Feb 27 As Trump addresses Congress, poets pen a people's view By Elizabeth Flock A week after President Donald Trump took office, hundreds of people gathered in their homes, schools and places across the country to share stories about how they saw the state of the nation. "Very sad," some said. "Becoming aware."… Continue reading
Feb 27 Photo: Fleeing the Islamic State for a camp outside Mosul By News Desk A boy, who just fled a village controlled by Islamic State fighters, cries as he sits with his family inside a bus before heading to the camp at Hammam Ali south of Mosul, Iraq. Continue reading
Feb 27 Inside the secret process that's supposed to prevent an Oscars mishap By Elizabeth Flock In the 83 years accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has handled the balloting and award envelopes for the Oscars, it says there had never been a major mistake. Until last night, when presenter Warren Beatty was mistakenly given the wrong envelope, leading… Continue reading
Feb 26 At the Oscars, wins for 'Moonlight' and calls for art without borders By Corinne Segal “Moonlight” won Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards in a ceremony in which presenters and award recipients pointed to the strength of diversity in the film industry. Continue reading
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