When the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian hosted Apple Original Films’ Killers of the Flower Moon for an event on Friday, director Martin Scorsese and star Lily Gladstone talked extensively about the development and production of the Oscar-nominated epic.
But the multiple Oscar nominated film also is in line with so much of what the Smithsonian is trying to do, according to the Smithsonian’s secretary, Lonnie Bunch, and comes at a time when there is so much debate over the teaching of unvarnished chapters of the American past.
“These kinds of films can help us heal, at the very least help us come to grips with our tortured racist past, come to grips with all the challenges of our history, of by doing that, we find our shared humanity,” Bunch said at the event. “We learn that [with] films like Killers of the Flowers Moon, you cannot escape history,...
But the multiple Oscar nominated film also is in line with so much of what the Smithsonian is trying to do, according to the Smithsonian’s secretary, Lonnie Bunch, and comes at a time when there is so much debate over the teaching of unvarnished chapters of the American past.
“These kinds of films can help us heal, at the very least help us come to grips with our tortured racist past, come to grips with all the challenges of our history, of by doing that, we find our shared humanity,” Bunch said at the event. “We learn that [with] films like Killers of the Flowers Moon, you cannot escape history,...
- 1/27/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
For the first time in nearly a century, The Atlantic magazine will publish a new play: The Ghost of Slavery by Anna Deavere Smith will debut across 32 pages of the publication’s December issue.
The play, the centerpiece of a Reconstruction-themed issue, was posted on the Atlantic’s website today.
The Ghost of Slavery is set in Baltimore and Annapolis in the 1860s and the present, and, according to a description provided by the magazine, explores the power of historical trauma to persist for generations. The magazine describes the play as “a searing drama of great emotional and historical complexity set in two time periods, the effect of which is not just to bring history vividly (and at times painfully) to life, or to make plain the injustices meted out to Black Americans across centuries, but to make readers and audiences see anew the connections between past and present.”
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The play, the centerpiece of a Reconstruction-themed issue, was posted on the Atlantic’s website today.
The Ghost of Slavery is set in Baltimore and Annapolis in the 1860s and the present, and, according to a description provided by the magazine, explores the power of historical trauma to persist for generations. The magazine describes the play as “a searing drama of great emotional and historical complexity set in two time periods, the effect of which is not just to bring history vividly (and at times painfully) to life, or to make plain the injustices meted out to Black Americans across centuries, but to make readers and audiences see anew the connections between past and present.”
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- 11/13/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 9:55 Am: “With a full heart, I accept the solemn responsibility of supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States and administering justice without fear or favor, so help me God,” said Ketanji Brown Jackson today, becoming the 116th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and the first Black woman to serve on the high court.
Sworn in by her immediate successor, retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, now Justice Brown’s move into the conservative dominated Scotus comes almost three months since her conformation by the Senate back in April. “On behalf of all the members of the court, I’m pleased to welcome Justice Jackson to the court and to our common calling,” said Chief Justice John Roberts after the swearing in was completed – as you can see below:
Breaking: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson officially sworn in as first Black female justice of the Supreme Court.
Sworn in by her immediate successor, retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, now Justice Brown’s move into the conservative dominated Scotus comes almost three months since her conformation by the Senate back in April. “On behalf of all the members of the court, I’m pleased to welcome Justice Jackson to the court and to our common calling,” said Chief Justice John Roberts after the swearing in was completed – as you can see below:
Breaking: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson officially sworn in as first Black female justice of the Supreme Court.
- 6/30/2022
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The Smithsonian Channel has shared a clip promoting “One Thousand Years of Slavery,” a new docuseries that aims to tell the global story of slavery.
The four-part series features interviews and discussions with notable Black actors, celebrities and leaders, who will dive into their own family connections to slavery and unpack the legacy it has left today. Some of the people interviewed for the series include Debbie Allen, Valerie Jarrett, Lorraine Toussaint, Soledad O’Brien, Cch Pounder, Senator Cory Booker, Marc Morial and Dulé Hill.
The series is executive produced by Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance’s Bassett Vance Productions, with Vance narrating every episode. In the clip, Vance speaks at a private panel discussion with Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch, Aafca President Gil Robertson, Smithsonian Channel Head James Blue and Dr. Jessica Mildward. Vance discussed why he thinks the miniseries is necessary, and how it can help young people who...
The four-part series features interviews and discussions with notable Black actors, celebrities and leaders, who will dive into their own family connections to slavery and unpack the legacy it has left today. Some of the people interviewed for the series include Debbie Allen, Valerie Jarrett, Lorraine Toussaint, Soledad O’Brien, Cch Pounder, Senator Cory Booker, Marc Morial and Dulé Hill.
The series is executive produced by Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance’s Bassett Vance Productions, with Vance narrating every episode. In the clip, Vance speaks at a private panel discussion with Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch, Aafca President Gil Robertson, Smithsonian Channel Head James Blue and Dr. Jessica Mildward. Vance discussed why he thinks the miniseries is necessary, and how it can help young people who...
- 2/7/2022
- by Sasha Urban, Wilson Chapman and Wyatte Grantham-Philips
- Variety Film + TV
When the Smithsonian Institution launched a new series of events this week called Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past, it included a streamed forum from Los Angeles, where participants were immersed in an LED set and their discussion interspersed with taped testimonials on race from a diversity of Americans.
It’s just a start of what producers hope will draw participants from around the country in a conversation on race, using what is called “experiential” media.
Smithsonian tapped Don Mischer’s production company, which in 2020 launched Dm.Experiential, after Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch had worked with him on the ABC special Taking The Stage: African American Music and Stories that Changed America, tied to the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
“Our jobs is to sort of take our experience producing entertainment and help tell the story in a human way so that it connects and resonates,...
It’s just a start of what producers hope will draw participants from around the country in a conversation on race, using what is called “experiential” media.
Smithsonian tapped Don Mischer’s production company, which in 2020 launched Dm.Experiential, after Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch had worked with him on the ABC special Taking The Stage: African American Music and Stories that Changed America, tied to the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
“Our jobs is to sort of take our experience producing entertainment and help tell the story in a human way so that it connects and resonates,...
- 8/28/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Oprah Winfrey was brought to tears on Wednesday, when she walked through The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture’s new exhibit dedicated to her incredible legacy for the first time. The video was aired on “CBS News”. Oprah’s best friend, Gayle King, and museum director Lonnie Bunch accompanied her on the tour of “Watching Oprah: The...
- 6/7/2018
- by Rachel West
- ET Canada
President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush united at the National Mall on Saturday for the dedication for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History. The legislation for the establishment of the museum - which is the first national museum devoted exclusively to the history and culture of African-Americans - was first authorized by Bush in December 2003. It's the 19th and the newest of the Smithsonians. With First Lady Michelle Obama and former First Lady Laura Bush by their sides, each spoke out about the progress the museum encompasses and the importance it has on our society today.
- 9/24/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush united at the National Mall on Saturday for the dedication for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History. The legislation for the establishment of the museum - which is the first national museum devoted exclusively to the history and culture of African-Americans - was first authorized by Bush in December 2003. It's the 19th and the newest of the Smithsonians. With First Lady Michelle Obama and former First Lady Laura Bush by their sides, each spoke out about the progress the museum encompasses and the importance it has on our society today.
- 9/24/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
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