Focus Areas
Movement Media
Policing and Community Safety
Community-Centered Journalism
Community-Owned Internet

The film program supports local film projects and film organizations led by, or created with, storytellers from marginalized groups. Through capacity building workshops, networking opportunities, and paid mentoring opportunities, the program invests in emerging and seasoned filmmakers as creatives.

The goal of the film program is for filmmakers and film organizations to substantially benefit from support for shared infrastructure or hubs that provide training, services, and other resources toward financial stability, creative freedom, and achieving their artistic and media goals.

What We Support

    Projects

    $25,000 - Awarded November 2022

    Focus areas
    Immigrant Voices
    Youth
    Representation in Media
    Description

    Samara is an impatient, bold Vietnamese-Cambodian-American girl who is determined to show her independence and drive as a college-dropout. On her quest for validation she has to sort out her new lifestyle, and relationships, and prove to her immigrant mother she has what it takes to succeed. Pressure makes diamonds. Or crushes them.

    $20,000 - Awarded December 2021

    Focus areas
    Immigrant Voices
    Description

    The 2021 film grant will support Alx Through the Labyrinth. The film takes a dive into the Alice In Wonderland-like reality of contracting COVID-19; from the symptoms of vertigo to sensory loss and the labyrinth of seeking treatment.

    $50,000 - Awarded December 2021

    Focus areas
    Movement Media
    Representation in Media
    Description

    The 2021 film grant will support "In the Wake." When a beloved revolutionary goes missing, it's up to his estranged daughter to find him.

    $25,000 - Awarded December 2021

    Focus areas
    Representation in Media
    Description

    The 2021 film grant will support "The Unknown Tales of Lewis and Mary Latimer." This dramatic limited series looks at post Civil War America when African Americans exploded onto the world front and center with their technical innovations, industry, sense of community service, and dedication to democratic values. The story of Lewis Latimer, inventor, designer, engineer, poet, musician, and family man, will serve as a microcosm of Black America.

    $15,000 - Awarded December 2021

    Focus areas
    Representation in Media
    Description

    The 2021 film grant will support "Graveyard Shift Sisters." The film akes a critical and cultural look at Black women and women of color in the horror (and science fiction) community/industry. From mass media representation, filmmakers, writers, to the fans, these women have been close to invisible in recognition in the history of the horror genre.

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