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watching "everwood" (wb, starring treat williams) for the first time, a truly lovely show.

Rare aerial imagery shows displacement and destruction in Gaza Airdrop flights offered a vantage over the closed-off Gaza Strip.

New aerial images show the destructive impact of Israeli bombardments that have destroyed much of Gaza, displaced most of its population and left more than 60,000 people dead, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Cinemax aired colorized films in the 1980s to introduce “a new, younger audience to Hollywood’s classics."

This argument has been used to digitally desecrate old movies for 40+ years. #TheWizardOfOz #FilmSky

is your enemy’s imagination of the future the outcome you accept? to give in is to give up.

the PBS / NPR stations are asking for your fiscal support. if you do not have that to give, advocate for their survival instead of dreaming of their premature defeat.

on the falsehood of PBS / NPR’s demise spreading faster than the truth, digital liberalism shows its teeth: accepting defeat in mourning instead of taking responsibility for what could be if we worked towards it…

Come learn all anout Merle Oberon on Saturday, August 2nd at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/love-...

In Review: It’s Not Too Late for the Movies to Reject AI A dramatic week in the AI wars made it clear that the future is far from lost, and that we can't afford to fight for it on the tech community's terms.

A dramatic week in the AI wars made it clear that the future is far from lost, and that we can't afford to fight for it on the tech community's terms.

just…………. beyond silly!

exactly…. also are kids paying $120+ to see an altered (and condensed) film?????????? only parents have that purchasing power etc

In Review: It’s Not Too Late for the Movies to Reject AI A dramatic week in the AI wars made it clear that the future is far from lost, and that we can't afford to fight for it on the tech community's terms.

enjoyed this thoughtful piece from david erlich

there is little that separates the AI-altering of film argument from pan and scan we successfully defeated two generations ago.

film has leaped and bound across generations… should new technology retroactively erase authorship? care? artistic considerations? it’s a feckless game

a fundamental argument of the AI-modified “wizard of oz” at the sphere is that it makes it more accessible for younger audiences.

arguably the most watched film of all time for its artistic achievement must be altered away from artistic intent to become ~even more~ accessible?

New: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it is shutting down

cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

Labor activist Chris Smalls is back in the United States (via Chuck Modi)

happy thursday enjoy jinkx monsoon dragging jk rowling to the depths of hell and back

Sankofa Is Trying to Ensure It Remains A D.C. Fixture Plans are underway to expand the business and transform the bookstore into a worker-community-owned cooperative.

Haile Gerima & family’s Sankofa Books on Ga Ave in DC to transition to becoming worker & community owned book store cooperative, & to expand physical space

51st.news/sankofa-work... Sankofa Is Trying to Ensure It Remains A D.C. Fixture

verticals (~30 second endless narratives made for vertical phone watching) feels like a natural continuation point for hallmark-like media… media that evokes the echoes of feelings without troubling itself with the depth of it.

exactly!!!

what makes “mad about you” exceptional is the way it understands the romantic comedy form— two imperfect people finding each other and making love work despite— and the ways television can (and should) respond to that playing out….

Bend the Arc warns that food aid is not enough, immediate ceasefire with mass medical intervention will be required to save lives of those in starvation. Refeeding syndrome can put Palestinians in Gaza in even MORE risk without medical care.

Amazon union organizer Chris Smalls has been severely beaten and faces ongoing mistreatment in Israeli detention. He is the only Black person who was on the Gaza freedom flotilla. Graphics: Gazafreedomflotilla ig

Yuval Abraham ...7al" • 34m Odeh just died. Murdered. Yuval Abraham ..x 7a1' • 2h An Israeli settler just shot Odeh Hadalin in the lungs, a remarkable activist who helped us film No Other Land in Masafer Yatta. Residents identified Yinon Levi, sanctioned by the EU and US, as the shooter. This is him in the video firing like crazy.

An Israeli settler sanctioned by the European Union just shot and killed one of the Palestinian activists and filmmakers a part of the No Other Land crew

Train Daddy, Start Your Engines HBO renewed ‘The Gilded Age’ for a fourth season. The series has reached a ratings high this season, as viewers around the world root for Gladys to slap the smirk off Lady Sarah’s face.

HBO renewed ‘The Gilded Age’ for a fourth season. The series has reached a ratings high this season, as viewers around the world root for Gladys to slap the smirk off Lady Sarah’s face.

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grateful for your kindness. thank you!

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some highlights from the series:

⭐️ BOTH of spike lee’s katrina docs (playing TWICE)
⭐️ the pilot of “treme” + a conversation with wendell pierce, david simon, and me.
⭐️ “deja vu” (2006), the first hollywood film to be shot in new orleans post storm
⭐️ mae west, marlon riggs, les blank, and more