Weekly Journal #24
News
As Hollywood Takes Action Amid Protests, Words Alone Are "Not Going to Cut It" (Hollywood Reporter)
Reopening Hollywood: How VFX Can Solve On-Set Social Distancing Dilemmas (Deadline)
Media Companies Voice Support For Black Lives Matter (Deadline)
Paradigm Hires Ex-WBTVG President Bruce Rosenblum As Adviser (Deadline)
Film
Criterion Lifts Paywall to Stream ‘Daughters of the Dust’ and More Black Films for Free (Indiewire)
10 Docs To Watch About Race Instead Of Asking A Person Of Color To Explain Things (DocPlay)
The blockchain startup ensuring film workers get paid (Guardian)
Netflix Closes Deal to Buy Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre (Variety)
Television
History remixed: the rise of the anachronistic female lead (Guardian)
Bafta TV Awards: Chernobyl and The Crown among nominees (BBC)
Safdie Brothers, Elara Pictures Set First Look TV Deal With HBO (Variety)
Will sex scenes return? Can diverse storytelling keep momentum? Showrunners debate (LA Times)
Digital
Snap CEO Spiegel Calls for Reparations Commission, Taxes to Address Racial Injustice (The Information)
Amazon's Local Podcast Play (Axios)
Senators criticize AT&T for not counting HBO Max toward data caps (Verge)
Good Reads
White America, if you want to know who’s responsible for racism, look in the mirror (Chicago Tribune)
The American Nightmare (Atlantic)
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change (Medium)
A Mother’s Birthday Tribute to Breonna Taylor “It’s Hard to Breathe Without Her.” (The Cut)
Art That Confronts and Challenges Racism: Start Here (New York Times)
Stars back John Boyega after Black Lives Matter protest (BBC)
Jordan Peele and More Directors Eager to Cast John Boyega After Protest Speech (IndieWire)
Meet the Covid Class of 2020 (New York Times)
Agnès Varda in the Bay Area (E-flux)