Tom White
@tomwhiteeditor.bsky.social
Former Editor, Documentary Mag/IDA
Freelance writer: Current, POV Magazine, Deadline, Zocalo Public Square, Filmmaker et al
Nonprofit consultant: LA Commons
Freelance writer: Current, POV Magazine, Deadline, Zocalo Public Square, Filmmaker et al
Nonprofit consultant: LA Commons
Kudos to the Gotham Film Awards nominees, and a special shout out to the docs: 2000 Meters to Andriivka; BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions; My Undesirable Friends; The Perfect Neighbor; Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk : deadline.com/2025/10/2025...
Gotham Awards Film Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads Pack; Multiple Noms For ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’, ‘It Was Just An Accident’, ‘No Other Choice’
The 2025 Gotham Awards nominations have been announced.
deadline.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Kudos to the Gotham Film Awards nominees, and a special shout out to the docs: 2000 Meters to Andriivka; BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions; My Undesirable Friends; The Perfect Neighbor; Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk : deadline.com/2025/10/2025...
A day late, I know, but kudos to all the @criticschoice.bsky.social doc nominees, including multiple honorees Orwell: 2+2=5 and The Perfect Neighbor, Pennebaker Award honorees Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady; and Impact Award honoree Ken Burns. www.criticschoice.com/2025/10/14/n...
Nominations Unveiled For The Tenth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards – Critics Choice Association
'Orwell: 2+2=5' leads the pack with seven nominations including Best Documentary Feature. The film’s other nominations are Raoul Peck for Best Director, Alexandra Strauss for Best Editing, Alexei Aigu...
www.criticschoice.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A day late, I know, but kudos to all the @criticschoice.bsky.social doc nominees, including multiple honorees Orwell: 2+2=5 and The Perfect Neighbor, Pennebaker Award honorees Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady; and Impact Award honoree Ken Burns. www.criticschoice.com/2025/10/14/n...
Farewell, D'Angelo. Although "Sometimes It Snows in April" wasn't your song, you owned it here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeV7...
D'Angelo ft. Princess Sometimes It Snows in April
YouTube video by samuel
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October 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Farewell, D'Angelo. Although "Sometimes It Snows in April" wasn't your song, you owned it here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeV7...
Congratulations to Garrett Bradley, Tommy Orange and the rest of the awesome crew of 2025 @macfound.org "Genius" Fellows. Amidst all the dispiritng dystopia, you have inspired us to stand, stomp, and stir up good trouble! Thank you for your gifts! www.macfound.org/programs/awa...
MacArthur Fellows - MacArthur Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to ...
www.macfound.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Congratulations to Garrett Bradley, Tommy Orange and the rest of the awesome crew of 2025 @macfound.org "Genius" Fellows. Amidst all the dispiritng dystopia, you have inspired us to stand, stomp, and stir up good trouble! Thank you for your gifts! www.macfound.org/programs/awa...
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We are deeply saddened by the loss of our founder and friend Robert Redford.
September 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We are deeply saddened by the loss of our founder and friend Robert Redford.
A tough week for LA: Trump's performative provocation...losing Sly Stone...and now Brian Wilson is gone. What woke me up to his genius was this deconstruction of "Good Vibrations," part of NPR's 100 Songs series from 2000.
"I don't know where, but she sends me there"
www.npr.org/2000/06/19/1...
"I don't know where, but she sends me there"
www.npr.org/2000/06/19/1...
The Story Of The Beach Boys' 'Good Vibrations'
The Beach Boys classic, released in 1966, is the product of a revolutionary approach to songwriting.
www.npr.org
June 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A tough week for LA: Trump's performative provocation...losing Sly Stone...and now Brian Wilson is gone. What woke me up to his genius was this deconstruction of "Good Vibrations," part of NPR's 100 Songs series from 2000.
"I don't know where, but she sends me there"
www.npr.org/2000/06/19/1...
"I don't know where, but she sends me there"
www.npr.org/2000/06/19/1...
Amidst this ongoing American tragedy, we just lost one of the great geniuses of the past 60 years. Thank you for letting us be ourselves again, Sly. Thanks for taking us higher. We will stand in your honor.
P.s. Much love to our friend in frequency, Novena Carmel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/a...
P.s. Much love to our friend in frequency, Novena Carmel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/a...
Sly Stone, Maestro of a Multifaceted, Hitmaking Band, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Amidst this ongoing American tragedy, we just lost one of the great geniuses of the past 60 years. Thank you for letting us be ourselves again, Sly. Thanks for taking us higher. We will stand in your honor.
P.s. Much love to our friend in frequency, Novena Carmel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/a...
P.s. Much love to our friend in frequency, Novena Carmel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/a...
Here's my report on the @hotdocs.bsky.social Industry Conference for @povmagazine.bsky.social. Thanks to @marcglassman.bsky.social and @patmullen.bsky.social for their editorial guidance.
povmagazine.com/hot-docs-ind...
povmagazine.com/hot-docs-ind...
Hot Docs Industry Conference: Truth and Bias in the Age of Trump, Influencers, and AI - POV Magazine
Highlights from the Hot Docs Industry Conference included conversations about navigating truth and bias in the Trump era, and artificial intelligence.
povmagazine.com
May 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Here's my report on the @hotdocs.bsky.social Industry Conference for @povmagazine.bsky.social. Thanks to @marcglassman.bsky.social and @patmullen.bsky.social for their editorial guidance.
povmagazine.com/hot-docs-ind...
povmagazine.com/hot-docs-ind...
In my "Current" debut, I spoke to some of the key drivers behind ITVS’ groundbreaking study, The Filmmaker-Participant Relationship Unpacked. Thanks to Mike Janssen and Karen Everhart for their editorial rigor.
current.org/2025/05/itvs...
current.org/2025/05/itvs...
ITVS study explores the complex relationships at the heart of documentaries - Current
The ITVS team was most surprised to learn that 89% of documentary participants indicated that they would participate in a documentary again.
current.org
May 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In my "Current" debut, I spoke to some of the key drivers behind ITVS’ groundbreaking study, The Filmmaker-Participant Relationship Unpacked. Thanks to Mike Janssen and Karen Everhart for their editorial rigor.
current.org/2025/05/itvs...
current.org/2025/05/itvs...
Kudos to the @peabodyawards.bsky.social nominees! peabodyawards.com/stories/nomi...
Nominees in Docs, News, Public Service, Podcast Announced - The Peabody Awards
The Peabody Awards and Center for Media & Social Impact Launch We Disrupt This Broadcast, New Podcast Featuring Interviews with Quinta Brunson, Damon Lindelof, Ramy Youssef, Pamela Adlon, Charlie Broo...
peabodyawards.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Kudos to the @peabodyawards.bsky.social nominees! peabodyawards.com/stories/nomi...
This is democracy in action. Senator Cory Booker has been on fire against fascism for 19 hours. This is what it takes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSHV...
Watch Live: Cory Booker delivers marathon speech on Senate floor | CBS News
YouTube video by CBS News
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April 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is democracy in action. Senator Cory Booker has been on fire against fascism for 19 hours. This is what it takes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSHV...
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Rob Manfred pledged to keep MLB's values on diversity “unchanged" back in February.
But now, MLB's careers home page has no reference to “diversity," with a league spokesman telling The Athletic they're "evaluating" the programs.
More:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/622...
But now, MLB's careers home page has no reference to “diversity," with a league spokesman telling The Athletic they're "evaluating" the programs.
More:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/622...
March 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Rob Manfred pledged to keep MLB's values on diversity “unchanged" back in February.
But now, MLB's careers home page has no reference to “diversity," with a league spokesman telling The Athletic they're "evaluating" the programs.
More:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/622...
But now, MLB's careers home page has no reference to “diversity," with a league spokesman telling The Athletic they're "evaluating" the programs.
More:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/622...
Between its world premiere at @sundancefilm.bsky.social #sundancefest & its international premiere at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, I spoke with Jesse Short Bull & David France about their film "Free Leonard Peltier." Thanks to @deadline.com & Matt Carey. deadline.com/2025/03/free...
‘Free Leonard Peltier’ Follows A 50-Year Trail To Justice For Native American Icon – Thessaloniki Int’l Documentary Festival
'Free Leonard Peltier' directors David France and Jesse Short Bull on Native American icon's 50 year trail to freedom.
deadline.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Between its world premiere at @sundancefilm.bsky.social #sundancefest & its international premiere at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, I spoke with Jesse Short Bull & David France about their film "Free Leonard Peltier." Thanks to @deadline.com & Matt Carey. deadline.com/2025/03/free...
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‘No Other Land,’ a film about Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community, won the documentary feature film Oscar, and its directors appealed to the world to help end the conflict and accused the United States of blocking a solution reut.rs/41oltqZ #Oscars2025
Israeli-Palestinian film wins Oscar, directors assail US, global political stances
"No Other Land," a film about Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community, won the documentary feature film Oscar on Sunday, and its directors appealed to the world to help end the conflict and accused the United States of blocking a solution.
reut.rs
March 3, 2025 at 6:09 AM
‘No Other Land,’ a film about Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community, won the documentary feature film Oscar, and its directors appealed to the world to help end the conflict and accused the United States of blocking a solution reut.rs/41oltqZ #Oscars2025
Congrats to all the Oscar nominees in the doc categories! Onward! realscreen.com/2025/01/23/b...
“Black Box Diaries,” “Death by Numbers” among Oscar doc nominees
The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have been announced, with the awards-season favorites No Other Land, Sugarcane and Black Box Diaries (pictured) among the nominees in the documentary featur...
realscreen.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Congrats to all the Oscar nominees in the doc categories! Onward! realscreen.com/2025/01/23/b...
I’m taking a break from my liminal, reflect-and-refract retreat in the desert to bring to you My Favorite Things from 2024.
December 31, 2024 at 6:34 AM
I’m taking a break from my liminal, reflect-and-refract retreat in the desert to bring to you My Favorite Things from 2024.
"The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices."
— Former President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize address, 2002
— Former President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize address, 2002
December 31, 2024 at 6:20 AM
"The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices."
— Former President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize address, 2002
— Former President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize address, 2002
Here's an article I wrote for @povmagazine.bsky.social about awards campaigns, with a focus on the long journey of "To Kill a Tiger," from its 2022 TIFF premiere to its 2024 Oscar nod. Thanks to @patmullen.bsky.social & @marcglassman.bsky.social. povmagazine.com/you-could-wi...
You Could Win an Oscar—You Can’t Never Tell - POV Magazine
On hard fought Oscar nominations and the high price of an Academy Awards campaign in an increasingly competitive documentary field.
povmagazine.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Here's an article I wrote for @povmagazine.bsky.social about awards campaigns, with a focus on the long journey of "To Kill a Tiger," from its 2022 TIFF premiere to its 2024 Oscar nod. Thanks to @patmullen.bsky.social & @marcglassman.bsky.social. povmagazine.com/you-could-wi...
The Oscars short list is here! The road to the final fives (or tens) begins! Congrats to the 30 feature and short docs, and their respective teams, for making it this far! www.indiewire.com/awards/resul...
Oscars 2025 Shortlists Unveiled: ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘Wicked’ Nab the Most Spots
See the shortlists revealed December 17 for the 2025 Academy Awards, including for the international and documentary feature categories.
www.indiewire.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:22 PM
The Oscars short list is here! The road to the final fives (or tens) begins! Congrats to the 30 feature and short docs, and their respective teams, for making it this far! www.indiewire.com/awards/resul...
Thank you, Ustad Zakir Hussain, for your ever-transcendent beats of life! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vGC...
Zakir with Berklee school at Harvard University
YouTube video by Thaka Waves
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December 17, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Thank you, Ustad Zakir Hussain, for your ever-transcendent beats of life! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vGC...
Thank you, Nikki Giovanni, for your great gifts. And thanks to Michèle Stephenson & Joe Brewster for your great testament to Nikki, "Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyb3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyb3...
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Official Trailer | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
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December 10, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Thank you, Nikki Giovanni, for your great gifts. And thanks to Michèle Stephenson & Joe Brewster for your great testament to Nikki, "Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyb3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyb3...
Kudos to @antkaufman.bsky.social for his top-notch reporting in @indiewireofficial.bsky.social on the fate of public media amid the angst-ridden countdown to January 20.
www.indiewire.com/features/gen...
www.indiewire.com/features/gen...
3 Reasons Why the Trump Administration Will Defund Public Media — and 2 Why It Won’t
Nonprofit executives tell IndieWire the future of American public media under the next Trump administration is scary, but there's still hope.
www.indiewire.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Kudos to @antkaufman.bsky.social for his top-notch reporting in @indiewireofficial.bsky.social on the fate of public media amid the angst-ridden countdown to January 20.
www.indiewire.com/features/gen...
www.indiewire.com/features/gen...
It's a cavalcade of kudos this week! From the National Board of Review: Best Doc: Sugarcane; Freedom of Expression Award: No Other Land" Top Five Docs: Black Box Diaries, Dahomey, Look into my Eyes, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Will & Harper. nationalboardofreview.org/2024/12/nati...
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW NAMES 2024 HONOREES - National Board of Review
New York, NY (December 4, 2024) – The National Board of Review (NBR) announced today their 2024 honorees
nationalboardofreview.org
December 5, 2024 at 5:06 AM
It's a cavalcade of kudos this week! From the National Board of Review: Best Doc: Sugarcane; Freedom of Expression Award: No Other Land" Top Five Docs: Black Box Diaries, Dahomey, Look into my Eyes, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Will & Harper. nationalboardofreview.org/2024/12/nati...