…an affordable way unless people make sure that space is protected.” “There are some things the commercial space does well, like making toothpaste and making funny comedies, but there are…
Is our nostalgia for the 80s replacing our nostalgia for the 50s? Michele Meek suggests so, using a resurgence of interest in Keva Rosenfeld’s 1987 documentary, <i>All American High</i>, as her primary example. It screens March 9th and 12th at SXSW.
Courtney Gardner follows Fiona Dawson’s work on her new episodic series, Now With Fiona, an talks with Dawson about the 50th anniversary of Stonewall and the fight for transgender minors in Arkansas.
Dana Knight and Mary Dore talk about the origins of women’s liberation and Dore’s documentary about the era, She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, nearly two decades in the making.
…how you directed them? Colella: They were immediately committed to the project so we brainstormed ideas together. But it’s not a documentary. Everything that happens is fictional. Everyone is not…
Evan Crean speaks with 2018 10 to Watch Winner Boots Riley on directorial debut Sorry to Bother You
…(which came in 1997, after Mark Thompson became comptroller of the BBC, and shook things up a bit) had something to do with it. “[“Fine Cut”] felt arty in the…
The 1950s was era of bigger stars, bigger budgets, and bigger bombshells. At same time, the studio system was weakening in the wake of television and a fearless and libelous emerging tabloid press. In this fifth series installment, Kerry McElroy examines the supreme pop cultural star of the twentieth century, Marilyn Monroe. Examined, in her own words and in new ways, McElroy’s Monroe is a kind of economic sociologist, a surprising forerunner of the #MeToo movement, and a forgotten proponent of social justice. Finally, McElroy considers another marquee court case, one in which star actresses fought back against the tabloids with bravery.
…of people [under 40] who’ve gotten a college education or graduate degrees. And we’ve worked really hard over the years to get communities more involved with the organization—particularly neighborhoods in…