Tuesday, September 29, 2020, presented at the International Documentary Association’s (IDA) Getting Real conference.
While much has been written about the colonial history of documentary filmmaking, far less is known about the canon of oppositional cinema created by Black, Indigenous, and other filmmakers of color. There is a rich tradition of oppressed peoples subverting the colonial gaze: from early works by Zora Neale Hurston and William Greaves, to the filmmakers who formed the Iranian New Wave, to the Latin American and African filmmakers behind the Third Cinema movement. This panel featured BIPOC creators discussing the political and aesthetic motivations of liberatory cinema movements and why we must reconstitute the canon with BIPOC-created media.
The panel discussion featured Stanley Nelson, award-winning filmmaker and Firelight Media co-founder; with filmmaker Heather Rae, curator Janaína Oliveira, and moderator Yasmina Price.
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Join Firelight Media and Distribution Advocates to discuss two newly published case studies on independent documentary distribution.
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Join Firelight Media and MacArthur Foundation at Sundance Film Festival for a panel discussion and reception featuring doc industry leaders.
Firelight Media presented a special edition of our Beyond Resilience series at the Hawai'i International Film Festival.
Join Firelight Media on YouTube Live for a conversation with the visionaries behind the most exciting Black-run movie theaters in the U.S.
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Join Firelight Media's Beyond Resilience series for a special panel presentation at BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia.
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Firelight Media and the Documentary Producers Alliance hosted a conversation about the power of BIPOC producers.
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Firelight Media hosted a Beyond Resilience Masterclass with filmmakers behind some of the most lauded Black music documentaries of the decade.
Firelight Media's Beyond Resilience series co-presented a panel at CAAMFest Filmmaker Summit in San Francisco.
