ruth weiss in One More Step West Is the Sea Guest contributor Joan Hawkins reveals the story of Beat movement pioneer ruth weiss and how her work has been rediscovered over the years. When we think of the women associated with the Beat movement, the people who most readily come to mind are the girlfriends,… Read more »
Narmeen Ijaz and Khurram Sheikh, co-directors of the upcoming In Light Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, give a preview of their events and explain how the festival hopes to “bridge divides, promote dialogue, and inspire collective action towards positive change.” In Light Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (ILFF) is a biennial student-run and faculty-advised film… Read more »
Poster for The Hottest August Noni Ford discusses the acclaimed documentary The Hottest August and its unique snapshot of humanity circa New York 2017. Filmed pre-pandemic, Brett Story’s The Hottest August captures brief snatches of conversation in the lives of New Yorkers in the summer of 2017. Through stories, anecdotes, musings, and memories, people reveal… Read more »
Micol Seigel and Leigh Grundhoefer give an overview of the upcoming events in the Care Not Cages series, which seeks to bring attention to the American carceral system. For an expanded version of this essay, please read the upcoming Ryder Magazine. In 2007, Monroe County government proposed building a new jail. Proponents claimed the jail… Read more »
Poster for the rerelease of Stop Making Sense While known for such iconography as David Byrne’s choreography and oversized suit, Jesse Pasternack reminds us there are many smaller moments of joy to be found in the Talking Heads’ concert film. What can you say about Stop Making Sense (1984) that hasn’t already been said? Its… Read more »
Still from White Balls on Walls Carmen Henne-Ochoa looks at the documentary White Balls on Walls and how it spotlights one museum’s struggles with questions of gender bias, systemic racism, and colonialism. What does it mean to “decolonize” a museum? In 2022, when I began DEIJ professional development with staff at the Eskenazi Museum, I… Read more »