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Effective altruism has captivated Silicon Valley personalities like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, but the philosophy's stature has taken a big hit.

RiverRun, based in Winston-Salem, is a competitive event that annually showcases new films from both established and emerging filmmakers around the world. RiverRun screens new narrative, documentary, short, student and animated films, offering both audience and jury prizes in competition categories. The 2021 festival will be a combination of virtual screenings, and outdoor and drive-in screenings. It will feature 134 films representing 24 countries culled from a pool of more than 1,500 films. V...

Trends and Insight 38 Add to collection “ClearView Flex improved by leap and bounds during the crisis. More facilities started using it. Without it, I’m not sure where we’d be” Influential documentarian Ken Burns has made many landmark films in his four-decade career including the Academy Award-nominated Brooklyn Bridge, The American Civil War and The Vietnam War. His latest work is Hemingway, a three-part, six hour series made for PBS with producer-director, Lynn Novick, exploring th...