"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced." -James Baldwin The hardest part about watching I Am Not Your Negro, easily 2016's best documentary and most essential viewing, is watching it. More than once, I cringed, winced, looked away, closed my ...
Archives for January 2017
Without Voice(work)
Last spring, I made the decision to move back into the non-profit world, a career decision but also a personal one. I was ready to be back in film festivals, in the space I know and love so well without the burdens of the private sector. The change meant a new commute, new coworkers and, perhaps ...
Maybe Watch This: The Founder
There's a family story I've heard at holidays and cookouts since I was a kid. A joke, really. And that's the story that my great grandmother went to high school with Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's. Had she played her cards differently, we might all be in very different circumstances today. Imagine! ...
Bechdel, DuVernay and Me
In 1985, Alison Bechdel included a few simple questions in her thoughtful, often poignant comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. Far from mainstream then, that single strip has gone on to inspire a litmus test for all media - though it's most commonly used in regard to films. Distilled to its essence, ...
On Queue
Over my holiday break, I made an effort to keep busy. Between projects around my apartment and adventures around town, I mostly succeeded. I also made a resolution to put a dent in my Netflix queue, that all-too-often ignored list of films and series I'm interested in watching...someday. I made a ...