It took all day to get to this...
The Film Independent Board of Directors has issued the following statement:
"As a champion of diversity, Film Independent is dedicated to supporting the civil rights of all individuals. At the same time, our organization does not police the personal, religious, or political choices of any employee, member, or filmmaker." issued at 7:48p on a Friday night.
With due respect to all involved... it feels like a cop out.
I didn't need Rich Raddon to go. I didn't need him to stay. There is a lot of complexity in this situation and I don't really know how I would feel in time, either way. But faced with a very real issue and a chance to make a statement of some weight, the FIND board issued nothing but a textbook platitude. And that is unfortunate.
I'm going to reserve further comment, as I am sure that the intentions of the board members who pushed for this were good. To presume otherwise would be unkind. And I think we've all had enough of that for one day.
Read the complete post at http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/archives/2008/11/find_on_raddon.html