Letter: The lights may be out, but the show isn’t over
With funding pulled, Cinema at the Whitney has collapsed. As a former staff member and audience member of CATW, I was unhappy with its demise. Then, adding insinuations to injury, the News reported Friday — without quoting former CATW staff members — that CATW’s disappearance brings a new dawn for students and film-lovers everywhere, especially the Yale Film Society (“Cinephiles lost and found” Oct. 16).
Admittedly, other cuts to the Yale budget have been more newsworthy during this recession. While a film club loses its funding, 60 librarians have lost their jobs. And the lack of...