A little more than a year ago, the Trump administration began implementing sweeping reductions across the federal government through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). While public attention initially focused on agencies such as USAID, FEMA, and AmeriCorps, the effects soon reached the arts, humanities, and public media sectors. In March 2025, the administration targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, placing much of its staff on leave. In April, t

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I always wanted to be a photographer for National Geographic , but it wasn’t until I was in college that I learned about visual...

Hello, I am Ife Olatunji and I have been going to, volunteering at, working with, and programming for film festivals all my life. For the...

If you are like me, you may not have known anything about The Watchmen--the comic book or universe. And yet the Watchmen TV series,...

I have been a documentary filmmaker for almost 10 years, but I have loved film my whole life. Born in Los Angeles to filmmakers, cinema is in my blood. I make observational cinema that examines daily life of women and girls, using anthropological methods of research & production. While documentary is my speciality, I love fiction film, 3rd world cinema, television and new media. Anthropologists have always been interested in visual documentation. Margaret Mead, Jean Rouche, a

I remember living in Kenya between 1997 and 2000. At the time, I had just returned to my native country after spending six years of my...

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