Oscars Doc Branch Members Slam “Heinous” Film Academy Statement on ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Attack
#MovieNews #Movies #Documentaries #Documentary #International #IsraelGazaConflict #Nootherland #Oscars #Oscars2025 #Politics

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/documentarians-slam-oscars-no-other-land-attack-statement-1236174298/

The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark’s self-image.

The Black Swan follows a repentant master criminal as she sets up corrupt clients in front of hidden cameras.

A parade of people – members of motorcycle gangs, entrepreneurs, lawyers, real-estate barons, politicians – trooped through to recount their sins to Amira Smajic.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250327-the-real-scandi-noir-how-a-filmmaker-and-a-crooked-lawyer-shattered-denmarks-self-image?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

"“The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram” traces how various loosely-moderated platforms, from 4chan to 8chan to eventually Telegram, have become havens for extremist ideas and for radicalization. The investigation shows how a number of attackers around the world — from Slovakia to New Zealand to the United States — used these various platforms and were encouraged by them.

“Drawing on a trove of archived posts, our reporting shows how Telegram and other lightly regulated platforms became a gathering place for ‘militant accelerationists’ — neo-Nazis who want to use terror and violence to bring down governments and create new, white ethnostates,” says A.C. Thompson, who has been reporting on the evolution of violent extremism in the U.S. for years.

The film also probes how authorities in several countries would eventually arrest around a dozen people allegedly tied to the Terrorgram Collective, a transnational virtual network of extremists accused of inciting acts of white supremacist terrorism. The U.S. government would charge two Americans with a slew of felonies, including soliciting the murder of government officials on Telegram. Telegram says it has always screened postings for problematic content and that, “Calls for violence from any group are not tolerated on our platform.”"

The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram
https://youtu.be/l8nsgzwuc_o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgTEsybXw-4

“There’s a new #documentary celebrating the history and impact of #libraries heading to PBS, and the trailer released today touches on the unequivocal positive impact they—and the #librarians who work there—have on communities.”

https://reactormag.com/trailer-for-free-for-all-the-public-library-confirms-libraries-are-very-very-good/

MRS ROBINSON tells the inspirational life story of change-maker Mary Robinson: Ireland’s first female President, a pioneering UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Co-Founder of Project Dandelion.

Read on for details of free online screening on March 27! 1/n

https://kinema.com/events/MRS-ROBINSON-iab0p3

#Film #Documentary #MaryRobinson #Ireland #HumanRights @film

Earlier: At a moment when our institutions of learning seem to be engulfed in flames, incited by right-wing witch hunts of diversity, equity, and inclusion, The Librarians reminds us how we got here and reveals, perhaps, how we can get out. https://www.texasobserver.org/librarians-movie-sxsw-book-bans/

In December 1988, artist Ricky Boscarino was on the hunt for real estate. “It was really my boyhood ambition to build my dream house, where literally all my dreams could come true,” he says in the short documentary “Electric Garden.” Little did he know that over the course of the next four decades, a dilapidated hunting cabin would transform into a veritable way of life.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/ricky-boscarino-electric-garden/

From the studio to her childhood bedroom in Columbus, Georgia, to the museum, "Singular Moments" from Art21 presents a broad portrait of painter Amy Sherald.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/amy-sherald-singular-moments/

Israel releases Oscar-winning Palestinian director after he was attacked by West Bank settlers.

@AssociatedPress reports: "Lamia Ballal, the director’s wife, said she heard her husband being beaten outside their home as she huddled inside with their three children."

https://flip.it/OzJ7Ri

Generation Speak

Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/generation-speak/

If anything our teachers wanted us to learn in my not-so-flawless art academy is that being a filmmaker, like being a journalist, comes with significant social responsibility. Every frame you choose is a political act.

That is why I have immense respect for filmmakers who stay authentic to their truth regardless. This is the only way to justify the existence of this art.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/24/oscar-winning-palestinian-director-attacked-by-israeli-settlers-and-arrested

Just finished watching #TheClickTrap on #ArteTV—a fascinating documentary exposing the dark side of digital advertising.

I strongly believe user profiling should be banned. Instead, we should return to context-based ads that respect our privacy.

If you're curious, you can watch it on Arte.tv.

What steps do you think we can take to protect our online privacy better?

If you have any documentaries on Arte TV to recommend, please share!