All this new technology
will eventually give us new feelings
that will never completely displace the old ones,
leaving everyone feeling quite nervous
and split in two.
If you're a documentary filmmaker who has had films on PBS, please consider signing this open letter to the CEO of WGBH about the decision to end doc programming at WORLD
https://t.co/jnQoRiTeqq
The censorship of @BreakGameMovie is just the tip of the iceberg. Please read through this article to learn more about other troubling examples of PBS censoring films and supplemental content.
https://t.co/YjAF9UdN6m
If you missed our Twitch stream with @Trihex, don't worry, you can still rent or purchase Break the Game, then watch the VODs of our Q+A and panel discussion with @theserfstv and @Vahn16
https://t.co/1dMCFyz1Kz
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The World of David Hockney: A concept for a video game created with @runwayml, where players inhabit Hockney's paintings and interact with his characters.
PBS also pulled the website for the film from https://t.co/M5aQ56JP1s, at least until shortly after I'd reached out for comment and the film was promptly rescheduled.
Just to clarify, does this also happen to at least one film in every season for a variety of reasons?
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The film's director, @JaneMWagner, told me that POV's executive producers were explicit about the fact that her film had lost its premiere date for political reasons-- a fact they subsequently confirmed to her by email.
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POV's executive producers, who declined to comment for my story in The Atlantic, now suggest this was just a normal bit of rescheduling-- of the sort that happens to "at least one film every season for a variety of reasons."
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https://t.co/nNM0GyXKg1
So @POVdocs has asked DOCNYC to provide "broader context" for its newsletter item about PBS's decision to pull the trans-themed film BREAK THE GAME from its scheduled slot on Apr. 7.
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Thank you Jordan for highlighting our film's story in today's @DOCNYCfest Monday Memo! See you at tonight's stream!
8PM EST @trihex
https://t.co/0c8jSCR5Td
TONIGHT! See the film PBS didn't want you to see (that is, until a reporter from the Atlantic reached out for comment and they changed their mind)!
@breakgamemovie will be screening for FREE tonight at 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST on @trihex's Twitch channel https://t.co/Ri5mFYYR0J followed by a Q+A with me and then a panel discussion with other streamers, including the one, the only Alex Eastly AKA D_Gurl @a_maneater
I'm so excited to be working with Trihex, who has been one of my favorite streamers for almost a decade! Streaming the film on Twitch with Trihex allows us the opportunity to bypass traditional gatekeepers and directly engage our audience - I hope you'll join me and tell all your friends to come too!
TONIGHT! See the film PBS didn't want you to see (that is, until a reporter from the Atlantic reached out for comment and they changed their mind)!
@breakgamemovie will be screening for FREE tonight at 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST on @trihex's Twitch channel https://t.co/Ri5mFYYR0J followed by a Q+A with me and then a panel discussion with other streamers, including the one, the only Alex Eastly AKA D_Gurl @a_maneater
I'm so excited to be working with Trihex, who has been one of my favorite streamers for almost a decade! Streaming the film on Twitch with Trihex allows us the opportunity to bypass traditional gatekeepers and directly engage our audience - I hope you'll join me and tell all your friends to come too!