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Joined February 2021
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There are no words to express the opportunity to finally share this story, in my vision, and on my terms for our World premiere @truefalse. #aftersherman
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Gullah Geechees making history alert: Shuwanza Goff, whose parents are from Georgetown, SC, will be the first African-American woman to serve as White House Director of Legislative Affairs and Assistant to the President of the United States. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room…
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Ford has announced its funding for independent film projects this year. Its JustFilms initiative, one of the largest documentary funds in the world, provided over $4 million to support 68 films and doc projects in the US & Global South.
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Nominees for the Spotlight Award:
#AfterSherman | Directed by @JonSesrie
Brotherhood | Directed by Francesco Montagner
@HiddenLetters_ | Directed by Violet Du Feng & Zhao Qing
Into the Ice | Directed by Lars Henrik Ostenfeld
#MasterofLight | Directed by Rosa Ruth Boesten
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Extremely upsetting that rap became the dominant sound in America, that it started generating wealth, that its idols became the avatars for white people who will never love an actual black person in their lives, and all along the people who make the music kept dying brutally.
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Color Congress, the newly formed doc intermediary organization, announces today $1.35 million in grants to majority people of color and POC-led organizations w/ small budgets operating outside of major media hubs. See the inaugural list of grantees here. filmmakermagazine.com/115052…
“People can’t believe this…and then you turn on the news, same thing. It’s just a cycle.” — Mrs. Ruby Martin on the shooting in Charleston, sadly her words continue to be true. This cycle of white supremacy and violence must end.
LIVE! Happy Birthday Michelle Materre! Thankful for all who organized this celebration/memorial for @mmspeaks virtually @TheNewSchool.
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Founded by @SonyaChildress and @SdDriver, @Color_Congress is building a vibrant documentary ecosystem by, for and about people of color. Learn more about their work ⬇️ #JustFilms fordfoundation.org/news-and-…
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.@JonSesrie's AFTER SHERMAN is about inheritance and the tensions that define our collective American history. fullframefest.org/film/after…
Humbled by this review, Marshall Shaffer peered deep into my soul and exposed all I cloaked in nuance.
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‘After Sherman’: Film Review | True/False 2022 hollywoodreporter.com/movies…
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Announcing the event in our #BeyondResilience series: Join us on Friday, March 4 at 4pm ET for a virtual roundtable discussion featuring Muslim filmmakers on ethics & accountability in the documentary ecosystem: eventbrite.com/e/beyond-resi…
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hey hey, @nytimes says THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED is one of three top documentaries to stream this month... i'd take their word for it 😊 watch here: amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0…
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on the challenges of creating culture as a Muslim filmmaker: “At worst, we are condemned as monsters; at best, we are objects of pity in stories that attempt to “humanize” us. We so rarely get to tell our stories from our own lens.” latimes.com/opinion/story/20… #MyMuslimFilm #Sundance
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We're so excited for the #FirelightFamily screenings at the 2022 @truefalse Film Fest! #DocLab alumni @KevinShaw23 & @JonSesrie will have World Premieres, @isacastropics will screen MIJA, and @nadiahallgren will screen a new short film.
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🎥 This year at @truefalsefilmfest: The premiere of @JonSesrie’s feature AFTER SHERMAN (@after_sherman), and in-person screenings for @sierrpett’s @riotsvilleusa and @joeahunting’s @wemetinvrfilm!
truefalse.org/program/films/
ALT A still from "After Sherman." A person, tinted cyan and wearing a collared shirt, stares directly ahead at a hazy blue-gray nature-scape, back to the camera.
ALT A still from "Riotsville, USA." A group of people wearing tactical gear in a pink haze.
ALT A still from "We Met in Virtual Reality." Two figures—one has long, hot pink hair and wearing short overalls, and the other has short black hair, animal ears, and is wearing a long, beige coat—are standing in a nighttime outdoor scene, with fiery floating lanterns and castle architecture behind them.
The last in-person festival I attended was True/False 2020. Looking forward to returning to @truefalse to premiere my feature film #AfterSherman alongside so many other brilliant films! #Documentary
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