Budgets for ‘prestige’ films dried up. So Ava DuVernay found a new way.
The filmmaker couldn’t get traditional financing to film “Origin” — but the Ford Foundation, Melinda Gates and other philanthropists were willing to help. It might be cinema’s new business model.
Who is Aunt Lucy in Frybread Face and Me? And who plays her?
Netflix coming-of-age drama Frybread Face and Me is a bittersweet character study that follows two cousins, meeting at their grandmother’s Arizona reservation where they are going to spend the Summer.
Local Filipino American family featured in documentary debuting on Netflix this Friday
Who We Become follows three young Filipino American women over the last three years as they grapple with the pandemic, racial tensions and social justice. The three also form unexpected connections with their families, many who are immigrants from the Philippines.
‘Who We Become’ Review: Interrogating Identity and Injustice
Three young Filipino women self-document difficult conversations with their families and friends during the first year of the pandemic.