Anthony Kaufman
@antkaufman.bsky.social
Increasingly political film journalist (Subscribe to https://anthonykaufman.substack.com, articles in Filmmakermagazine.com, Documentary.org, Indiewire.com); film curator/programmer (chicagofilmfestival.com; doc10.org); film instructor (NewSchool, DePaul)
According to the latest job report, the U.S. Black unemployment rate is 8.3% (compared with 4.6% across all demos), the highest jobless rates since the pandemic.
December 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
According to the latest job report, the U.S. Black unemployment rate is 8.3% (compared with 4.6% across all demos), the highest jobless rates since the pandemic.
Reposted by Anthony Kaufman
Black unemployment soared to 8.3% last month, the highest level since the pandemic four years ago.
"What the hell do you have to lose?" — Donald Trump
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"What the hell do you have to lose?" — Donald Trump
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December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Black unemployment soared to 8.3% last month, the highest level since the pandemic four years ago.
"What the hell do you have to lose?" — Donald Trump
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"What the hell do you have to lose?" — Donald Trump
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The results of Trump's White Supremacist policies in data...
December 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The results of Trump's White Supremacist policies in data...
"Unfair, undemocratic, and a bit crass—and like congressional gerrymandering, it seems like a race to the bottom."
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The Awards-Media-Industrial Complex is a Racket, Especially for Docs and International Films
Just walk away.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"Unfair, undemocratic, and a bit crass—and like congressional gerrymandering, it seems like a race to the bottom."
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December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Fellow critics and programmers: keep this story top of mind when you go to Sundance this year, especially when covering the U.S. dramatic and documentary competitions.
Trump’s DEI Attacks Are Creating Real-Time Destruction for Filmmakers of Color
As Trump attacks diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs, the damage is already being done for independent filmmakers.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Fellow critics and programmers: keep this story top of mind when you go to Sundance this year, especially when covering the U.S. dramatic and documentary competitions.
Reposted by Anthony Kaufman
. @antkaufman.bsky.social speaks the truth...
"We have an entire industry whose demands simply can’t be fulfilled by Sundance, no matter what movies it premieres, bcuz the entire film ecosystem itself is in such a challenging place right now."
Read on: anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/sundance-i...
"We have an entire industry whose demands simply can’t be fulfilled by Sundance, no matter what movies it premieres, bcuz the entire film ecosystem itself is in such a challenging place right now."
Read on: anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/sundance-i...
Sundance Isn't the Problem, We Are
For decades, Sundance has supposedly lost its relevance, but the problems are much larger; plus a new chart!
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December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
. @antkaufman.bsky.social speaks the truth...
"We have an entire industry whose demands simply can’t be fulfilled by Sundance, no matter what movies it premieres, bcuz the entire film ecosystem itself is in such a challenging place right now."
Read on: anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/sundance-i...
"We have an entire industry whose demands simply can’t be fulfilled by Sundance, no matter what movies it premieres, bcuz the entire film ecosystem itself is in such a challenging place right now."
Read on: anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/sundance-i...
Still waiting for the video leak of the murders of fishermen off the coast of Venezuela. Remember the "Collateral Murder" video from Iraq....
/ #wikileaks reveals video of collateral murder
Collateral Murder - Wikileaks - Iraq
Wikileaks has obtained and decrypted this previously unreleased video footage from a US Apache helicopter in 2007. It shows Reuters journalist Namir Noor-Eldeen, driver Saeed Chmagh, and several others as the Apache shoots and kills them in a public square in Eastern Baghdad. They are apparently assumed to be insurgents. After the initial shooting, an unarmed group of adults and children in a minivan arrives on the scene and attempts to transport the wounded. They are fired upon as well. The official statement on this incident initially listed all adults as insurgents and claimed the US military did not know how the deaths ocurred. Wikileaks released this video with transcripts and a package of supporting documents on April 5th 2010 on http://collateralmurder.com
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December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Still waiting for the video leak of the murders of fishermen off the coast of Venezuela. Remember the "Collateral Murder" video from Iraq....
There is not a single poll, data point, or political precedent for this region that has @aftynbehn.bsky.social winning #TN07. I know it's fun to keep playing this game, but can we stop.
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
There is not a single poll, data point, or political precedent for this region that has @aftynbehn.bsky.social winning #TN07. I know it's fun to keep playing this game, but can we stop.
For those who like charts (as I do), here is how big "The Perfect Neighbor" performed (approximately) on Netflix. More on what this could do for the flailing feature doc industry... anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
December 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
For those who like charts (as I do), here is how big "The Perfect Neighbor" performed (approximately) on Netflix. More on what this could do for the flailing feature doc industry... anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
In acquiring and releasing “The Perfect Neighbor,” Netflix may have learned a valuable lesson in its late-stage capitalist phase: Quality is important.
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In acquiring and releasing “The Perfect Neighbor,” Netflix may have learned a valuable lesson in its late-stage capitalist phase: Quality is important.
“What we really need is campaign finance reform for the Oscars” (an oldie, but still a goodie)
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Is an Oscar Campaign Worth the Cost for an Independent Documentary?
Everyone wants an Academy Award.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“What we really need is campaign finance reform for the Oscars” (an oldie, but still a goodie)
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Early vote totals in #TN07 @taniel.bsky.social @the-downballot.com experts, please explain. Low? High? How much does this explain for # of Dem voters?
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November 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Early vote totals in #TN07 @taniel.bsky.social @the-downballot.com experts, please explain. Low? High? How much does this explain for # of Dem voters?
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November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"The new rental platform is a potential gamechanger for a corporate-dominated streaming industry that has increasingly squeezed out indie films." anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/can-the-le...
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"The new rental platform is a potential gamechanger for a corporate-dominated streaming industry that has increasingly squeezed out indie films." anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/can-the-le...
Another Border Patrol case bites the dust in court. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds drop case against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park
It's one of the most high-profile prosecutions to result from the Trump administration's "Operation Midway Blitz." Defense attorneys have been aggressively challenging evidence and sought a speedy tri...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Another Border Patrol case bites the dust in court. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
NUREMBERG is very obviously a terrible movie. Critics know this, but apparently, there are a lot of general audiences who believe this is a legitimate "prestige" picture.
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
NUREMBERG is very obviously a terrible movie. Critics know this, but apparently, there are a lot of general audiences who believe this is a legitimate "prestige" picture.
Got it, so the Texas government is racist, after all. Thank you for attending to this matter.
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Federal Judges Block Texas GOP Congressional Map, Citing Racial Gerrymandering
A panel of three federal judges ruled on Tuesday that Texas cannot implement a new congressional map drawn by Republicans, which was aimed at securing the GOP
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November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Got it, so the Texas government is racist, after all. Thank you for attending to this matter.
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Texas judges on Texas gerrymander: "Notably, the DOJ Letter targeted only majority-non-White districts. Any mention of majority-White Democrat districts—which DOJ presumably would have also targeted if its aims were
partisan rather than racial—was conspicuously absent."
partisan rather than racial—was conspicuously absent."
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Texas judges on Texas gerrymander: "Notably, the DOJ Letter targeted only majority-non-White districts. Any mention of majority-White Democrat districts—which DOJ presumably would have also targeted if its aims were
partisan rather than racial—was conspicuously absent."
partisan rather than racial—was conspicuously absent."
Hahahahaha. "A federal court just blocked Texas from using its newly drawn map, ruling that state lawmakers likely engaged in unconstitutional racial gerrymandering." No, duh!
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Hahahahaha. "A federal court just blocked Texas from using its newly drawn map, ruling that state lawmakers likely engaged in unconstitutional racial gerrymandering." No, duh!
CPB revives $36 million NPR deal killed after Trump’s pressure www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...
CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
CPB revives $36 million NPR deal killed after Trump’s pressure www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...
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Our new report, Anti-Blackness Is the Point, out today reveals how Trump’s second administration has worked to roll back 60+ years of civil rights and equal opportunity. From racist narratives to book bans, the attack is coordinated and historic in its scope.
Read the full report here ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
Read the full report here ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
ANTI-BLACKNESS IS THE POINT RACISM, MISOGYNY, AND DONALD TRUMP’S ASSAULT ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REPORT.pdf
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November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Our new report, Anti-Blackness Is the Point, out today reveals how Trump’s second administration has worked to roll back 60+ years of civil rights and equal opportunity. From racist narratives to book bans, the attack is coordinated and historic in its scope.
Read the full report here ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
Read the full report here ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
No one is safe from these lawless #ICE thugs. "Wait, why am I running? I’m a citizen.”
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Church goers flee border patrol raid—"We thought church was safe"
Reports have emerged of federal agents arresting U.S. citizens amid the ongoing immigration crackdown taking place in the city.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
No one is safe from these lawless #ICE thugs. "Wait, why am I running? I’m a citizen.”
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