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Sam Pollard: An Awe-Inspiring Figure Chronicling the Black Experience

May 12, 2021 by Nathan Hughes

Harlem-born Sam Pollard, a filmmaker and Oscar nominated editor, has spent his entire career chronicling the Black American experience.  Pollard, now a professor of film at New York University for the last 27 years, found his passion for movies by watching the works of Howard Hawks, John Ford, and Alfred Hitchcock. He credits them for […]

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Independent Film Remains Resilient Despite Pandemic’s Challenges

January 14, 2021 by Aadil Cheema

Picture of Eric Kohn -- a white man with rectangular-framed glasses -- above IndieWire's logo

COVID has impacted the film industry with delays, cancellations, and shutdowns in 2020. Still, the fall festival season went forward — with Venice Film Festival in-person, Toronto virtual and New York (NYFF) a mixture of drive-in and virtual. That means Eric Kohn, the executive editor and chief critic at IndieWire, is as busy as ever […]

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The Best Efforts to Adapt Still Leave Festivals and Filmmakers in Limbo

January 4, 2021 by Aadil Cheema

A movie poster for "Bleed With Me" -- a woman's face superimposed over a forest -- above the logo for Nightstream Festival

Amelia Moses was excited to have her first movie, “Bleed With Me,” premiere at Fantasia Film Festival, a Montreal-based genre festival, in July. Moses and the crew, who live in Montreal, were going to reunite with the Toronto-based cast for a special celebration of their work. It took two years for the 27-year-old and her […]

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