Delighted to share this short chapter about Australian Indigenous perspectives on film and restitution, which appeared in the open access volume "Witnessing and Care in the Archive" (courtesy of RCMC - Research Center for Material Culture) in very esteemed company inwardoutward.nl/publication/mo…

The TikTok trend of Woody Guthrie-esque folk songs about the political killing of a health insurance CEO you didn’t know you needed today

📽️ The next session of the Decolonial Futures of Audiovisual Archives and Archiving project takes place on Monday, December 9th, from 14:00-17:00 Eye Filmmuseum! Nikolaus Perneczky (Nikolaus Perneczky) will share insights from his research on African film. More info: t.ly/JwVvE

Netflix "dependency" in Africa. It's understandable. For African creators, Netflix is a gateway to global audiences and financing that local ecosystems lack. But this "reliance" comes with risks. Over time, it could suppress the development of sustainable, homegrown solutions.

Not to be missed!

i can’t think of anything the Middle East wants less

The point, however, is to change it.

Starting next week! Come along to a series of screenings and conversations I’ve organised in collaboration with Four Corners in St Margaret's House Chapel in Bethnal Green St. Margaret's House 🧵

This will be great! Been reading Dhalgren in preparation...

Great and timely book, wish I could go to this!

Things German colleagues have said to me in the past month alone, almost verbatim: “Yes, it’s a genocide, but I won’t protest because - It’s not among my political priorities” - I’m no expert on the region” - My political views are not aligned with those of the other protesters”

Richard Dindo’s film Genet à Chatila (1999) is available to watch here. Rare to stumble across this dreamy, lyrical documentary, tracing Jean Genet’s footsteps in Palestine. Been thinking about it for years. watch.eventive.org/artearchive/pl…

These are also the roles available for academics in the humanities, if you want to get funding

Archive find: "Even a dog reacts differently to each kick. The first startles him. The second makes him think. At the third, he remembers. At the fourth—beware!" Lino Brocka

For hyperallergic, I interviewed Satch Hoyt about his un-muting practice, wherein he gains access to the African instrument collections of colonial & ethnographic museums so that they may be played again. Link below.

Lumière noire (1994) transfer.it/t/nxiw8Z5B1R7B

it was from diane keaton in manhattan that i learned the word "derivative"

I admire the bold ambition of the spiders nesting in my deskspace

German funding: Gefördert werden Lösungsideen für eine nachhaltigere, resilientere und demokratisch-pluralistische Zukunft. Also German funding: Ergebnisse des geförderten Vorhabens dürfen nur in Deutschland oder dem Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum und der Schweiz genutzt werden.