Re: [Frameworks] Sally Berger, film curator, fired at MoMA;

Dear all, Following up on Fred's message, I would like to ask if anyone has more detailed information about what happened at MoMA. This is the New York Times article: MoMA Apologizes for Dropping a Film Critical of North Korea

Re: [Frameworks] Sally Berger, film curator, fired at MoMA;

agreed fred > how 'bout some actual facts regarding reality On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Fred Camper wrote: > I agree in general with David's comments, without knowing much about the > specifics of the situation, but I wanted to post a cautionary opinion about > online

Re: [Frameworks] Sally Berger, film curator, fired at MoMA;

I agree in general with David's comments, without knowing much about the specifics of the situation, but I wanted to post a cautionary opinion about online petitions. I just about never sign them. First of all, they usually have no effect. Second, when they do, their effect is often a bad one.

Re: [Frameworks] Sally Berger, film curator, fired at MoMA;

just to clarify, I brought up the vaxxed situation because it also seems like a moment where a big powerful institution (tribeca) was held accountable for a REALLY bad programming decision (including vaxxed in the festival). It seems (on the outside) like a moment when tribeca recognized that it

Re: [Frameworks] Sally Berger, film curator, fired at MoMA;

> 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? Remember the dust up over > the anti-vax movie that tried to screen at Tribeca? The

[Frameworks] Sally Berger, film curator, fired at MoMA;

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