March 13, 2023

Making Music Docs That Aren't One Note | Beyond Resilience x SXSW

Firelight Media brought its Beyond Resilience series to SXSW for a conversation featuring BIPOC filmmakers whose documentaries go beyond one-note celebrity profiles to interrogate the power of music and musicians to shape and advance culture.

Legendary filmmaker Stanley Nelson (Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool) was joined by Firelight Media Documentary Lab alumni Sabaah Folayan (Look at Me: XXXTentacion) and Isabel Castro (Mija) whose films leverage the music doc genre to explore urgent issues such as mental health, immigration, and intimate partner violence. The panel explored the craft behind making music documentaries and provided a behind-the-scenes look at how filmmakers work with artists, their families, and their estates to create truthful and balanced portraits of their subjects.

Moderated by Fredara Hadley, ethnomusicology professor at Juilliard.

Accessibility notice: The audio recording above includes closed captions.

The Beyond Resilience Series is sponsored by Open Society Foundations. Beyond Resilience is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Field of Vision.

September 29, 2020

The Liberatory Canon | Beyond Resilience x IDA's Getting Real '20

Tuesday, September 29, 2020, presented at the International Documentary Association’s (IDA) Getting Real conference.

November 17, 2020

Beyond Inclusion | Beyond Resilience x DOC NYC

On November 17, 2020, as part of DOC NYC Live, Firelight Media presented a special edition of its Beyond Resilience Series.

January 29, 2021

Creating & Commissioning Art in Times of Crisis | Beyond Resilience x Sundance Film Festival

"On Friday, January 29 at 3pm ET, Firelight Media presented a special edition of the Beyond Resilience Series at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, “Creating & Commissioning Art In Times of Crisis.” Throughout the past year, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) artists have been commissioned by institutions to perform cultural work from their position at the epicenter of interlocking systems of oppression – racial and economic inequality, police violence, and a global pandemic that disproportionately impacts communities of color."

February 25, 2021

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy | Beyond Resilience

On Thursday, February 25 at 3pm ET, Firelight Media presented a Beyond Resilience panel discussion centered around Firelight Founder Stanley Nelson’s documentary Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy, now streaming globally on Netflix.

March 25, 2021

AAPI Artists In The Making | Beyond Resilience Virtual Screening + Q&A

On Thursday, March 25 at 3pm ET, Firelight Media presented a virtual screening and livestream Q&A centering women, non-binary, and AAPI filmmakers and artists behind IN THE MAKING, Firelight Media’s documentary short film series in partnership with PBS American Masters.

April 23, 2021

Is The Awards System Broken? | Beyond Resilience

On Friday, April 23 at 3pm ET, Firelight Media presented a virtual panel discussion about the awards system for documentary films.

May 20, 2021

More Than One Lens | Beyond Resilience x CAAMFest

On Thursday, May 20 at 5pm ET, Firelight Media and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) presented a special edition of the Beyond Resilience Series at CAAMFest 2021 – “More Than One Lens.”

June 18, 2021

The Black Joy Playlist | Beyond Resilience

On the eve of Juneteenth, and in honor of Black Music Month,Firelight Media hosted a Beyond Resilience event celebrating music documentaries by and about Black artists.


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