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

ubject: Re: [Frameworks] Sally Berger, film curator, fired at MoMA I understand and agree. And I hate all these confidentiality agreements -- we should get the IRS to require transparency of not for profits, which, as a result of their tax exempt status, operate in effect with huge subsidies fro

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

I understand and agree. And I hate all these confidentiality agreements -- we should get the IRS to require transparency of not for profits, which, as a result of their tax exempt status, operate in effect with huge subsidies from all of us. None of this, however, encourages me to want to

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

"An online petition is likely all that anyone can do" there is a lot of energy here in NY to confront issues around sexism and racism in curatorial practice. particularly at the moment there are people trying to bring pressure to bear on Anne Pasternak, the Brooklyn Museum and their cozy

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

"At the very least, it seems to me that someone who cares about this curator should try to do the work a good journalist would do and get to the bottom of the situation. An authoritative analysis that could show the firing was really wrong might actually help." -Fred Camper That's a nice idea,

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Chris: Thanks for the clarification on Vaxxed/Tribeca. But it wasn't 'Tribeca recognizing that it needed to firm up its institutional character and to counter a reactionary push from powerful autocrats (De Niro)'. RDN bypassed the programmers to put Vaxxed on the schedule, and he alone pulled

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

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

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