Feb 25 Film producers, designer on the importance of diversity behind the camera By Kamala Kelkar Wynn Thomas, Lisa Cortes and Sam Pollard discuss the role of African Americans in the film industry, two years of #OscarsSoWhite and how to improve representation. Continue reading
Feb 25 Anime didn't make it into the Oscar nominations this year. Here's why that doesn't matter. By Iman Smith Back in 2003, “Spirited Away” made history by becoming the first Japanese animated feature film to win an Academy Award. It told the story of 10-year-old Chihiro, a young girl propelled into a world governed by spirits, gods and fantastical… Continue reading
Feb 25 These murals lie at the center of a debate over Northern Ireland's future By Ivette Feliciano In Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, hundreds of colorful murals line the city’s streets, detailing a century’s worth of conflict and political division. Continue reading
Feb 25 Syrian who worked on nominated film can't attend Oscars By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press U.S. immigration authorities are barring entry to a 21-year-old Syrian cinematographer who worked on a harrowing film about his nation's civil war, "The White Helmets," that has been nominated for an Academy Award. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 2:58 A groundbreaking filmmaker finally gets her time to shine By PBS News Hour Kathleen Collins was one of the first African-American women to direct a feature film, but her work wasn’t widely released before her death from cancer in 1988. Nearly 30 years later, her daughter Nina Collins had the film restored, and… Continue watching
Feb 24 Oscar acting nominees have gotten more diverse. But this category lags behind By Dayana Morales Gomez When the 89th Oscars award ceremony airs Sunday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hopes to avoid the #OscarsSoWhite backlash of recent years. Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch 6:37 Out of Syria's devastation, 'The White Helmets' offer moments of hope By PBS News Hour The daily destruction of Syria's civil war is at once shocking and now strangely familiar. The Oscar-nominated documentary short “The White Helmets” aims to get beyond the numbness of the conflict by showing real first responders working to rescue victims… Continue watching
Feb 23 How poet John Keats met his early end By Dr. Howard Markel Before he turned to writing, the famous poet was an indifferent student. So he left school to become an apothecary-surgeon's apprentice. Continue reading
Feb 22 Some people see the politics. This photographer captures the pageantry. By Elizabeth Flock On Tuesday, Mark Peterson was in Norfolk, Virginia, preparing to chase down members of Congress at a town hall. On Wednesday, he planned to go to Washington, D.C. to photograph the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The work hasn't… Continue reading