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Rendered #3: Meshes and Metahumans by Kyle Kukshtel on 03/08/21 10:42:00 am     The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra’s community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.   News Two issues ago we talked about the then-just-announced Unreal Engine 5, and some of its aims to smooth out ...

Milwaukee Film Celebrates Women’s History Month Courtesy of MKE Film In celebration of Women’s History Month this March, Milwaukee Film will present 31 films and eight events that showcase the power of women and the barriers they face. Titles will include End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock, which chronicles a group of Indigenous women risking their lives to protect their land against construction of an oil pipeline; Lift Like a Girl, a film that follows Egypt’s elite f...

A chilling documentary investigates the race and gender bias baked into a lot of artificial intelligence.

White Rock Library Associate Samuel Buelow/Courtesy photo COUNTY NEWS Library Conversations Series is presented by Los Alamos County Library System   Samuel Buelow, White Rock Library Associate, avid crafter and cultural anthropologist, will discuss Crafting During COVID and Times of Crisis; how crafts play a role in personal well-being, social connection, and the economy, and also tie us into historical trends. Bring a project to share that you’ve been working on in recent months. Join us ...

• Ghost Tropic: A Muslim cleaning woman sleeps through her subway stop and must get home on foot. (Belgium) • Fire Will Come: A released prisoner returns to his rural home to live with his hermit mother. (Spain) • Vitalina Varela: A Cape Verdean woman travels to Lisbon to rejoin her husband, learns he has died, and follows traces of his secret life. (Portugal) • His House:An allegorical horror film about a couple from South Sudan who relocate in an English town. (U.K.) • Black Be...

Everything Shawn Bryant has done in his life has been with one goal in mind — to be a teacher. It’s what drove him from being a janitor for District

January 30, 2021 Here’s a list of things to enjoy while you hunker down inside for the foreseeable future. Keep checking back, we’ll be updating as more content rolls through. On January 31, a new docuseries on professional gamers comes to Amazon Prime. GameBreakers reports on esports professionals, streamers, and other notable names working in the gaming world. The first season has six episodes and will feature talent like 78-year-old Abbie “DieHardBirdie” Borg, Gary “Gizzy Gazza�...

At the 2021 Sundance Film Festival today, the beneficiaries of $70,000 in grants from Sundance Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation were named. Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, presented the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize to Son of Monarchs and announced the new winners: Tania Taiwo for Pharmacopeia (Sundance Institute | Sloan Commissioning Grant); Alyssa Loh for Chariot (Sundance Institute | Sloan Development Fellowship); and Jenni...

You Cannot Kill David Arquette, to name just a few. A full list of films eligible can be viewed here. Some of the films have not yet had their required qualifying release and must fulfill that requirement and comply with all the category’s other qualifying rules to advance in the voting process. Documentary features that have won a qualifying award or have been programmed at qualifying film festivals or have been submitted in the International Feature Film category as their country’s offici...

Hope and action are necessary for the work of transformation required to build a more truthful, just, and equitable future. Rabbi Daveen Litwin, dean and chaplain of the William Jewett Tucker Center for Spiritual and Ethical Life “ Share January 13, 2021 by Aimee Minbiole The all-virtual celebration will include both new and familiar programs. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his "I Have a Dream" speech in f...