Grantee tags incarceration

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

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

Detained

UP Theater Company, Inc.

Year Grant Awarded: 2018

In a refugee detention center deep in the heart of Texas, two teens from different lands form a bond to help each other fight off dangers from within its walls - and without. Read More

Visual Arts Workshop at Sing Sing Correctional Facility

Rehabilitation Through The Arts

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

RTA uses the transformative power of the arts to help people in prison develop skills to unlock their potential and succeed in the larger community. This grant allowed RTA to launch a visual arts workshop for our members at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Read More