Film

After 118 days, the longest actor strike in Hollywood history has come to an end. What does this mean for New Mexico?

The film shows how a family handles the diagnosis of schizophrenia in their youngest sibling. KUNM sat down with director Alethea Root-Dufraine and actor and co-producer Jules Bruff.

One of New Mexico’s largest physical film archives is losing its home. Basement Films is looking for a new space to house over 7,000 films after being forced out of theirs at the University of New Mexico’s Mesa Del Sol building in southeastern Albuquerque.

In the ongoing strikes by actors and writers in film and television, artificial intelligence is one of the most contentious issues. New Mexico’s robust production industry is feeling the strikes’ effects and on Monday a legislative committee heard dire warnings of the threat posed by AI.

Spending by film, TV, and digital media production in New Mexico surpassed $2.2 billion dollars over the last three fiscal years. That’s according to figures released Tuesday by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who noted that industry wages are now at record highs.However much of that production is at a standstill because of strikes by the Writers’ Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union. KUNM spoke with Tom Schuch, first vice president of the SAG-AFTRA New Mexico chapter about what those strikes mean for the state and its workers.

Netflix and IllumiNative have launched a training program for Indigenous film producers that aims to increase Native representation in Hollywood. Its first cohort of fellows includes Ashley Browning, who is from the pueblos of Pojoaque and Santa Clara in New Mexico.

Netflix and the Indigenous social justice group IllumiNative recently announced their first cohort in a training program for Native film and TV producers. The year-long program provides fellows with training, mentorship and a $25,000 grant to support their work.

The coronavirus pandemic has slammed the arts and creative industries. One study by Americans for the Arts found over 90 percent of respondents lost…

Kaveh Mowahed comes into the studio to talk about lobbyists and ethics. The New Mexico Ethics Watch commission just released a report. (Check it out…

On April 18th, the University of New Mexico Art Museum will host an all-day film screening of select feature and short films that address decolonization…