Weekly Journal #19
News
Kobe Bryant’s Brilliant and Complicated Legacy (The New York Times)
Streaming Residuals Could Set The Stage For A WGA Strike In 2020, But Would Packaging Play A Role? (Deadline)
Hollywood Assistants Are Fed Up and No Longer Afraid to Say So (The New York Times)
Film
Watch the Trailer for ‘Charm City Kings,’ the Baltimore Dirt-Bike-Rider Film (Baltimore Sun)
Film Forum Asks, What Is the Experience of Black Women in Film (The New York Times)
Journey From Black List to Oscar Nominee (The Hollywood Reporter)
The Shadow That’s Haunting Will Smith (The Atlantic)
‘Frozen 2’-Inspired VR Film ‘Myth’ Creates Beautifully Immersive ‘Fairy Tale Within a Fairy Tale’ (Variety)
Television
Coming Soon: TV on Your Phone, No Data Plan Required (Hollywood Reporter)
The Sly Subversion of Sex Education (The Atlantic)
Michael Chabon Teleports into Television with ‘Star Trek: Picard’ (Los Angeles Times)
How Big a Hit Is ‘The Witcher’? New Netflix Show Stirs Debate (Wall Street Journal)
Follow Focus: Yha Mourhia Wright
Yhá Mourhia Wright on How She Made “#LoveMyRoomie” Web Series (Indie Activity)
Introducing Filmmaker, writer and producer Yhá Mourhia Wright (Medium)