Grantee tags LGBT history

Walking from Rumania

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Year Grant Awarded: 2009

Walking from Rumania is based on the story of the fusgeyers, Jews who walked to freedom in 1899 when the Rumanian constitution disenfranchised Jews. Five women in a small village prepare to join a larger group, called “Esther’s Daughters,” that is leaving the nearest city in three months’ time. Read More

1918: A House Divided

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Year Grant Awarded: 2007

1918: A House Divided is a musical drama set in Greenwich Village and Brooklyn against the background of the Great War, a conflict that divided the city, the country and the world. The conservative mood nationwide was in contrast to the mood among New Yorkers involved in the worlds of music and art. Read More