The Academy Film Museum Named on Wednesday Jacqueline StewartAs its new director and president, a film scholar who worked to realize a long-delayed project.
Former museum leader Bill Kramer was appointed CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that oversees Oscar, last month. As the museum’s chief arts and programming director, Stewart worked closely with Kramer to lead institutions to the finish line in a pandemic agenda and social movements such as #OscarsSoWhite and #MeToo that exposed inequality in the film industry. Has been updated. ..
Stewart, a film historian and conservationist who specializes in black cinema and silent films, Professor of Film and Media Studies At the University of Chicago. In 2019, she became the first black host of the Turner Classic Movies on Cable Channel when she intervened to showcase the programming series Silent Sunday Night.She is the chairman National Film Preservation Board, It advises parliamentary librarians on the National Film Registry, Organization Located on the South Side of Chicago, it preserves and screens footage of everyday life there.
At the museum, which opened in Los Angeles last year, Stewart has helped run exhibitions, screenings and workshops.She is also new Podcast Under the museum flag, which delves into important social and cultural moments in Oscar’s history.
In a news release announcing the appointment, Stewart said he was looking forward to working with the museum’s board and staff, as well as the academy itself.
“Our ambitions in opening the Academy Museum set a precedent for understanding and appreciating the history and culture of cinema, its artistic glory and all its power to reflect and reflect in Los Angeles and the world. It was to provide an institution without it, “she said. release. “I am very honored to be selected for this new role.”
