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

    $10,000 - Awarded August 2021

    Focus areas
    Representation in Media
    Description

    The 2021 Community Voices grant will support "One Magenta Afternoon." The short film honors the lifeblood of queer people of color, their artistic genius (even in the mundane), to uplift hoodoo/rootwork, and the spiritual power of jazz, and to de- and re-/construct concepts around “Black family.”

    $125,000 - Awarded August 2021

    Focus areas
    Archives
    Description

    To support a film about the life of Black feminist writer, filmmaker, and activist Toni Cade Bambara.

    $25,000 - Awarded August 2021

    Focus areas
    Representation in Media
    Description

    The 2021 Community Voices grant will support the "Shot and Forgotten" documentary as it amplifies the voices and humanize the stories of paralyzed gun violence survivors in Philadelphia.

    $25,000 - Awarded August 2021

    Focus areas
    Representation in Media
    Description

    The 2021 Community Voices grant will support "UNTITLED: Prisoners Film" as it tells an untold story about the history of incarcerated women who, along with their families, changed their prison conditions.

    $25,000 - Awarded August 2021

    Focus areas
    Representation in Media
    Description

    The 2021 Community Voices grant will support "Smile4Kime" as it fosters alternative imaginings, community conversations, and actions around Black women's mental health. This film impact campaign will include screenings, community-led conversations, and an educational/community toolkit.

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