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Trump Administration’s Termination Of Arts Grants Hammers Film Festivals Nationwide: “We’re Sounding The Alarm Bell”
The Trump administration's cancellations of National Endowment for the Arts grants is hammering film festivals nationwide.
Trump threatens to impose a 100 percent tariff on movies produced outside the U.S., declaring Hollywood was “dying a very fast death” because other countries have lured productions abroad through lucrative financial incentives. In a social media post, he called that situation a “National Security threat.” But it might strike some as contradictory to profess alarm for the wellbeing of the movie business while simultaneously defunding film festivals. The Trump administration’s sudden claim to want to “elevate the Nation’s HBCUs” as part of the redefined NEA mission may sound implausible given its open hostility to DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion.
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