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Being a Black woman means there isn\u2019t a day that goes by where I don\u2019t worry that every action I make, every word I say won\u2019t be judged, misconstrued, and dismissed. As a Black female film critic and journalist, I have these same worries, but they\u2019re intensified with the apprehension that what I do and say on social media may end up costing me the access I need in order to do this work that I love so much. As a Black woman who\u2019s disabled and immunocompromised, I also have to think about how this limits what I can do because the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed all the ways in which the aforementioned parts of my identity are seen by those with power in the film industry.<\/span><\/p>\n In an article <\/span>published on August 17, 2021<\/span><\/a>, notable Hollywood filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, is quoted as calling the pandemic \u201cthe enemy of cinema\u201d because he shudders at the thought of his most recent film <\/span>Dune<\/span><\/i>, being seen on regular TVs, and not in cinemas. To Villeneuve, <\/span>Patty Jenkins<\/span>, the director of <\/span>Wonder Woman 1984<\/span><\/i><\/a>,<\/span><\/i> other filmmakers like them, and many in the film criticism sphere the worst thing about the pandemic seems to be not being able to sit in a dark theatre with hundreds of other patrons, breathing the same air, muttering, and munching away on noisy snacks. Before the pandemic, I would\u2019ve said the \u201ctheatre experience\u201d is the best way to see a film, any film. But once I learned how dangerous COVID-19 and its many other mutations, coupled with growing anti-vax and anti-mask sentiment, my priorities shifted.<\/span><\/p>\n So I take it they don't intend to ever release Dune on DVD or Blu-Ray, because it's TVs and laptops that are used to watch them. — Carolyn Hinds \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde7 – Respect Black Women (@CarrieCnh12) August 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
This argument that he and other directors are making is so elitist and nonsensical. Without TVs the film industry would've died out long ago. https:\/\/t.co\/KStxQLJJWA<\/a><\/p>\n