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What happens a filmmaker turns inward and examines the entire art form? Is filmmaking and the technology behind it inherently racist? That is concept behind Prism, an innovative new documentary from filmmakers An Van Dienderen, Rosine Mbakam and Eleanore Yameogo. Dienderen, who is white, and Mbakam and Yameogo who are black, examine how filmmaking technology, specifically of the photographic variety were developed and calibrated with white and lighter-skinner people in mind. What does that mean? Rosine and An discuss.
What happens a filmmaker turns inward and examines the entire art form? Is filmmaking and the technology behind it inherently racist? That is concept behind Prism, an innovative new documentary from filmmakers An Van Dienderen, Rosine Mbakam and Eleanore Yameogo. Dienderen, who is white, and Mbakam and Yameogo who are black, examine how filmmaking technology, specifically of the photographic variety were developed and calibrated with white and lighter-skinner people in mind. What does that mean? Rosine and An discuss.