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Cydnii Wilde Harris (she/her)

@cydniiwilde.bsky.social

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Spelman Woman / Jedi Master of Arts / Film Scholar / Bibliophile / Come on stop trying to hit me and hit me.

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Cydnii Wilde Harris (she/her) @cydniiwilde.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I am reeeeally enjoying #DeliBoys

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

THIS FRIDAY!

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Cydnii Wilde Harris (she/her) @cydniiwilde.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I’m actually angry I’m just now learning that THEE Luther Vandross wrote Brand New Day from the Wiz.

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Filmscalpel @filmscalpel.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Sight and Sound has published its annual poll of the year's most notable video essays. @queline.bsky.social , @willwebbful.bsky.social, and @cydniiwilde.bsky.social tallied a total of 183 videos. Better start now if you plan to watch them all before the year ends. Or skip Christmas dinner.

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The best video essays of 2024

From film festivals to TikTok, our annual poll showcases 183 unique video essays nominated by 47 international voters.

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videoessayacademic.bsky.social @videoessayacademic.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

My three main-takeaways from this year's Video Essay Poll (2024) on @sightsoundmag.bsky.social, as analyzed by @queline.bsky.social, @willwebbful.bsky.social and @cydniiwilde.bsky.social. Thank you for your great work this year!

A screenshot of the 2024 Sight and Sound video essay poll with the following section highlighted: "Interestingly, while YouTube was the most common publication method (70 uploads to Vimeo's 56), Vimeo-published videos collected more total nominations (99) than YouTube (90). The average runtime continues to increase year by year, reaching 30 minutes in 2024."

A screenshot of the 2024 Sight and Sound video essay poll with the following section highlighted: "Our longest submission this year, Jenny Nicholson's The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel, has a few close competitors from the YouTube space, including Contrapoints' Twilight retrospective and the aforementioned Hbomberguy epic."

A screenshot of the 2024 video essay poll. A section about "Plagiarism and You(Tube" by Hbomberguy (Harry Bewis): It reads "Released at the end of 2023 (and therefore just missing the deadline for inclusion in last year's poll), this nearly four-hour epic reverberated throughout 2024, bringing to light issues about citation practices on YouTube that had been brewing for years. Considered by this year's voters to be a "mic-drop" moment (Sam Kern) and "one of the most influential and important video essays of recent years" (Ariel Avissar), Brewis's essay may very well become a foundational text for YouTube video essayists moving forward."

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