Opinion: How filmmakers react to political and social conflict can help to shape history – The San Diego Union-Tribune

As the producers of the San Diego Film Awards, in 2020 we faced an unprecedented challenge: producing a live award show at a time when the entire events industry had been shuttered. A worldwide health crisis, sweeping social justice movements and challenging economic times had left some of us wondering when, or if, the entertainment industry would fully recover. It quickly became clear to us that the theme of our show had to be one thing: how art responds to a disaster.

Source: Opinion: How filmmakers react to political and social conflict can help to shape history – The San Diego Union-Tribune