If gatekeeping starts with festivals and reviewers, how can we demand that selections understand intersectionality and a plurality of voices? BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of colour) film programmers and film reviewers are joining forces to support a shift of power, making sure their views are also on the table. Pivoting power, upholding new visions and punching centre stage to push for views of taste and quality beyond what is “allowed” by the current market, they work to reach wider and diverse audiences.
Join Kaleem Aftab, reviewer, curator, producer, and author of the official Spike Lee biography, That’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It; writer, producer and filmmaker Faridah Gbadamosi; scriptwriter and curator Elma Tataragić, and writer and curator Bedatri Choudhury will discuss gender, popular culture and the holding of space and power when it comes to gatekeeping cinema and television.
Speakers
- Kaleem Aftab, Film critic
- Bedatri Choudhury, Film critic
- Faridah Gbadamosi, Film programmer
- Elma Tataragic, Film programmer
Moderator
- Paula Vaccaro, Producer, Pinball London