BIPOC Film Fests and Footage from Mars
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DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Mother Tongue Film Festival
February 21 was International Mother Language Day. It’s not too late to celebrate! Check out the Mother Tongue Film Festival. All screenings and events are free, streaming, and open to the public. (Mother Tongue Media YouTube Channel)
New York African Film Festival
The theme for this year is “Notes from Home: Recurring Dreams & Women’s Voices.” NYAFF spotlights the global Black community’s influence on our cultural pasts, present, and futures. If money is tight, click here to check out their archive of free videos.
Animating the Mother Tongue
My inner Hawaiian is biased toward the short animated film Kapaemahu, but there are others to explore as well! Seeking to empower identification through language, these 12 short animations provide a variety of engaging stories sure to inspire those of all ages. They were all created by Indigenous filmmakers, or created in collaboration with members of Indigenous communities and arts organizations.
Check Out Amazing Animated Indigenous Films
ART & DESIGN
Footage from fucking MARS!!!!
Not much to saw other than when humans aren't being horrible to each other, they are doing dope stuff with science and technology like LANDING ROVERS ON PLANETS HELLA FAR AWAY. SyFy Wire gave a breakdown of what's happening in each shot, so nerd out!
Watch NASA's Perseverance rover land on Mars
Signing off from the Starship SBLTN,
Laneen (Pronouns: she/they)