PBS has the opportunity to uplift voices. So why are they waiting? I love Ken Burns as much as the next person. He was the commencement speaker at my college graduation, and his documentaries about America taught me more than my entire 14 years of schooling. But Burns gets work. I mean, even my parents know who Ken Burns is, and I doubt they could name any other documentarian (aside from maybe Michael Moore). When PBS announced another series from him, this time focusing on Hemingway, I was really excited. But I also know that PBS viewers have seen a lot of Burns over the last few decades. What has PBS done to lift other voices? Nearly 140 documentary filmmakers have signed an open letter titled "A Letter to PBS From Viewers Like Us." It was given to PBS executives, and it says PBS provides an unfair level of support to white creators, facing a "systemic failure to fulfill (its) mandate for a diversity of voices." Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 31 March, 2021