Be True to Your School
When considering applying to a film school, either as a student or faculty member, it’s worth thinking about those film programs in much broader academic and political contexts. For example, will the school, and the broader institution that it’s a part of, stand up for academic and creative freedom in the face of withering actions from the Trump administration? In the spring of 2025, the Trump administration went on the offensive against academia, beginning by essentially demanding that universities drop all DEI programs. They used the cynical guise of defeating “anti semitism” as a cudgel to bludgeon schools into submission. […]
by Dan Mirvish on Jun 18, 2025