Project Greenlight: A New Generation, the ten-episode revival series now on Max, is an attempt to break away from the biases and fault lines of the show’s earlier years. The movies were never great, but what Project Greenlight was best at (perhaps unintentionally) was depicting the messy, sublimated tensions that play out in a production ecosystem around issues like race, privilege, aesthetic quality, and whose ideas are allowed to matter. The show, then on HBO, was conceived as a combination of competition and behind-the-scenes reality series: A panel of Hollywood experts selects a contestant from a group of eager first-time filmmakers, and the season follows that young director attempting to produce, shoot, and edit their first film. The last time Project Greenlight appeared on television, nearly a decade ago, it was a wildly compelling disaster.
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