Brett Story
@brettstory.bsky.social
Documentary Filmmaker | Geographer | Abolitionist | Goat person
Films include UNION, The Hottest August, Camperforce, The Prison in Twelve Landscapes, Land of Destiny
Films include UNION, The Hottest August, Camperforce, The Prison in Twelve Landscapes, Land of Destiny
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Just finished screening The Hottest August (Brett Story, 2019) as the first film for my ecocinema class and goddamn that's a great movie. This is the fourth(?) time I've seen it and each time it gets better and better--more alive, and more urgent. Hope the students felt the same.
September 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Just finished screening The Hottest August (Brett Story, 2019) as the first film for my ecocinema class and goddamn that's a great movie. This is the fourth(?) time I've seen it and each time it gets better and better--more alive, and more urgent. Hope the students felt the same.
Javier Bardem: “I won't work. I cannot work with somebody that justifies or supports the genocide, I can’t. That’s as simple as that.”
#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #Emmys
#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #Emmys
September 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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An antisemite shot two kids in Colorado, at least one of whom is Jewish.
The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.
The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.
‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts
Social media accounts that appear to be connected to the 16-year-old shooter are littered with references to mass shootings and antisemitic views, The Denver Post found.
www.denverpost.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
An antisemite shot two kids in Colorado, at least one of whom is Jewish.
The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.
The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.
My films featured on Criterion this August
The Criterion Channel’s August 2025 Lineup
Among this month’s highlights are a spotlight on ’90s soundtracks, a celebration of Hong Kong icon Sammo Hung, and a retrospective of the work of Spanish auteur Bigas Luna.
www.criterion.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My films featured on Criterion this August
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Tuesday nyc come celebrate the publication of Chris Marker IMMEMORY: Gutenberg Version at Light Industry see you there!
June 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Tuesday nyc come celebrate the publication of Chris Marker IMMEMORY: Gutenberg Version at Light Industry see you there!
we won a post-production award at Cannes Docs for my film on John Berger! (film is not done - but we're in the edit!) variety.com/2025/film/gl...
Cannes Docs Winners Include ‘Asphalt,’ ‘Everybody to Kenmure Street’
'Something Familiar' by Rachel Close, 'Sama,' 'The Production of the World,' 'The Tiger of the East' also among winners.
variety.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
we won a post-production award at Cannes Docs for my film on John Berger! (film is not done - but we're in the edit!) variety.com/2025/film/gl...
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Second preview piece from the forthcoming issue of World Records, co-edited by LaCharles Ward, Sasha Crawford-Holland, and myself. Brett Story asks "Can injustice be answered by catharsis? In other words, is catharsis.. itself just, and thus a right?" worldrecordsjournal.org/no-justice-n...
No Justice, No Relief - World Records
Brett Story on the demand for catharsis in our courts and on our screens.
worldrecordsjournal.org
May 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Second preview piece from the forthcoming issue of World Records, co-edited by LaCharles Ward, Sasha Crawford-Holland, and myself. Brett Story asks "Can injustice be answered by catharsis? In other words, is catharsis.. itself just, and thus a right?" worldrecordsjournal.org/no-justice-n...
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Trump is about to do for NPR and PBS what he did for Canadian liberals...
May 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Trump is about to do for NPR and PBS what he did for Canadian liberals...
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“Our task is to build a wide and deep movement, as spiritual as it is political, strong enough to stop these unhinged traitors. A movement rooted in a steadfast commitment to one another, across our many differences and divides, and to this miraculous, singular planet.”
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Our task is to build a wide and deep movement, as spiritual as it is political, strong enough to stop these unhinged traitors. A movement rooted in a steadfast commitment to one another, across our many differences and divides, and to this miraculous, singular planet.”
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This session alone, 10 states have tried or are currently trying to classify having an abortion as homicide. In most of these states, individuals found guilty of murder can be eligible for the death penalty. Whether these bills pass immediately isn't the point—it's about shifting the Overton window:
We’re Now Up to 10 States Trying to Charge Abortion Patients With Homicide
Legal experts warn that whether or not these bills pass, they shift the Overton window and prime us to eventually accept what may be unthinkable right now.
www.jezebel.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This session alone, 10 states have tried or are currently trying to classify having an abortion as homicide. In most of these states, individuals found guilty of murder can be eligible for the death penalty. Whether these bills pass immediately isn't the point—it's about shifting the Overton window:
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NEW: The Trump administration pulled funding for research to protect pregnant women from domestic violence, citing it as a “DEI” initiative.
Trump Admin Pulls Research Funding To Protect Pregnant Women From Domestic Violence
Homicide by an abusive partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S. – and researchers are gutted by the sudden cuts.
www.huffpost.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
NEW: The Trump administration pulled funding for research to protect pregnant women from domestic violence, citing it as a “DEI” initiative.
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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
March 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
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A model is emerging, which is simply pretending the First Amendment doesn't exist
Florida mayor seeks to evict cinema for showing Oscar-winning documentary
Miami Beach mayor also proposes withdrawing grant after O Cinema screened Palestinian-focused film No Other Land
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A model is emerging, which is simply pretending the First Amendment doesn't exist
read a biography today of a major art critic and museum director from the 1930s who was also a member of something called the "Vigilance Committee of anti-fascist intellectuals". Meanwhile to be a careerist in our own era is to demonstrate cowardice and be rewarded for it.
March 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
read a biography today of a major art critic and museum director from the 1930s who was also a member of something called the "Vigilance Committee of anti-fascist intellectuals". Meanwhile to be a careerist in our own era is to demonstrate cowardice and be rewarded for it.
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"There is no appeasing a political force like the Trumpian right, intent on a program of destruction. & there is no appeasing a nationalist Zionist worldview that, defying reason, sees antisemitism in every call for Palestinian freedom. " -@natashalennard.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/03/08/c...
theintercept.com/2025/03/08/c...
Columbia Bent Over Backward to Appease Right-Wing, Pro-Israel Attacks — And Trump Still Cut Federal Funding
Columbia bent over backward to appease right-wing, pro-Israel attacks on Gaza protesters — and Trump still cut the school’s federal funding.
theintercept.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"There is no appeasing a political force like the Trumpian right, intent on a program of destruction. & there is no appeasing a nationalist Zionist worldview that, defying reason, sees antisemitism in every call for Palestinian freedom. " -@natashalennard.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/03/08/c...
theintercept.com/2025/03/08/c...
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There's a lot of confusion swirling so it may help to explain that the below is actually fairly normal following an ICE arrest. ICE often transfers people to the deep South where some of the largest detention centers are located, and the ICE Detainee Locator system can take up to 24 hours to update.
Until last night, the ICE detainee locator stated Khalil was at Elizabeth, NJ—even though his wife had been unable to find him there yesterday. This morning, his location has been updated to Jena — a very remote, GEO group-run facility in the middle of rural Louisiana.
March 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
There's a lot of confusion swirling so it may help to explain that the below is actually fairly normal following an ICE arrest. ICE often transfers people to the deep South where some of the largest detention centers are located, and the ICE Detainee Locator system can take up to 24 hours to update.
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We have to stand together for Mahmoud Khalil; liberal, leftist, Never Trump conservatives if we can get them; or we're all dead
Do people get this? It does not matter what your stance on the Gaza protests are/were
It will not stop here
Do people get this? It does not matter what your stance on the Gaza protests are/were
It will not stop here
There are going to be so many cudgels used to normalize what happened to Mahmoud Khalil. The Right recognized opportunities to divide us and claiming he "supports Hamas" is just a pretext for what authoritarians always do: purge anyone who will stand in their way.
It's a well-worn playbook.
It's a well-worn playbook.
March 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We have to stand together for Mahmoud Khalil; liberal, leftist, Never Trump conservatives if we can get them; or we're all dead
Do people get this? It does not matter what your stance on the Gaza protests are/were
It will not stop here
Do people get this? It does not matter what your stance on the Gaza protests are/were
It will not stop here
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Being anti-trans is really an elite phenomenon that elites are mistakenly convinced is widely shared.
March 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Being anti-trans is really an elite phenomenon that elites are mistakenly convinced is widely shared.
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Join us for a screening of Union – the Sundance-winning doc on the first unionized Amazon workplace in the U.S. Directed by Brett Story & Stephen Maing.
Tues, March 18 at 7pm
100 McCaul, Room 190
Free admission
Q&A with Story after the film! Learn more: www.ocadu.ca/events-and-e...
Tues, March 18 at 7pm
100 McCaul, Room 190
Free admission
Q&A with Story after the film! Learn more: www.ocadu.ca/events-and-e...
March 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Join us for a screening of Union – the Sundance-winning doc on the first unionized Amazon workplace in the U.S. Directed by Brett Story & Stephen Maing.
Tues, March 18 at 7pm
100 McCaul, Room 190
Free admission
Q&A with Story after the film! Learn more: www.ocadu.ca/events-and-e...
Tues, March 18 at 7pm
100 McCaul, Room 190
Free admission
Q&A with Story after the film! Learn more: www.ocadu.ca/events-and-e...
Ok i love that no other land won and ethic cleansing was denounced at the oscars, but also that shout out to cafe oto!!!
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Ok i love that no other land won and ethic cleansing was denounced at the oscars, but also that shout out to cafe oto!!!
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The NO OTHER LAND team on the red carpet 😭
March 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The NO OTHER LAND team on the red carpet 😭