Diversity Programming At The Austin Film Festival
Coverage from the Austin Film Festival, highlighting some panels and films that emphasized the importance of diverse and inclusive storytelling.

The story of Afanasii Dermenzhy, a Ukrainian architect who has created thousands of architectural structures in the southern region of Ukraine. It was he who built the Antonovsky Bridge. Afanasii and his wife Mariia, like many other townspeople, remained in their homes in Oleshky after the seizure of Crimea by Russia and parts of eastern Ukraine. However, after the explosion of the Kakhovka dam, without having time to evacuate, they found themselves in a water trap - on the one hand, the Russians, on the other, the river, washing away roads and filling houses with water.
Coverage from the Austin Film Festival, highlighting some panels and films that emphasized the importance of diverse and inclusive storytelling.
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.
As Andrew’s life begins to change, his passion for drumming soon becomes a spiraling obsession in the pursuit of perfection. Through the use of disturbing and abusive training methods, Fletcher puts Andrew through emotional and physical agony.
When long-time couple Jenny and Nate break up so Jenny can pursue her journalism career, Jenny leans on her two best friends for one last epic night in the city.
Lee Daniels’s Billie Holiday biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday was released on February 26th, 2021, and my immediate reaction to it was one of discomfort.