August News

Greetings,

We are thrilled to announce news about film preservation projects, workshop graduates and upcoming public events with JT Takagi.

To start, our film "Mississippi Triangle" has been preserved and will have its premiere at the Asian American International Film Festival in New York. We extend our gratitude to the National Film Preservation Foundation and the New York Women in Film & Television's Women's Film Preservation Fund for their generous support.

In other preservation news, we have announced the fall launch of the historic Newsreel Retrospective (1968-1972). The Retrospective is now available for bookings by film festivals, educational institutions, and cultural organizations worldwide. Programmers can screen Retrospective films between November 2025 and 2026; initial screenings confirmed this fall at prestigious venues including BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Maysles Cinema, and Anthology Film Archives in NYC, as well as DOK Leipzig in Germany.

TWN Workshop grads actively creating new and exciting films and exhibits. Grace Lee's "BTS Army" opens in theaters this weekend, while Roshawn Bell's "FEMME" film will be part of the Hamilton Arts Festival in New Jersey. Jasmine Murrell's new exhibit "The Serpent, the Medicine and the Invisible Devil" is displayed at the Alice Austen Park & Museum in State Island, and Sujani Reddy's "I'm Not Here" is currently streaming on NewFilmmakers New York.

Lastly, two of our favorite festivals, the BlackStar Film Festival and the Asian American International Film Festival, are starting this weekend! JT Takagi, our Executive Director, will participate as panelist in both events!

Please keep reading for more details on upcoming exhibitions and a list of resources for filmmakers.

Upcoming Exhibitions

• July 30-Aug 3, "BTS Army" by Grace Lee (Workshop Grad) in theaters
• Until July 31, "I'm Not Here" by Sujani Reddy (Workshop Grad) streaming on NewFilmmakers New York.
• August 2, "Mississippi Triangle" (TWN Production) film preservation premiere at the Asian American International Film Festival in New York City and Q&A with filmmaker Christine Choy
• August 8, "Because of You" by Barbara Malaran and Desireena Almoradie (Fiscal Sponsored Project) at the Asian American International Film Festival in New York City
• TBA, "FEMME" film by Roshawn Bell (Workshop Grad) at the Hamilton Arts Festival, Paterson, NJ
• Jun 8 - Aug 10, "Legendary Looks: My Ballroom Story" exhibit by Felix Rodriguez (Workshop Grad) at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn
• May 31- Aug 30, THE SERPENT, THE MEDICINE, AND THE INVISIBLE DEVIL by Jasmine Murrell (TWN Grad) exhibit at the Alice Austen Park & Museum, Staten Island
• March 15-Sept 21, "Thời Thơ Ấu (Childhood)" by Vi Tuong Bui (Workshop Grad) at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans
• May 14 – Sept 30, "The Case Against Lincoln Center" Film and Photos (Newsreel) part of the "Afterlives of San Juan Hill" Exhibit at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, El Barrio
• Sept 21 - Jan 11, "Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes" exhibit by Barbara McCullough (TWN Distribution) at NGA, DC
• Ongoing, "Thời Thơ Ấu (Childhood)" by Vi Tuong Bui (Workshop Grad) on PBS
• Ongoing, "Mama Gloria" by Luchina Fisher (TWN Distribution) on PBS
• Ongoing, "Slumlord Millionaire" by Steph Ching and Ellen Martinez (Fiscal Sponsored Project) on PBS

List of Resources and Deadlines

• Calendar of upcoming grants and other deadlines
• New York State Media Arts Map and list of grants
• Deadlines:
• Native Youth Media Project, 100 Voices of Florida, New Narratives, BPM's AfroPoP, OTV Atlas Fund, Reel Sisters Fellowship, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant for Presentations, AXS Film Fund, and LES Foundation for Early Development / Pre-Production
• Training:
• Re-Present Media's Film Accounting Workshop (7/30)
• More resources

Join Us

Visit twn.org to explore our renewed digital presence and join us in shaping a media landscape where diversity and intersectionality drive social transformation.

In solidarity,

The Third World Newsreel team

Pioneering Social Justice Media Since 1968

Thanks to our supporters

TWN is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council, Color Congress, Jerome Foundation, the National Film Preservation Foundation, Golden Globe Foundation, New York Community Trust, Kolibri Foundation, NFF, and the Peace Development Fund, as well as individual donors.