By Anthony Kaufman
On November 12 of this year, Impact Partners executive director and documentary producer Dan Cogan wrote a powerful call to action on Facebook. “The last 4 days have been a horror. The next 4 years will be worse,” he wrote. “And yet my pulse is quickening, because there is so much to be done, and we, the documentary film community, are in pole position to make a huge difference.”
Plus—Joining The ALLIANCE Is Now Sliding Scale DECEMBER 5, 2016 ABOUT OUR NAME CHANGE We are excited to announce that beginning on January 1, 2017...
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By Jason Wyman
“What are our desired futures?” Now, more than ever, this question seems critical to our country and our democracy. This election has brought to the light the significant divides in this country across age, geography, economic class, race, gender, and political ideology.
NAMAC Executive Director Wendy Levy participated in REMAP: Detroit and was inspired by the conviction of the communities in the rooms, the fearless examination of the challenges, and the celebration of the arts, in the broadest view, as an engine for transformation.
scroll down to subscribe to the eBulletin From the Executive Director Returning the Spirit and Building the Creative Workforce Development Movement At ReMAP Detroit last week,...
scroll down to subscribe to the eBulletin From the Executive Director Hey everyone, happy September. It’s been a memorable summer in so many ways—and even...
By Renee Tajima-Peña
I once considered documentary to be a fallback for filmmakers of color who were shut out of the fiction universe. I was wrong. As it turns out, we may be more under-represented in nonfiction filmmaking. Sundance estimates the proportion of documentary directors of color screening at the festival to be around 15 percent. The Directors Guild of America estimates 82 percent of its narrative members are white males; it doesn't even bother to calculate documentarians.
By Wendy Levy
Dear Senator Loni Hancock,
I'm writing because "Media Arts” has been specifically excluded from consideration for new arts standards for California in AB 2862, which will delay its inclusion as a formal arts education discipline for at least another generation.
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