Oakland Tribune skewers Oscar’s wall-to-wall whiteness
From TalkingPointsMemo After the Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning, Twitter users tore apart the Academy for nominating only white actresses and actors for the nation’s top film...
View ArticleVisualizing the Lack of Diversity Among Oscars Winners
Diversity Among Winners at the Oscars from Bard Edlund on Vimeo. Bard Edlund, creator of this bleak video says: “A lot of noise has been made about the lack of diversity among nominees for the Oscars...
View ArticleMore Filmmakers Should Follow Ava DuVernay’s Lead: Make it Happen, Don’t Wait...
Ava DuVernay is a pioneer for women filmmakers and filmmakers of color not because she is both of those things but because she never considered taking traditional paths to do what she wanted to do. Of...
View ArticleControversy Hits Oscar’s End Game – Fighting for Justice in an Unjust System
It probably strikes the typical oscar voter as surprising, frustrating and ironic. They want to believe they belong to an institution that purports to celebrate heroes — an institution that, more often...
View ArticleCan ‘Pose’ Stick the Landing?
Ryan Murphy’s ballroom opus airs its first season premiere tonight; will it successfully cap off a terrific season? There is no one more surprised by Pose‘s trajectory than me. I was skeptical about...
View ArticleEmmy Spotlight: The Importance of ‘Pose’
After the first season finale, Joey Moser ponders whether Ryan Murphy’s ballroom opus can make its way to Emmy glory next year. Pose is easily one of the best shows of the year, and that is thanks to...
View ArticleLaverne Cox On Current Trans Visibility And The Legacy of ‘Orange is the New...
The Guest Actress in a Drama Series nominee talks to Joey Moser about her nomination, her love of Pose, and how she hopes more trans actors will be recognized in the future. When Laverne Cox was...
View Article‘Coded’ Director Ryan White On Giving J.C. Leyendecker His Due
I didn’t know who J.C. Leyendecker was when I started Ryan White’s shortlisted Documentary Short Subject, Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker, but I knew some of his artwork. There was something...
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