Now available! FILM DIPLOMACY: A MEDIA HISTORY OF US-TURKEY RELATIONS, by Ayşehan Jülide Etem. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20% bit.ly/3PaRGj2 @julideetem.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

wrote about morgan neville's excellent new documentary about paul mccartney's 1970s slate.com/culture/2026...

Despite it all, our collaborative federal/academic research project has been renewed for two more years. Still featuring hundreds of scholars, archivists, curators, and policy analysts. We might be the last game in town for Film and Media Studies, but the need for memory research continues...

Very excited to announce my first book 🪄 Film Diplomacy 📽️ is forthcoming with @columbiaup.bsky.social.

Thrilled that this is finally coming out! I'm so proud to have collaborated on Linda Williams' incredible last work on melodrama. The intro to our volume is now available -- and look at that killer cover!!

First review of The Story of Documentary Film: theplaylist.net/the-story-of...

Why does everything feel like a scam? Can scams be liberatory? Why do we love scammers so much? You can watch all the talks (including mine!) and video submissions from the amazing salon on scams at MoMa momarnd.moma.org/salons/salon...

Exciting streaming event coming up => CCSN CHATS: ARCHIVING THE INTERNET? April 14, 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 4 PM GMT with - Sakyra Abbitt, National Women's History Museum - Camille Lawrence, Webrecorder - Dr. Meredith Clark, UNC Chapel Hill - Zakiya Collier, Shift Collective […]

Just finished editing the last proof of this baby. This is an idea that has been cooking for several years (since my Fandom While Black essay?) & is informed by my interest in the relationship between media industries & audience reception. (Coming soon in International Journal of Communication).

The world is on fire, so who you gonna call? www.withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/call... A reminder that many of our emergency resources are actually hyperlocal in their funding and operation, meaning that they may not work seamlessly but they are available for our attention and direct activism.

📣 Montclair, NJ residents! Join us March 5 for a screening and discussion of our new stillbirth documentary, "Before a Breath," in collaboration with the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey and @montclairfilm.bsky.social. 👉 Register: propub.li/3F4xKJN

This March has two great events w/ @columbiaup.bsky.social authors at @lightindustry.bsky.social: March 11: Brian Jacobson (@bleudeciel.bsky.social), author of THE CINEMA OF EXTRACTIONS MARCH 25: Rob King, author of MAN OF TASTE bit.ly/4iivaOw

New article out! In the build up and aftermath of BLM 2020, Black Hollywood often critiqued the industry for its interest in their pain. We find evidence they were right. We analyzed streaming platforms and found most disproportionately marketed Black trauma over joy or more complex narratives.

WHAT NOW? With Trevor & Christiana: youtu.be/1VRCfuKEGdo?...

Congratulations to Pam Wojcik and Paula Massood on this formidable collection…coming soon to a library near you! (Probably a bit expensive for individuals.) www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

I wrote about the new led zeppelin documentary that's currently in theaters, which I really liked. more music docs that actually take their subject and audience seriously! slate.com/culture/2025...

Delighted to be giving an invited talk on the origins of NPR, PBS, and public media, for affiliates and stations themselves. It’s an open talk and all are invited to sign up.

USAID's Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) is now offline.This massive online repository, which housed nearly 50 years of USAID's work, is no longer accessible. Over 150,000 documents—including oral histories, program planning materials & records of past USAID projects—have disappeared. .

On the role of the moving image in nuclear coloniality.

Interesting list of antifascist films from @thr.com. I would add The Mortal Storm (1940) and Black Legion (1937).

Next week at Dartmouth, a talk about The Cinema of Extractions (@columbiaup.bsky.social)

Join us on Lunar New Year to celebrate @hahumiaomiao.bsky.social’s book TO BE AN ACTRESS: LABOR & PERFORMANCE IN ANNA MAY WONG’S CROSS-MEDIA WORLD. @ucpress.bsky.social DM me for a Zoom link.