Other Posts by Anna
Emmy Nominations Lacking in Diversity
I just did the math: Only six people of color were nominated for acting Emmy awards this year (that includes categories like supporting actor in a miniseries). For the men, that’s 1 nomination of a possible 45. For the women, that’s 6 nominations of 45 (Chandra Wilson was nominated twice):
Outstanding Lead Actress in [...]
Interview with Louie Psihoyos
Teague and I met Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove, at AFI SILVERDOCS. Psihoyos talked about how he made The Cove, which documents his team’s mission to expose the destruction of ocean wildlife in a secret cove in Japan. We really enjoyed his stories about getting footage using both high and low tech spy tools [...]
Turn off your Cell Phone at Patti LuPone’s Gypsy
On Tuesday, Patti LuPone voiced her own response to David Itzkoff’s NY Times blog post about an incident in which LuPone stopped her performance to confront an audience member who was using an electronic device. LuPone defended her actions, and those of artists seeking to preserve the integrity of live performance as audiences grow more [...]
Ella Es El Matador – Women v. Machismo in the Bull Ring
This week, many of our posts will feature films and seminars from AFI SILVERDOCS, an 8-day documentary film festival that takes place in Silver Spring, MD. We have an upcoming interview clip with Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove, and a lot more to say about the future of public media. But for now I [...]
Anna and Teague at SILVERDOCS!
Anna and Teague, your faithful Still Indie bloggers, will be attending SILVERDOCS this week in Silver Spring, MD. For those of you who don’t know, SILVERDOCS is an 8-day documentary film festival and conference sponsored by the AFI that includes over 100 films and 25,000 attendees. We’re pretty excited.
Say hello if you see [...]
Are You Guilty of Media Malpractice?
Last week I attended Making Media Now at Bentley University, where, among other really interesting panels, I saw Andy Carvin talk about crowdsourcing. I was also really glad to hear Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films talk about making media that matters with Lisa Mullins of The World. Greenwald also screened a clip [...]
Favorite Feminists for the Very Young
Oh Jezebel, your editors should know by now that if you post anything that involves a list and the word “feminism” – people are going to get into a flame war mighty fast. Jezebel’s list of 20 Feminist TV Characters prompted a lot of controversy – including a lot of agita over the lack of [...]
Andy Carvin of NPR On Crowdsourcing at Making Media Now
On Friday I attended Making Media Now 2009, a single day conference for media makers (largely attended by documentary film folk from the Boston Area). MMN09 was a great experience – and I have to recommend that more social media and new media people attend in the future – there were some great filmmakers looking [...]
Shasha Seminar Part IV: Pitching a Pilot is Really Hard
Last time on the blog: My take on the panels at the Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns at Wesleyan University. Today, a look at how hard it is to convince people to make your show.
The Pitches
After the panel, everyone broke into either a TV session or a film session. I can’t speak [...]
Shasha Seminar Part III: From the Page to the Screen
Despite what the last two posts might have you believe, the Shasha Seminar at Wesleyan University was not entirely about Joss Whedon. No, it was about how movies and tv go from an idea in some writer’s head to something that you and I watch (and then blog about).
On Saturday morning, we all listened [...]
