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Absence/Presence

Mistry , Yasmin

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

ABSENCE/PRESENCE is a half-hour documentary film which celebrates foster youth, showing how school, extended-family and the kindness of strangers can help a child find their path in life. Read More

Absence/Presence

Mistry , Yasmin

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

ABSENCE/PRESENCE is a half-hour documentary film which celebrates foster youth, showing how school, extended-family and the kindness of strangers can help a child find their path in life. Read More

Tune in to Green short film series

Diorama Room, LLC

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

Tune in to Green short film series, featured artists who work in dialogue with nature and was available for rent on Vimeo with three live screenings. Nine shows were created, featuring over 155 international filmmakers and sound producers. Several virtual, artist talks also took place. Read More

Centroid Towns: Appalachian Foothills

Larson, Nate

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

Centroid Towns is an anthology documentary project chronicling the cities that have been the mean center of population of the US. In the fall of 2022, I traveled to Hillsboro, Ohio, the centroid for the 1870 census, to spend time with land conservation groups and document the changing landscape. Read More

El Oaxaqueño

Zlutnick, David

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

After 13 years in prison Leyver Martinez was ready to return to his wife and son. But brought to the US as a child, his release becomes his deportation. This documentary explores the complex intersections of incarceration, and the impact on one family in two countries. Read More

End of the Line

Emmett Adler

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

END OF THE LINE - a feature-length documentary - is a character-driven political drama about the New York City subway crisis and America’s crumbling infrastructure. Read More

On Nochaway Presentation

Anna Gage Norton

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

This work documents one example of forest restoration to promote biodiversity for a sustainable ecosystem. During a critical time as we reach a point of no return for climate change, I believe it is crucial to highlight efforts by citizens and illustrate that global change begins locally. Read More

I (heart) Jack LaLanne: A Cartoon Memoir

Erickson, LeAnn

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

The filmmaker, a Lesbian, feminist, baby boomer, shares her coming out story with the help of fitness guru Jack LaLanne. Read More

The Art of Un-War

Niro, Maria

Year Grant Awarded: 2019

In "The Art of Un-War" Krzysztof Wodiczko challenges our complacency towards war, xenophobia, and displacement with his unique large-scale projections onto monuments and facades. Read More

Frenemies

Martinelli, Mirella

Year Grant Awarded: 2019

Frenemies is a feature-length documentary that tells the story of the close yet conflicted relationship between the United States and Cuba from 1950 to 2020. How much longer can this small Caribbean island survive the longest embargo in history? Read More