New film preservation grants! Among the 66 films selected for preservation is Sheldon Renan's Basic Film terms: A Visual Dictionary (1970) at @YaleFilmArchive
Link to the announcement in thread.
The family of Henrietta Lacks can pursue compensation from a pharmaceutical company over its use of her HeLa cells, which have been influential in modern medicine after being taken without her consent decades ago https://t.co/Tf1bjAfgIP
Thrilled for THE BEST OF BELOVED COMMUNITY TALKS with the remarkable Dr. #JaneElliott, a powerful anti-racism activist. Join me today, at 6 P.M. EST on the @thekingcenter's X and Facebook pages for this vital dialogue. Let's unite to #EndRacism.
See this Instagram post by @parableoftheotherfilm https://t.co/wGZh26USPJ Consider donating towards the making of this film by a talented young filmmaker:
https://t.co/XAZziBEChE
Looking forward to spending the next two years @RutgersU first as a Cheryl A. Wall Postdoctoral Fellow in African American and African Diaspora Literary Studies and then as a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice.
#Ethiopia ๐ช๐น๏ฟผ : At least 11 journalists are being held for covering the current tensions in the Amhara region in the north of the country. RSF calls for their release along with that of all media professionals arbitrarily imprisoned in the country.
https://t.co/WdvTCmZu60
Pioneering filmmaker, Sarah Maldoror, was born on this day in 1929. Born in France of Guadeloupean descent, Maldoror is respectfully regarded as the matriarch of African cinema. (contโd)
@SchomburgCenter AMERICA, WHO ARE WE, AND WHERE ARE WE GOING? is a townhall meeting I am hosting with @ymca in New York City on THURS JULY 13, doors open at 6:30pm. ALL DETAILS on attached graphic, seating first-come basis. FREE, all welcome. REGISTER: https://t.co/qqg3P8c48l
Resources to help you apply for @NEHgov Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions: general info, recorded webinar, FAQs & funded application samples (https://t.co/pjakVn8fZe); staff phone & email consults (write [email protected]), tips (https://t.co/LNWECG8y3Q)
The scholary community of Gonja was part of a regional network that pre-existed the kingdom
it connected the scholary centers of Begho and Buna, to the communities at Buipe, where several chronicles were composed by local scholars among other writings
https://t.co/NAFtAijJ3O