first off, I don't know a whole lot beyond what I have read about this situation. Doc fortnight definitely is an important, valued venue.
But, isn't censorship also a serious issue? Haven't we been fighting for institutions, especially cultural institutions to commit themselves to stand up for and support artists who are being attacked? Is this not the type of accountability we are actually looking for? (police, football teams, journalists). Remember the dust up over the anti-vax movie that tried to screen at Tribeca? The argument seems the same: large, powerful, "important" cultural institutions need to get their shit together because its scary out there. On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 2:12 AM, Elizabeth McMahon <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Stephanie, for posting this. > > Sally began at MoMA in 1986. > > I'd like to direct everyone to the drive by hit job on Sally that was in > the NYT two weeks ago. I'd provide the link, but haven't figured out how to > do that on this tablet. > > If interested, please also send a letter of support for Sally to Rajendra > Roy, chief film curator, and Glenn Lowry, feckless MoMA leader. > [email protected] and [email protected] Be sure to cc Sally at > [email protected] > > Best, > > > Elizabeth McMahon > > > On Sunday, June 19, 2016, Stephanie Vevers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Greetings to all. >> >> Many of you have experienced the strong venue for independent film & >> documentary, including experimental work, that curator Sally Berger has >> created at MoMA, and the programming, films, and artists/filmmakers, that >> she has championed for more than 30 years. >> The response, in NYC and beyond, to this news of her being fired, has >> been shock and dismay, and expressions of support and recognition. >> >> The recent annual Documentary Fortnight (a series she directs, and >> co-founded in 2001) concluded with much buzz and energy to a full house, >> with a confounding, wry, and layered multimedia work by Ojibway artists, >> "*INAATE/SE/ >> [it shines a certain way. to a certain place./it flies. falls./*." >> https://moma.org/explore/inside_out/2016/02/17/doc-fortnight-2016-actions-of-the-past-shockwaves-in-the-present/ >> >> Here is a link to (an easy to use) petition in support. >> >> http://www.thepetitionsite.com/357/409/943/letter-of-support-for-film-curator-sally-berger/?taf_id=26516401&cid=fb_na >> Please consider adding your comments and your experience of Sally Berger >> and her work at MoMA, and if moved, share it widely. >> >> more info: http://artforum.com/news/id=60728 >> >> Sincerely, >> Stephanie Vevers >> >> > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- :::::::www.murallamediaworks.com <http://murallamediaworks.com/> :::::::*www.controldocumentary.com/ <http://www.controldocumentary.com/>*
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