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Industry Resources & Opportunities
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LIST OF BROWN GIRLS DOC MAFIA MEMBERS READY TO WORK
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A list of 232+ women/non-binary members of
Brown Girls Doc Mafia who are ready, willing, and able to join productions right now! Please plan to PAY them well (and be open to negotiations for hazard pay/overtime), to CARE about their safety and health within pandemic production protocols, and to PROVIDE them the resources (and team) they need to be set up for success on your project.
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"THE DOCUMENTARY FUTURE: A CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY"
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Narrative justice demands that those closest to the problem define that problem. This necessarily means a rearrangement of who stands behind the camera, but also requires tools to advance responsible, accountable filmmaking no matter the filmmaker."
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FILMMAKER SOLIDARITY FUND
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Camden International Film Festival (CIFF)
will be launching their new Filmmaker Solidarity Fund, which will distribute 50% of net proceeds from all virtual festival pass and ticket sales as honoraria for every participating filmmaker or filmmaking team, including both features and shorts directors. The fund will also seek new tax-deductible contributions and corporate sponsorships from partners interested in supporting diverse independent filmmakers during this time of critical need. Learn more
here
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JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE
IN THEATERS AND ON DEMAND
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Directed by Daw
n Porter ("Gideon's Army", "Bobby Kennedy for President"), the film examines the life and career of the longtime congressman.
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National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $84
million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2020.
Included in this announcement were two Art Works awards both in the amount of $20,000 to Center for Independent Documentary towards
TERRY RILEY: BEAUTIFUL OFFERINGS, directed by Amy Miller, and towards EVERYTHING SEEMED POSSIBLE, directed by Oren Rudavsky. These are two of 1,015 grants nationwide that the agency has approved in this category.
“These awards demonstrate the resilience of the arts in America, showcasing not only the creativity of their arts projects but the organizations’ agility in the face of a national health crisis,” said Mary Anne Carter, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Read the full list of grantees
here.
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DAWNLAND
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DEAR GEORGINA
SCREENINGS AND LIVE Q&A
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Upstander Project and Revolutionary Spaces present the Emmy Award winning film
Dawnland
and
Dear Georgina
followed by a live Q & A on Wednesday July 8th at 7pm ET / 4pm PT. RSVP at
tinyurl.com/july8dawn
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For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native American children from their homes to save them from being Indian. In Maine, the first official “truth and reconciliation commission” in the United States begins a historic investigation.
DAWNLAND
goes behind-the-scenes as this historic body grapples with difficult truths, redefines reconciliation, and charts a new course for state and tribal relations.
In
Dear Georgina
a Passamaquoddy elder journeys into an unclear past to better understand herself and her cultural heritage.
Join Elizabeth Solomon (Massachusett), Roger Paul (Passamaquoddy/Maliseet, lecturer in Native American Studies, University of Maine), filmmaker Adam Mazo, and Upstander Project Learning Director Mishy Lesser for a conversation after the films. The conversation will be moderated by Cedric Woods (citizen of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and director of the Institute for New England Native American Studies).
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THE G WORD
RELEASES NEW SHORT
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THE G WORD
team has released its latest short,
HIGHLY CAPABLE
. In this new piece, director/producer Marc Smolowitz focuses his lens on the state of Washington, where gifted and talented programs are called "highly capable" and universal screening for giftedness has become the key strategy being used by one suburban school district to expand chances of identifying underserved students for gifted programs. And earlier this spring, we launched a new social media initiative,
#MyGiftedStory
. In tandem with producing our documentary film, we're experimenting with a
visual storytelling project
that focuses on our nation’s gifted and talented population at every stage of life - from urban, suburban, and rural settings, representing zip codes from all 50 states. To learn more about the project (and even participate), check out this
recent blog post
from Marc.
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ERNIE & JOE
STREAMING FOR FREE
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HBO has once again made
ERNIE & JOE
available to stream for free on their
Youtube channel
! The film will be there for viewing until July 15th.
Part of the San Antonio Police Department’s ten-person mental health unit, Ernie Stevens and Joe Smarro are putting compassionate policing practices into action.
Ernie & Joe
chronicles their daily encounters with people in crisis, showing how their innovative approach to policing – which takes mental health into account – is having a dramatic effect on the way police respond to these challenges.
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MRS. VERA'S DAYBOOK
LAUNCHING IN JULY
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NuReality Productions in Berkeley, CA is about to launch their feature film,
MRS. VERA'S DAYBOOK
in late July. This film about Art, Survival and Love grew out of the CID sponsored short film
Verasphere: A Love Story in Costume
in 2019. As that film was making its way around the festival world before premiering on local PBS last year, Producer/Director Robert James was already seeing a bigger story unfold. This entirely new film now features supporting voices telling their amazing stories of activism, long-term-AIDS survival and Community Art.
See the film's website (
mrsverasdaybookfilm.com
)
for screening and streaming details. The site includes an amazing gallery of super colorful images that you might need sunglasses for viewing.
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VISION 2030: THE FUTURE OF SOCAL
NOMINATED FOR EMMY
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Vision 2030: The Future of SoCal, directed by Betsy Kalin, has been nominated for a
Los Angeles area Emmy Award. The documentary explores what life will look like in Southern California through the eyes of the diverse population. You can
watch the film on Spectrum News 1. The 72nd Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards will be presented July 18th at 7pm on
Emmys.com.
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CID Sponsored Film Of The Month
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"MY GOLD LINING"
Directed by Jasmine Espy
My Gold Lining
is a medical documentary delving into the lives of two African-American women battling a debilitating skin condition called Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS).
Read more and contribute to the film
here.
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Featured Resource Of The Month
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"Deconstruction: Anti-Racist Media & Action Guide"
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A curated guide to help small groups navigate and discuss a small selection of anti-racist media, and connect their new insights to concrete action.
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We are grateful for the generous support of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and the Boston Cultural Council, a local agency which is funded by the Mass Cultural Council, and administered by the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture.
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Center For Independent Documentary | 1-339-364-1278 | www.documentaries.org
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