Festivals & Awards
Why Representation Won't Bring Change to the Oscars
On the failures of the Academy this morning to represent the diverse quality of Black cinema in 2020.
Robert Daniels is an Associate Editor at RogerEbert.com. Based in Chicago, he is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) and Critics Choice Association (CCA) and regularly contributes to the New York Times, IndieWire, and Screen Daily. He has covered film festivals ranging from Cannes to Sundance to Toronto. He has also written for the Criterion Collection, the Los Angeles Times, and Rolling Stone about Black American pop culture and issues of representation.
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On the failures of the Academy this morning to represent the diverse quality of Black cinema in 2020.
A review of the six-part Netflix series Amend: The Fight for America, which premieres February 17.
An interview with Dominique Fishback about playing Akua Njeri, nee Deborah Johnson, in Judas and the Black Messiah.
An interview with Daniel Kaluuya of Judas and the Black Messiah and Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., the son of the man Kaluuya plays in the film.
On four films from the World Documentary program of the Sundance film festival.
Three more films from the World Documentary Section of Sundance 2021.
On three films from the World Documentary program of the Sundance Film Festival.
A review of the new Epix series from Edward Burns.
An interview with the four stars of Regina King's One Night in Miami.
A review of the new Netflix series Lupin, starring Omar Sy.