Scott and Mwosa Discuss Representation in Film Industry: GBH’s Basic Black
The New England group, the Secret Society of Black Creatives, is holding its annual Konnect Konference from April 12 – 14.
Latinx Theatre Commons Celebrates 10 Years of Connection: American Theatre
Latinx Theatre Commons is a national movement of Latinx and allied theatremakers to update the narrative of the American theatre to include Latinx artists and work.
Flynn’s New Doc Shines Projector’s Bulb on Film Collecting as Preservation
The documentary is about passionate cinephiles with piles of forgotten reels, and their work to preserve films.
Yoshikawa on the Arc of Identity: Los Angeles Review of Books
“It turned out that this quest to understand my father was one to understand myself,” says Yoshikawa.
Douaihy on the Power of Siblings in Mysteries and Thrillers: CrimeReads.com
Douaihy teaches a Plotting the Perfect Crime course at Emerson College.
Gellman on Salvadoran President’s Dismantling of Democracy: Jacobin and The Dialogue
“Safety for some in El Salvador is paid by those who have been detained under the state of exception and their families and communities,” Gellman writes.
Smith on Celebrity Endorsers & Car Insurance: WalletHub
School of Communication Dean and Marketing Professor Brent Smith weighed in for WalletHub regarding car insurance and celebrities, indicating that video endorsements are especially easier for consumers to recall.
ERS+, Boston’s Black Experience, Highlighted in BBJ
Alum and WERS General Manager Howard “D” Simpson ’94 created ERS+ after George’s Floyd’s death in 2020, growing its audience ever since and earning spots on Neilsen ratings frequently.
Gellman on El Salvador’s ‘State of Exception’: Harvard Review of Latin America
Bukele’s Régimen de Excepción, has suspended constitutional rights in the country and led to the arrest and detention of thousands of innocent people, Gellman writes.
Alum Armando Martinez’s Civil Rights Work Highlighted by Globe
Martinez, inspired by the work of MLK Jr., founded the Migrant Education Council and The Puente Fund in 1969 and 1970 and supported “Chapter 17A” for first-in-the-U.S. bilingual and special education laws.