We're excited to share that DocsMX, Mexico's first and oldest documentary film festival, is honoring the work of Skylight with a retrospective at its 17th edition, October 13-23, 2022. The festival will present 91 films across nine competitive sections including Global Docs, Another World Is...
In August 2022, the new administration President Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez was inaugurated in Colombia. Several members of our VIVX team, from Colombia, reflected on this momentous change for their country with the following reflections. By Heny Cuesta, Director, SolidariLabs AfroColombia Colombia proclaims itself, according to...
Join our campaign, #DontLetDoraDie, with a massive outpouring of support on Monday, August 22, 2022 – to honor Dora María’s leadership and call for her immediate release from prison....
Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj is an author, journalist and college professor in Guatemala and the U.S. She is the first Maya K’iche’ woman to receive her PhD in social anthropology. She has taught at the University of Texas Austin, and at Brown, Duke and Stanford...
This month marks the 20th anniversary of the International Criminal Court, founded on the premise that there can be no lasting peace without justice. I first heard about the Court when traveling with Eduardo Gonzalez, a transitional justice expert, high up in the Andes of...
Gloria Jordan was a Black union leader in the Mississippi Delta who was featured in our first film, Resurgence in 1981. Her granddaughter is writing a book about her to preserve her legacy. ...
A reflection from our VIVX program coordinator about her time spent at the Silver Sun Residency in Woodstock, NY in May 2022...
The following Op-Ed was written by our International Volunteers Coordinator for VIVX, Vaclav Masek. It was published in Guatemala's daily El Periódico on May 21, 2022. He wrote some additional context about the opinion article for the Skylight community: "I wrote this during my time at the Silver Sun...
Our VIVX leadership team are at a residency in Woodstock, NY, asylum seekers speaking out against the "remain in Mexico" policy, and we celebrate filmmakers in the Skylight network. ...
Our March newsletter honors the power of women filmmakers, journalists, and union leaders. We celebrate the centenary of legendary documentary filmmaker Haskell Wexler, and provide ways to support Ukrainian artists during this horrific war....
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