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Posted inOpinion

Queer European Cinema Exposes the Realities of Migrant Experience

by Daniel Theophanous February 9, 2022February 15, 2022

This rapidly expanding genre has had an upsurge since 2015, echoing the humanitarian crisis of a rising number of refugees entering the European Union.

Posted inFilm

The Forgotten Indie Film That Recreated Manhattan’s Old Jewish Enclave

by Charles Bramesco October 4, 2021December 30, 2021

Like many of Silver’s films, the 1975 indie drama about Manhattan’s old Jewish enclave has been unjustly forgotten. But you now have the perfect opportunity to discover it.

Posted inFilm

The Three Versions of The Jazz Singer and the Sinister Bargain of Jewish Whiteness

by Caroline Golum August 18, 2021December 30, 2021

For scholars, weighing the context of the classic film’s use of blackface is a valuable thought exercise. For a Jew, it is an exorcism.

Posted inOpinion

How US Immigration Gets the “Extraordinary Artist” Visa Very Wrong

by Michelle Song June 21, 2021June 22, 2021

The O-1 visa application that demands documents, testimonials, and cash is a kind of gatekeeping that determines whether one is considered an artist at all.

Posted inArt

The Fluctuating Truth of Documentary Images

by Sumeja Tulic March 8, 2021March 9, 2021

False and varying claims about documentary images made by Candida Höfer and Dorothea Lange ultimately create a deeply malleable “unsettled subject.”

Posted inNews

Immigrant-serving Arts Organizations Hit Hardest During Pandemic, Study Says

by Hakim Bishara December 17, 2020December 16, 2020

The pandemic has compounded the financial challenges already affecting immigrant artists, who earn just 88 cents on the dollar compared to US-born artists, says the Center for an Urban Future.

Posted inFilm

The Cambodian Refugee Who Founded a Donut Empire

by Dan Schindel October 29, 2020November 5, 2020

The Donut King follows the multiple rises and falls of entrepreneur Ted Ngoy.

Posted inArt

Notes on Living a Translated Life

by Lorraine O'Grady October 11, 2020November 5, 2020

From the John Singer Sargent frontal nude painting of McKeller in Boston’s MFA, I’d imagined Thomas as tall and slender. Looking more closely, I can see that even 100 years ago a body like Thomas’s was not accidental.

Posted inNews

EU Officials Ignored Calls for Help, Says Crew of Banksy’s Migrant Rescue Boat

by Valentina Di Liscia August 31, 2020November 5, 2020

In a video about the rescue boat, which exceeded capacity this weekend and declared a state of emergency, Banksy says that EU authorities “deliberately ignore distress calls from ‘non-Europeans.'”

Posted inFilm

When a Common Language Can’t Keep Lovers Connected

by Aaron Hunt August 26, 2020November 5, 2020

Isabel Sandoval writes, directs, and stars in Lingua Franca, a drama about a trans immigrant from the Philippines trying to avoid deportation.

Posted inArt

Coyote Sculptures in Mexico and US Share Vital Information With Migrants

by Jen Roberts May 14, 2020May 14, 2020

Libre Gutierrez’s installations, Transportapueblos, Companion of Migrants, are tattooed with maps of Mexico and provide supplies like water.

Posted inArt

A Remarkable Project Remembers Child Migrants Who Died in Custody

by Daniel Soto March 3, 2020March 3, 2020

Sandy Rodriguez situates America’s ongoing practice of migrant detention within a centuries-long project of violence against indigenous peoples, starting with Spanish contact in 1519.

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