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Minnesota-based filmmakers Joua Lee Grande, Tahiel Jimenez Medina, and Lorenzo Serna joined us for a tender conversation about tending to our neighbors, artistic practice, and each other, with the courage to break open and out of old myths. Creative expressions of solidarity, including community archiving, meals, mutual aid, and truth-telling, are sprouting up across Minnesota. We are its bloom. An invitation to pause, process, and listen together. Moderated by Nell Lawrenz-Wareham.

On Thursday, March 25 at 3pm ET, Firelight Media presented a virtual screening and livestream Q&A centering women, non-binary, and AAPI filmmakers and artists behind IN THE MAKING, Firelight Media’s documentary short film series in partnership with PBS American Masters.

On Friday, April 23 at 3pm ET, Firelight Media presented a virtual panel discussion about the awards system for documentary films.

On Thursday, May 20 at 5pm ET, Firelight Media and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) presented a special edition of the Beyond Resilience Series at CAAMFest 2021 – “More Than One Lens.”

On the eve of Juneteenth, and in honor of Black Music Month,Firelight Media hosted a Beyond Resilience event celebrating music documentaries by and about Black artists.