BIPOC-led collective of nonfiction makers, executives, and field builders
Joined March 2021
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20 May 2021
In preparation for @firelightmedia panel at #CAAMFest2021, we checked senior leadership across stations making up the majority of @PBS primetime. Do they display the “diversity of perspectives” required to “meet the moment”? Behold, leadership at @GBH #PBSam #PBSsowhite #thread
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24 Oct 2022
Extremely thorough and well-researched journalism from @guardian's @NoaYachot on the much-misrepresented issue of Jihad Rehab. It's the most informative piece that has been written yet. theguardian.com/film/2022/oc…
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1 Sep 2022
Tell me you have an all white programming team without telling me you have an all white programming team. 💅🏼 realscreen.com/2022/09/01/ne…
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14 Jun 2022
We could not be more thrilled for this tremendous vote of confidence from some of the smartest people in the field. Thank you @color_congress for a game-changing field intervention. We are so grateful and excited to get busy! ❤️
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24 Feb 2022
Not to be missed.
24 Feb 2022
Announcing the event in our #BeyondResilience series: Join us on Friday, March 4 at 4pm ET for a virtual roundtable discussion featuring Muslim filmmakers on ethics & accountability in the documentary ecosystem: eventbrite.com/e/beyond-resi…
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26 Jan 2022
Lifting up a critical conversation happening at hashtag #JihadRehab led by our MENASA colleagues which encapsulates so much about authorship, accountability, harm and representation when it comes to telling our stories. We encourage you to tune in. #Sundance2022
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Beyond Inclusion retweeted
20 Dec 2021
An inclusive media landscape is foundational to how American communities view themselves & each other: “Public television has to be front and center at changing this cultural exclusion," @JoaquinCastrotx says. Hear what else the member of Congress tells @_ViewersLikeUs_ in Ep 5!
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Beyond Inclusion retweeted
6 Dec 2021
📢Join us tomorrow at 12PM EST for our last talk of the semester: "Viewers Like Us: Documenting #history, #representation, and #diversity in #publictelevision" by filmmaker & podcast producer/host @anothergracelee! Learn more & register here➡️bit.ly/odltalk127
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23 Nov 2021
Episode 4 of @_ViewersLikeUs_ looks at some all too common American experiences of #BIPOCmakers in public media. Featuring interviews with Myrton Running Wolf, Julianna Brannum and @CallieCrossley. #ViewersLikeUs
23 Nov 2021
Tokenism and triumph: Both are part of the American experience for filmmakers of color in public media. @_ViewersLikeUs_ Episode 4, "An American Experience," is out today, wherever you listen to podcasts!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
3 Nov 2021
Episode 3 of @_ViewersLikeUs_ podcast is now live, asking how DEI efforts to address racial justice and equity at @PBS are faring -- both now and in the past.
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15 Oct 2021
Episode 2 now available! Learn more about Beyond Inclusion's origin story and how we're not the first to challenge @PBS on sticking to its mission. #ViewersLikeUs
15 Oct 2021
Episode 1 of @_ViewersLikeUs_ asked, “Why is public television so white?” In Episode 2, we delve deeper into public TV's institutional history and its effects on people of color as makers and viewers, that just...keeps...repeating. Available to listen now!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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14 Oct 2021
Excellent article about @_ViewersLikeUs_ podcast in @Deadline hosted by @anothergracelee and inspired by the Beyond Inclusion movement so many @bipocmakers who preceded us. #ViewersLikeUs
14 Oct 2021
Filmmaker Grace Lee Ramps Up Critique Of PBS Over Diversity, Ken Burns Ties, With Podcast ‘Viewers Like Us’ deadline.com/2021/10/viewers… via @Deadline #documentary #PBS @anothergracelee @KenBurns @GeetaGandbhir
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29 Sep 2021
Check out Beyond Inclusion member @anothergracelee's new podcast @_ViewersLikeUs_ investigating systemic inequities at @pbs and inspired by the work of @bipocmakers! #ViewersLikeUs Subscribe at viewerslikeus.com
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28 Sep 2021
Check out this new podcast debuting tomorrow investigating @PBS that builds on the work of Beyond Inclusion! #ViewersLikeUs
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Beyond Inclusion retweeted
Why PBS overwhelmingly privileges the work of a single white filmmaker, Ken Burns, to define our national story? - asked filmmaker @anothergracelee in a recent essay. Join her @sabbygnyc to discuss and find out how filmmakers are asking for more transparency & dialogue #DXIFF21
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Beyond Inclusion retweeted
Why PBS privileges the work of a single white filmmaker, Ken Burns, to define our national story? - asked filmmaker Grace Lee in a recent essay that galvanized the BIPOC community allies. This fall the conversation continues with @anothergracelee @sabbygnyc at #DXIFF21!
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Beyond Inclusion retweeted
3 Sep 2021
.@IDAorg supporting filmmakers through microgrants, and providing $100k in advertising and Screening Series support.
Timely and much needed new values-based documentary field initiatives led by Jina Chung.
shar.es/aW7QOn
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1 Sep 2021
.@GeetaGandbhir helped start a conversation that is still going today...check out this profile on her!
Introducing the latest CAAM Storyteller: Geeta Gandbhir, award winning producer/director, amazing mentor for our Fellowships program, and is one of the next-generation storytellers we are honoring this year. Read the full blog on our website: bit.ly/2UVIjby
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