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“i’m standing with people who’ve been pushed out of the frame… i don’t believe you get to [invoke] shirley chisholm & fannie lou hamer—and then bankroll those bombs to be dropped on people” Ta-Nehisi Coates speaking on Gaza & our political conscience🔥

Ta-Nehisi Coates radically changed his opinion after spending 10 days there, imagine how people who have been subject to it for 76 years feel

What Ta-Nehisi Coates has done is permanently raise the bar for successful mainstream political writers: everyone with a job at a prestigious publication, bestselling books, awards, access. You can do what he's doing. There's no excuse.

How Brady Corbet Made 'The Brutalist,' a 3.5 Hour, Historical Epic for $10 Million: 'Every Single Cent Was On-Screen' variety.com/2024/film/news…

In May 2023 the 12th edition of the Palestine Festival of Literature took place in cities across occupied Palestine. Here, three authors – Ta-Nehisi Coates, Maaza Mengiste and Eve Ewing - reflect on what they saw in Palestine. All interviews filmed in Palestine, May 2023.

Hasina is gone, now her darkest secrets are exposed. In the House of Mirrors, political captives were pushed to the brink of insanity and death. Some are telling their stories now. Happy to contribute to this story by Mujib Mashal, Shayeza Walid, Atul Loke nytimes.com/2024/10/17/wor…

Excellent and heartbreaking story by ⁦Mujib Mashal⁩ and Shayeza Walid nytimes.com/2024/10/17/wor… via @NYTimes

In the chaos immediately after Sheikh Hasina's fall, we followed families of Bangladesh's disappeared who were knocking on every door asking for their loved ones. And we spent long hours with two of the lucky ones who made it out after years of cruelty. nytimes.com/2024/10/17/wor…

“I will never get that time back, to watch my daughters grow up.” - With Shayeza Walid, and assisted by Saif Hasnat. Powerful photography by Atul Loke.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates:

Just to give an idea of how rough it is in media right now - I was recently offered a lead editor position where I would work full time but as an IC, so no benefits, and the pay range peaked at $3K a month… and they were seeking someone with senior experience.

I was shooting with Andrew the night his mother passed. He stepped away to take the phone call, then came back and finished the scene. He thanked the crew then was on the first flight back to London. I’ve done two movies with Andrew. He’s a really lovely dude

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Sean Baker and Mikey Madison discuss the most challenging scene to film in NEON's ANORA.

If you are or have ever called yourself a journalist, you should read and sign this letter, and affirm your commitment to protecting the press everywhere. Israel must stop killing journalists. protectjournalists.org

Payal Kapadia’s new drama, “All We Imagine as Light,” which was a major prize-winner at the Cannes Film Festival, is “one of the year’s great movies, in any form, style, or language,” Justin Chang writes. nyer.cm/MpOMzsH

We capture Chaitanya Tamhane, Shaunak Sen, Payal Kapadia, Rana Daggubati, Vikramaditya Motwane, and rima das as they explore the current state and future of independent cinema in India. Photographer: beej lakhani Roundtable Partner: Vedica Himalayan Spring Water

Ed Yong won the 2021 Pulitzer prize for his reporting in the Atlantic on COVID. In private posts on IG last week, he told his followers they should unsubscribe, citing the magazine's decision to hire Jonathan Chait, and its coverage of trans issues/Gaza semafor.com/newsletter/11/…