcing the event in our #BeyondResilience series: Join us on Friday, March 4 at 4pm ET for a virtual roundtable discussion featuring Muslim filmmakers on ethics & accountability in the documentary ecosystem: https://t.co/zPiiLP6kRz
Lifting up a critical conversation happening at hashtag #JihadRehab led by our MENASA colleagues which encapsulates so much about authorship, accountability, harm and representation when it comes to telling our stories. We encourage you to tune in. #Sundance2022
An inclusive media landscape is foundational to how American communities view themselves & each other: “Public television has to be front and center at changing this cultural exclusion," @JoaquinCastrotx says. Hear what else the member of Congress tells @_ViewersLikeUs_ in Ep 5!
📢Join us tomorrow at 12PM EST for our last talk of the semester: "Viewers Like Us: Documenting #history, #representation, and #diversity in #publictelevision" by filmmaker & podcast producer/host @anothergracelee! Learn more & register here➡️https://t.co/rEocW4Okig
Tokenism and triumph: Both are part of the American experience for filmmakers of color in public media. @_ViewersLikeUs_ Episode 4, "An American Experience," is out today, wherever you listen to podcasts!
https://t.co/gQn2VPuT4r
Episode 3 of @_ViewersLikeUs_ podcast is now live, asking how DEI efforts to address racial justice and equity at @PBS are faring -- both now and in the past.
Episode 2 now available! Learn more about Beyond Inclusion's origin story and how we're not the first to challenge @PBS on sticking to its mission. #ViewersLikeUs
Episode 1 of @_ViewersLikeUs_ asked, “Why is public television so white?” In Episode 2, we delve deeper into public TV's institutional history and its effects on people of color as makers and viewers, that just...keeps...repeating. Available to listen now!
https://t.co/9I7h1anq9v
Why PBS overwhelmingly privileges the work of a single white filmmaker, Ken Burns, to define our national story? - asked filmmaker @anothergracelee in a recent essay. Join her + @sabbygnyc to discuss and find out how filmmakers are asking for more transparency & dialogue #DXIFF21
Why PBS privileges the work of a single white filmmaker, Ken Burns, to define our national story? - asked filmmaker Grace Lee in a recent essay that galvanized the BIPOC community + allies. This fall the conversation continues with @anothergracelee + @sabbygnyc at #DXIFF21!
.@IDAorg supporting filmmakers through microgrants, and providing $100k in advertising and Screening Series support.
Timely and much needed new values-based documentary field initiatives led by Jina Chung.
https://t.co/1fI9Hr6Mx9
Introducing the latest CAAM Storyteller: Geeta Gandbhir, award winning producer/director, amazing mentor for our Fellowships program, and is one of the next-generation storytellers we are honoring this year. Read the full blog on our website: https://t.co/tI9XA1OluL