Oscars's video: Roger Ross Williams Lisa Cort s more Academy Dialogues: Documentaries Through Our Own Lens

Academy governor and Oscar winner Roger Ross Williams moderates a panel with fellow documentary directors Lisa Cortés (“All In: The Fight for Democracy”), Jim LeBrecht (co-directed and co-produced “Crip Camp” with Nicole Newnham), Bao Nguyen (“Be Water”), and Dawn Porter (“John Lewis: Good Trouble”), to discuss systemic changes needed to give marginalized communities a shot at telling stories through their own lens. Is there a distinction between excursions of discovery into indigenous cultures and cultural appropriation? Who gets to tell those stories? Table of Contents 00:05 - Panelists audio & visual description 02:08 - Documentaries Through Our Own Lens Intro 03:59 - The current state of documentary filmmaking from underrepresented communities 15:50 - Defining diversity and inclusion in documentary filmmaking 25:05 - Responsibility of being documentary filmmakers from underrepresented communities 35:54 - Making space for future documentary filmmakers from underrepresented communities 44:58 - Allyship vs solidarity for underrepresented communities 50:17 - Panelists discuss their work 01:03:18 - The future of documentary filmmaking from underrepresented communities 01:17:46 - Academy Dialogues Recommendations Subscribe for more @Oscars videos ►► http://osca.rs/subscribeyt is a new series of virtual panels for members and the public, as a part of Academy Aperture 2025, called “Academy Dialogues: It Starts with Us,” with conversations about race, ethnicity, gender, history, opportunity and the art of filmmaking. These discussions focus on the industry-wide systemic changes that are needed to afford greater opportunities to women and people from underrepresented ethnic/racial communities and to create a new narrative for recovery. More information on "Academy Dialogues: It Starts with Us," can be found here: https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-launches-new-conversation-series-race-and-gender-equity-filmmaking-academy-dialogues-it és