Expert Comment
Professor Pietari Kaapa, Professor in Media and Communications at the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies discusses Hollywood strikes
The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes are a historic mobilisation of forces against the undervaluing and undercutting of creativity and labour in the film, TV and streaming industry.
Expert comment on the work of Richard Donner
Dr James Taylor from Warwick's Department of Film and Television comments on the work of Richard Donner, the director whose work included Superman and The Goonies.
Expert comment - why Black Lives Matter is a UK issue as well as a US one
"How many in Britain know about the Bristol Bus Boycott or the 1958 racist riots in Nottingham and Notting Hill?" As Black Lives Matter campaigners including actor John Boyega gather in Hyde Park, Dr Simon Peplow, Senior Teaching Fellow in 20th Century British History, turns the spotlight on "Britain’s long history of racism."
"I can't breathe" - expert comment on the Minneapolis protests
Protests have erupted across the USA over the death of George Floyd. Dr Lydia Plath, Associate Professor of US History, comments.
Art in the Time of Corona - expert comment
"Like the weather, a pandemic hits everyone, but the wealthy are always more ready to survive the storm." Dr Maria Barrett, Assistant Professor in the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies, comments on the impact of coronavirus on the arts and theatre sector, especially on smaller theatres and galleries