July 31, 2020

After the Call Out | Beyond Resilience

The recent announcement that golfing icon Tiger Woods would be the subject of a two-part HBO documentary series set in motion a heated debate in the documentary industry about equity, power, and BIPOC's filmmakers' demands for structural change.

Moderator:

  • Marcia Smith, President of Firelight Media

Panelists:

  • Grace Lee, directed and produced And She Could Be Next, POV's first broadcast series about women of color transforming American politics as candidates and as grassroots organizers. Grace was also a producer and director on Asian Americans, a groundbreaking five-part PBS series that casts a fresh lens on U.S. history through the stories, contributions, and challenges of Asian Americans. Grace is also a member of the documentary branch at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and co-founder of the national filmmaker led collective Asian American Documentary Network (A-DOC).
  • Marjan Safinia, Iranian documentary filmmaker whose films examine identity, community, and social justice. With Grace Lee, Marjan produced and directed And She Could Be Next. Other works include: Seeds and But You Speak Such Good English. Until 2018, Marjan was the longest-serving President of the Board of Directors of the International Documentary Association, and the only woman of color to lead since its founding in 1982. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Chicken & Egg Pictures, a member of the Academy, and one of five co-hosts of The D-Word.
  • Iyabo Boyd, founder and director of Brown Girls Doc Mafia, whose mission is to bolster the creative and professional success of women and non-binary people of color working in the documentary industry, and to challenge the often marginalizing norms of the documentary field. Prior to Brown Girls, Iyabo held positions in development, program management, and funding at the Points North Institute, First Look Media's Topic.com, Kickstarter, Good Pitch, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Tribeca Film Institute, and IFP. Iyabo is also a producer, screenwriter, and director of fiction and documentary projects that have screened at the Berlinale, Sundance, Tribeca, and BlackStar Film Festival.
  • Geeta Gandbhir, who is an award-winning director, producer, and editor. As director, she won best documentary at the News & Doc Emmy's for I Am Evidence, and Outstanding Politics and Government Doc for Armed With Faith. As editor, won a Primetime Emmy for Spike Lee's HBO documentary series, When the Levees Broke. And also for the HBO film, By the People: The Election of Barack Obama. Other films she edited include: Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown and My Neighbourhood, and When the Levees Broke, all of which won Peabody Awards.
September 19, 2024

The Black Movie House as Refuge | Beyond Resilience

Join Firelight Media on YouTube Live for a conversation with the visionaries behind the most exciting Black-run movie theaters in the U.S.

August 2, 2024

Black on the Internet | Beyond Resilience x BlackStar Film Festival

Join Firelight Media's Beyond Resilience series for a special panel presentation at BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia.

July 18, 2024

The Power of the BIPOC Producer | Beyond Resilience

Firelight Media and the Documentary Producers Alliance hosted a conversation about the power of BIPOC producers.

June 20, 2024

Beyond Resilience Masterclass: Making Music Docs that Sing

Firelight Media hosted a Beyond Resilience Masterclass with filmmakers behind some of the most lauded Black music documentaries of the decade.

May 10, 2024

Filming with Family | Beyond Resilience x CAAMFest Filmmaker Summit 2024

Firelight Media's Beyond Resilience series co-presented a panel at CAAMFest Filmmaker Summit in San Francisco.

March 7, 2024

Interrogating the Festival to Awards Pipeline | Beyond Resilience

Firelight Media and Distribution Advocates hosted a conversation about navigating the festival to awards pipeline for documentary filmmakers.

January 25, 2024

The Optics of Islam | Beyond Resilience

A conversation with filmmakers and scholars about Muslim and MENASA representation.

December 7, 2023

The Documentary System is Broken. Now What? | Beyond Resilience

How can we band together to (re)build a system that will ensure independent filmmakers can thrive?


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