![]() Raab Productions/Photofest Agnes Varda on the set of Lon Bonheur. Courtesy Margaret Herrick Library Hollywoodland, Carl Laemmle. In a clear response to criticism that Jewish studio founders were absent from the museum’s displays upon opening, “Hollywoodland” will frame the rise of the American film industry as an immigrant story with a focus on its earliest producers. The permanent “Hollywoodland” will debut in the spring of 2023 with an examination of the history of filmmaking in L.A., starting in the early 20th century. The research-driven collaboration with Washington, D.C.’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will feature items tied to the likes of Lena Horne, Sidney Poitier, Paul Robeson, William Greaves, Josephine Baker, the Nicholas Brothers, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis and more. “Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971” was announced before the Academy Museum even opened (and has been among our most-anticipated exhibitions), but we finally have just a few more details about what we can expect when it opens this summer. As for the rest of the museum, the Academy says it plans to “refresh” its sometimes cavernous-feeling public spaces with “cinematic elements and moments of digital engagement and connectivity” from the building’s interior designer, Kulapat Yantrasast and WHY Architecture. In addition, the museum will swap out some of the selections in its “Stories of Cinema” galleries with costumes, scripts, stills and props from films that include Akira, The Birds, The Favourite and more. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Edward Mapp Collection, Courtesy Margaret Herrick Library Boyz n the Hood (1991) ![]() It’ll also be opening a permanent exhibition about the history of L.A.’s studio system, notably including the role of its predominantly Jewish founders-a seeming oversight in the museum’s inaugural collection displays for which it received some criticism. Starting this summer and running into next spring, the Academy Museum will dedicate a series of exhibition and gallery spaces to pre-1970s Black cinema, The Godfather, Boyz n the Hood, Casablanca, filmmaker Agnès Varda and more. As the Academy Museum’s Hayao Miyazaki retrospective nears the end of its run, the Miracle Mile movie museum is looking ahead at what’s next-and shaking up the selections in a significant portion of its galleries. ![]()
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