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Shedding light on the importance of representation in film with ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ Shedding light on the importance of representation in film with ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ Courtesy of / Ashley Eakin The “Nothing About Us Without Us” series tells the stories of marginalized individuals, shedding light on the importance of promoting diversity both on and behind the camera. By Irene Madrigal | March 9, 2021, 1:13 AM In recent years, there has been conversation and controversy about which voices are being prioritized in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood...

Bernardo Villalobos (Mr. V), played by Eugenio Derbez, composing the spring concert. This year's festival line-up includes several titles that feature disability in the plot, including day one screening 'CODA.' RespectAbility— the nonprofit organization that seeks to combat stigmas for people with disabilities— has set a Sundance Film Festival conversation program with its Accessibility and Inclusion Lab. The five conversations series, running Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, will focus on the intersection of filmmaking and disability-related subjects and will include Troy Kotsur, Cheryl Bedford, As...

by Craig Takeuchi on December 21st, 2020 at 1:30 PM 1 of 10 2 of 10 The 20th edition of the Whistler Film Festival called it a wrap for its program on Sunday with an awards ceremony—and the list of winners hail from across Canada and abroad. Even though the festival has completed, all of the films and more from this year's WFF are still available to watch online until the end of the month. (Also, to help support filmmakers and Canadian rights holders during this challenging time, the festival is giving them 50 percent of net proceeds from film tickets.) On December 20, the WFF presente...