I can’t imagine how difficult is to perform the steps the Joffrey dancers execute so dramatically in "The Rite of Spring," or how hard it is to play the score. But even that must be easier than ...
The filmmakers behind "Eternal Spring" and "Aurora's Sunrise" on why animation was the proper medium to tell their subjects' stories. Documentarian Inna Sahakyan had no previous experience working in ...
Toronto-based filmmaker Jason Loftus tells the story of the 2002 takeover of a Chinese state television station by members of the banned Falun Gong movement — and to do so, he enlisted the help of ...
As most recently proven by the Oscar-nominated Danish picture “Flee,” animation can serve as a vivid portal into events for which no visual record exists other than the memory of those who experienced ...
On Thursday, Women In Animation announced the opening of its 2021 Spring Mentorship Program, which will look to help advance the careers of women of color. For the first time, organizations including ...
In March 2002, untold millions of Chinese viewers were watching state-controlled television when the program was suddenly interrupted, replaced by a video defending the Falun Gong spiritual movement ...
Amy Sillman is a visual artist known for process-based paintings that move between abstraction and figuration, and engage nontraditional media including animation, zines and installation. She curated ...
An internationally celebrated Chinese comic book artist reflects on the brutal suppression of the Falun Gong movement in his hometown of Changchun. More affectingly personal than politically ...
A version of this interview with “Eternal Spring” director Jason Loftus first appeared in the International Film issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. Toronto-based filmmaker Jason Loftus tells the ...