Genres Video, Film & Radio

Truth or Consequences

Jayanti, Hannah

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

Truth or Consequences is a speculative documentary about time and how we weave the past into the present and our possible future. Set in the small desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, the film takes place in the shadow of the world's first commercial Spaceport. Read More

Say Grace Before Drowning

Jusu, Nikyatu

Year Grant Awarded: 2010

SGBD 17 mins, HD. After meeting her African Refugee mother for the first time in six years, 8 year old Hawa is forced to coexist with a woman teetering on the brink of insanity. Read More

TRANS LOS ANGELES

Kase Peña

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

TRANS LOS ANGELES is an anthology of four stand-alone shorts films, inspired by films such as SOY CUBA, 1964 and LA CUIDAD, 1998. These trans stories are written and directed by an artist that is trans-identifying and a woman of color. Read More

Oleander

Kate Hackett

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

"Oleander" is a short film about a sex-positive teenage YouTuber who starts a social media war against her abstinence program. It stars Emily Robinson (Eighth Grade), Peri Gilpin (Frasier), and Jennifer Lafleur (Room 104). It premiered in 2019 at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival. Read More

‘White: A Memoir in Color’

Katz, Joel

Year Grant Awarded: 2010

WHITE: A MEMOIR IN COLOR, a personal film about what it means to be white in America, tells an emotional multi-generational story about my (white) family encompassing immigration, assimilation, idealism, disillusionment, and ultimately an adoption. Read More

Quarry Project

Kiboko Projects, Inc

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

The Quarry Project is an ongoing storytelling and documentary project about the men, women and children workers of Kaathani village, Kenya. Read More

PUBLIC HEARING

Kienitz Wilkins, James N.

Year Grant Awarded: 2010

A public hearing in close-up. Read More

Dostoevsky Behind Bars

Kornblatt, Marc

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Prison inmates and university graduate students come together to discuss literary texts and creative writing, sharing moments of grace within a penitentary. Read More

Goldblooded

Kozel, Sam

Year Grant Awarded: 2015

A man discovers he has gold particles in his blood and goes through extensive lengths to extract it but also hide his gift. Read More

Negative Space

Kuwahata, Ru & Porter, Max

Year Grant Awarded: 2015

“Negative Space" is a short, animated film that tells a story about a father-and-son relationship through the act of packing a suitcase. Based on a 150 word short story by Ron Koertge, our adaptation will be realized as a 4-min film. Read More