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ITVS DIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FUND |
The ITVS Diversity Development Fund gives directors of color up to $35,000 in research and development funding so that they can develop their documentary for public media. The documentary can be on any subject, viewpoint, or style as long as it is in development or pre-production. Diversity Development Fund is not a grant. You will receive funding in the form of a development agreement that assigns ITVS certain rights over your project during the term of the contract.
Deadline for applications is July 8th. Learn more here.
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LATINO PUBLIC BROADCASTING 2022 FUNDING CYCLE |
Latino Public Broadcasting's 2022 Funding Cycle is now open. LPB is accepting applications for three funding initiatives - the Current Issues Fund (CIF), Public Media Content Fund (PMCF), and Digital Media Fund. LPB is looking to fund a wide variety of projects that celebrate and reflect the diverse Latino experience and bring new audiences to public media.
Deadline to apply is June 27th. Learn more here.
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DOCUMENTARY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE |
The Documentary Development Initiative is a new partnership between The Gotham and HBO Documentary Films. The program is created for storytellers who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and/or storytellers with disabilities. The program's intent is to provide resources to develop thought-provoking, character-driven contemporary ideas for documentary films and limited series. Up to 10 selected filmmakers will be given grants of $50,000 for research and creative development at an early stage.
Deadline to submit is July 26th. Learn more here.
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AMERICAN STORIES DOCUMENTARY FELLOWSHIP |
The American Stories Documentary Fellowship will support five filmmaking teams from underrepresented backgrounds making creative, cinematic and character-driven documentaries about modern America. Fellows will receive a $10,000 grant to support production or post-production costs. From September 11-18, they'll participate in an immersive, creative retreat on the coast of Maine, where they'll workshop their stories with experienced mentors and industry leaders in the week leading up to the Camden International Film Festival. Fellows will also have opportunities to participate in industry meetings during CIFF and a virtual market following the festival.
Deadline to apply is July 12th. Learn more and apply here.
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The AXS Film Fund supports creators of color in documentary filmmaking or nonfiction new media who identify as having a disability. They seek to bring visibility to creators who are oftentimes overlooked. While they ask that a person of color with a disability is a key contributor to the project, they welcome diverse teams to apply. Each year, up to five creators are awarded with grants of up to $10,000 to assist them in finishing their projects in any stage of production.
Deadline to apply is July 31st. Learn more and apply here.
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FIRELIGHT MEDIA DOCUMENTARY LAB |
The Documentary Lab develops emerging nonfiction filmmakers of color who make artful and innovative documentary films that focus on underrepresented communities and provide new narratives about the most pressing issues of our time. The 18-month program provides filmmakers with a $25,000 grant towards their projects as well as customized mentorship, professional development workshops and networking opportunities. All types of long-form documentary projects - historical, investigative, personal, vérité, and experimental will be considered.
Deadline to apply is June 13th 2022. Learn more here.
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LEF MOVING IMAGE FUND GRANTEES |
The LEF Moving Image Fund has awarded 11 grants totaling $205,000 in support of feature-length documentary works in production and post-production. They include seven grants of $15,000 to projects at the Production stage and four grants of $25,000 to projects at the Post-production stage.
The grantees include CID sponsored films KING LUCK, directed by Emily Graham-Handley and produced by Emily Graham Handley and Tom Donahue (production grant), and ADAM'S APPLE, directed by Amy Jenkins (post-production grant.)
Amy Jenkins was also awarded the Harvard Film Study Center-LEF Foundation Fellowship. Given to one filmmaker per academic year, the Fellowship includes a $10,000 grant (jointly funded by FSC and LEF Foundation), access to FSC production and post-production equipment, and the opportunity to participate in the Harvard FSC community.
Read the announcement from LEF Foundation here.
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HUMANITIES SUSTAINABILITY FELLOWSHIP |
The Sundance Institute has partnered with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) on a new initiative to support non-fiction media makers whose work and careers have been drastically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Funded by the NEH, the Fellowship will provide 20 under-resourced non-fiction storytellers with a direct stipend of $60,000 each to supplement their income. This will be complemented by mentorship, project advice and other professional development opportunities.
Grantees include CID filmmakers Immy Humes, Marlo Poras, and Tsanavi Spoonhunter.
Read the full list of grantees here.
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[Image Description: A grid of twenty headshots of men and women who are the 2022 Humanities Sustainability Fellows.] |
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LIFT AT TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
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LIFT (directed by David Petersen; produced by Mary Recine and David Petersen) will have its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday, June 12th at 2pm with more screenings between June 14-18. All information and tickets can be found here.
Filmed over ten years, LIFT shines a spotlight on the invisible story of homelessness in America through the eyes of a group of young homeless and home-insecure ballet dancers in New York City. Follow LIFT on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @liftdocumentary #LiftDoc
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THE BIG PAYBACK AT TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
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THE BIG PAYBACK (directed by Erika Alexander and Whitney Dow, produced by Ben Arnon and Xan Parker) will have its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival on June 11th with more screenings through June 18th.
The film follows rookie alderman Robin Rue Simmons and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on their quest to fight for reparations for Black Americans.
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LOVE & STUFF, directed by Judith Helfand, will premiere on September 5th, 2022 on PBS' "POV", the longest running series for independent documentaries on television.
Seven months after helping her terminally ill mother have a "good death" in home-hospice, filmmaker Judith Helfand becomes a "new old" single mother at 50. Love & Stuff explores the transformative power of parenting, our complex and very emotional attachment to "stuff," and what it is we really need to leave our children.
Read the full lineup for the 35th season of "POV" here.
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[Image Description: Filmmaker Judith Helfand sits on a red couch holding her baby. She gazes directly ahead into the camera. Packages of diapers and other "stuff" are stacked behind her.] |
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MAMA HAS A MUSTACHE RECEIVES "PROJECT: HATCHED" GRANT
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Chicken & Egg Pictures has announced their latest round of Project: Hatched grantees. Six documentary projects from women and nonbinary artists will receive $30,000 toward their completion costs and impact campaigns. The filmmakers will also receive seven months of mentorship in impact strategy and professional development.
The grantees include MAMA HAS A MUSTACHE, Sally Rubin's short animated documentary about identity and family outside of the traditional gender binary, as seen through children's eyes. The film will screen in June at Frameline. Visit the website to learn more.
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[Image Description: A bold and colorful poster with collaged elements of photos of children, children's drawings and paper cutouts throughout. In the center, colorful text reads: "Mama Has A Mustache: Kids Talk Gender." At the top of the poster, above several laurels, a quote from Leslea Newman, author of "Heather Has Two Mommies" reads, "I had a smile on my face the whole time, even when I also had tears in my eyes. This film is nothing short of revolutionary."] |
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WHAT THE PIER GAVE US RECEIVES AXS FILM FUND GRANT
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WHAT THE PIER GAVE US, directed and produced by Luna X Moya has received a grant from the AXS Film Fund. The fund is intended to bring visibility to content creators in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction new media who identify as persons of color with disabilities by offering opportunities with mainstream funding structures.
What the Pier Gave Us is a visually poetic film featuring five vignettes about immigrants who fish at a New York City pier.
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FILM INDEPENDENT 2022 DOCUMENTARY LAB |
Film Independent has set the filmmakers and projects for its 2022 Documentary Lab. They include CID filmmaker Alissa Figueroa (BREAKING THE BLUE WALL.) The Lab is an intensive program that provides creative feedback to filmmakers currently in post on feature-length docs.
Breaking The Blue Wall tells the story of two women from Baltimore City who take on the Fraternal Order of Police and the politicians wary of crossing it as they push to repeal one of the oldest and strongest police shield laws in the country, Maryland's Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights.
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SONG OF SALT WORLD PREMIERE
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SONG OF SALT, directed by Emma Baiada and Nicolas Snyder, had its world premiere at the Lighthouse International Film Festival on June 5th where it played as the festival's only Special Presentation. The film also screened at the San Francisco Documentary Festival on June 8th and will be available online from June 5th - 16th.
Set in an isolated mining town on the outskirts of Death Valley, Song of Salt is an immersive glimpse into the struggles and celebrations within a tight-knit community as its residents, suspended between the past and the future, face the present realities of an eroding economy. Watch the trailer and visit the film's website here.
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[Image Description: A person stands bent over in a shallow lake filled with piles of salt. They are harvesting the rocks, wrapping them in newspaper, and placing them in cardboard boxes. At the top of the image are laurels for the DocFest and Lighthouse International Film festivals.] |
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AS PRESCRIBED WORLD PREMIERE
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Detailing multiple cases of the damage wreaked by benzodiazepines, As Prescribed offers poignant insight into a devastating social crisis. Visit the film's website here.
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THE HIGH ROCK WORLD PREMIERE
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THE HIGH ROCK (formerly 10 Summers) had its world premiere at the 2022 San Francisco Documentary Festival from June 1-12. It was fitting that the film had its premiere in the city where the story began. Work on the documentary began in 1999; it has been a long journey and the filmmakers are excited to share it with audiences.
The High Rock is an immersive documentary about a unique summer camp and the landscape of childhood. For more information and to view the new trailer, visit the film's website.
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INTERGENERATION AT ROXBURY FILM FESTIVAL
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INTERGENERATION, directed by Carolyn Shadid Lewis, will have its festival premiere at Roxbury Film Festival on Saturday, June 25th. Purchase tickets here.
InterGeneration celebrates the beauty and strength of Boston's neighborhoods of color and the multicultural fabric that can hold community together.
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FOUR WINTERS WINS BEST DOCUMENTARY AT TJFF
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Director Julia Mintz will be receiving the David A. Stein Award, awarded to the Best Documentary making its Canadian Premiere at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, the largest Jewish film festival in the world. The film screened in person at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, Toronto on Sunday June 12th.
Despite extraordinary odds, over 25,000 Jewish partisans courageously fought back against the Nazis and their collaborators from bases deep within the forests of WWII's Belarus and Eastern Europe. Shattering the myth of Jewish passivity, the last surviving partisans tell their stories of resistance in FOUR WINTERS.
Next screening will be Monday, June 27th at The Westport Library in Westport, CT at 7pm. Register here. The theatrical premiere will be at the Film Forum in NYC in September. To help bring the film to campuses and communities near and far, make a donation here.
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[Image Description: A sepia toned photograph of young Jewish partisans posing as a group in the woods.] |
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FWD-DOC ADVOCATES FOR INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY AT FESTIVALS |
FWD-Doc (Filmmakers with Disabilities) is a group of over 500 disabled filmmakers and allies. FWD-Doc seeks to increase the visibility of, support for, and direct access to opportunities, networks, and employment for D/deaf, disabled, and neurodiverse filmmakers. They aim to foster greater inclusion of D/deafness, disability, and neurodiversity within the broader entertainment industry. FWD-Doc leadership includes: co-founders, Day Al-Mohamed (on leave), Lindsey Dryden, Jim LeBrecht, and Alysa Nahmias, and Interim Director, Amanda Upson.
A new "Accessibility Scorecard" launched this summer will aim to help US and international film festivals assess and improve their accessibility measures. Developed by filmmaker Cassidy Dimon in conjunction with FWD-Doc and the Film Festival Alliance, the Scorecard will gather data from festival participants and attendees that will be fed back to organizers in order to increase their awareness of how accessible their events are. Learn more here.
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WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDS WINS GOLD TELLY AWARD
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[Image Description: A person in silhouette walks along a road overgrown with shrubbery and weeds poking through the cement. Text reads "Where The Pavement Ends. Directed by Jane Gillooly.] |
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LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS ON THE SOUTHERN CIRCUIT
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LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS produced and directed by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider of PatchWork Films was featured in a month-long tour as part of this year's Southern Circuit. Screening in Universities, Arts Centers, and a barn in rural North Carolina, the film had 10 live screenings in 5 states and 10 virtual. Audiences responded enthusiastically to the story of two virtuoso Cuban musician brothers reunited after geopolitics virtually kept them apart for decades in a story of possibility, music and family.
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[Image Description: A blue poster with two Cuban musician brothers on either side of the poster. The one on the left plays piano and the one on the left plays violin. They are both wearing suits. Text reads: "Patchworks Films presents Los Hermanos: The Brothers. A film by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider. Www.hermanosbrothersfilm.info" At the top of the poster are a series of seven laurels.] |
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CLARISSA'S BATTLE AT SAN FRANCISCO DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
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CLARISSA'S BATTLE, directed by Tamara Perkins and produced by Sara Maamouri, had its Bay Area premiere at San Francisco Documentary Festival on June 4th.
The film follows Social Justice Warrior Clarissa Doutherd who leads a tenacious battle to build a coalition fighting for desperately needed child care and early education funding. Watch the film's trailer here.
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[Image Description: Clarissa Doutherd stands in a black cardigan and blue t-shirt that reads "Parent Voices." She is holding up a sign with a line of women walking and also waving signs in protest behind her.] |
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QUEERING YOGA HAS BAY AREA PREMIERE
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QUEERING YOGA, a film by Ewan Duarte, had its SF Bay Area premiere at the San Francisco Documentary Festival at the Roxie Theater on June 4th. Queering Yoga is available to stream online from June 1st through June 12th for the duration of the San Francisco Documentary Festival.
Queering Yoga tells the story of 6 Queer/Trans/QTPOC yoga teachers and their personal stories of healing, transformation, and yoga journey. Visit the film's website here and watch the trailer.
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76 DAYS AT MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM
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Through August 14th, visitors to the Mystic Seaport Museum will be able to see the trailer from the documentary 76 DAYS, a film that tells the true story of Steven Callahan's epic survival ordeal as told in his best-selling book, "Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea." The trailer will be available to watch as part of the Museum's newest exhibition, "Story Boats: The Tales They Tell." "Story Boats" gathers a diverse selection of boats, large and small, to offer a fresh and exciting view into the American maritime experience. Learn more and purchase your tickets here.
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[Image Description: A small white boat floating on calm blue waters. Text reads: "Story Boats. The tales they tell." ] |
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PRIDE MONTH BROADCAST AND AWARD NEWS FOR CURED
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CURED will be broadcast approximately 500 times during June on PBS’ WORLD
June 17 as part of AARP’s Movies for Grownups series. To register for this free
virtual screening, click here.
The Cured team would like to congratulate Archival Producers Mridu Chandra
and Lewanne Jones on being shortlisted for the 2022 Jane Mercer Researcher of
the Year Award. This prize — to be announced in late June — is part of the
FOCAL International Awards, which celebrate the best use of archival footage in creative and cultural industries. In addition, Cured won numerous accolades in the 2022 Telly Awards, including a Gold Telly in the History category; one of the two top awards in the Diversity and Inclusion
category; and honors for editing and trailer production.
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[Image Description: A brown poster for the film "Cured" with an image of a person wearing a rainbow-colored shirt waving a microphone in the air joyfully. Text reads: "CURED. Doctors called them sick. The remedy was rebellion. A film by Bennett Singer & Patrick Sammon." A series of laurels are at the top of the poster. At the bottom are logos for supporters of the film.] |
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BLANKET TOWN WINS AT LONGLEAF FILM FESTIVAL
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Swannanoa, a small town in the mountains of North Carolina, was once home to Beacon Blankets, the largest manufacturer of blankets in the world. Blanket Town chronicles Therese and fall of this company town, which was entirely built around the "big red thumping heart" of the mill.
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[Image Description: A laurel reads: "Documentary Feature Best Overall. Longleaf 2022. North Carolina Museum of History.] |
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#SUMMEROFJOHN FILM CAMPAIGN |
The #SummerOfJohn Fundraising Campaign will celebrate the life of beloved Maryland marathon runner John Godinet, with proceeds going to support the making of TAIL TWISTER, a documentary film for public television about John's final years by Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Robert Rooy.
ALS took John away on May 7, 2021, five years after his diagnosis. Tail Twister profiles John, the community that supported him, the friends who embraced him and his husband, Peter, who cared for him. John's community is conducting a fundraising campaign to help make Tail Twister a reality. Every dollar raised will be matched by a PBS-affiliated funding agency. Stay informed about the campaign and join the mailing list here. Follow on Instagram and Facebook too.
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[Image Description: John Godinet stands outside on a sunny day pointing towards a thick forest with mountains in the distance. He wears a red t-shirt, a backwards baseball cap, a grey backpack and sunglasses.”] |
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NARROW PATH TO HAPPINESS FUNDRAISING
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Budapest-based Makabor Studio is delighted to partner with co-producer Marc Smolowitz from 13th Gen in San Francisco and CID on the U.S. fundraising efforts to complete Kata Olåh's film NARROW PATH TO HAPPINESS. Produced by Olåh and Borbala Czukås, the film tells the story of a young gay Romani couple from a remote village in Hungary who have a dream so absurd that it seems impossible: making a musical film based on their lives. The film has been made against the backdrop of rising autocracy and anti-LGBTQ hatred in Hungary, making it impossible for the filmmakers to receive any official support in Hungary. The goal is to find major donors in the United States to help bring this film to international screens in 2023. To date, the project has been successfully pitched at Hot Docs Dealmaker, When East Meets West, and was one of the Docs-In-Progress pitch prize winners at Thessaloniki's Agora Doc Market.
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[Image Description: A film poster with a couple closely embracing with arms around each other's waists and their foreheads leaned against one another. They are wearing vibrantly colorful, floral sweatshirts. Text at the top of the poster reads: "Narrow Path To Happiness. Film by Kata Olah."] |
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LEONA'S SISTER GERRI ON KANOPY
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LEONA'S SISTER GERRI, the POV award-winning film by Jane Gillooly, that traces the iconic photograph of Gerri Santoro who died in 1964 from an illegal abortion, has been remastered and was released on the streaming site Kanopy on June 7th, and will be featured on the homepage the following week. Leona's Sister Gerri is distributed by New Day Films and is available for educational use at newday.com. For a limited time, the film is available for free personal viewing here.
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[Image Description: A film poster with a black and white photo of two young women in matching white dresses, standing next to one another and smiling. Text at the top of the poster reads: "Leona's Sister Gerri." A series of laurels run down the right-hand side of the poster, along with the POV logo. Small text reads "A film by Jane Gillooly."] |
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THE COMEDY CLUB FREE ON TUBI
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When a fire destroys Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco, defiant owner Tom Sawyer and his crew of comedians rebuild it, hoping to revive the struggling local comedy scene. As a breeding ground for young comedians, Cobb's could not be equaled. Jim Carrey, Dana Carvey, Paula Poundstone, Bob Saget, Ellen DeGeneres, Bobcat Goldthwait, Bill Maher, Kevin Pollak and more developed at this small club. David C. Schendel (Yank Tanks, 2003) documents the roller coaster ride to re-open the legendary independent venue and keep it open against all odds.
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[Image Description: A screenshot of a tweet from Judd Apatow reads "Watch The Comedy Club (2016) - Free Movies | Tubi. Great documentary about Tom Sawyer and Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco!" The tweet was made on 5/6/22 at 9:10am.] |
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JULIA VINOGRAD DAY SCREENING & READING
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On Sunday, June 5th, JULIA VINOGRAD: BETWEEN SPIRIT AND STONE director Ken Paul Rosenthal invited one and all to celebrate Berkeley's official Julia Vinograd Day at Strawberry Creek Park in front of the Hidden Cafe. He showed a ten minute excerpt of the film, and there were readings of Julia's most cherished poems along with giant bubble blowing.
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[Image Description: A black and white photo of Julia Vinograd standing in the front of a crowd of people. Her eyes are closed and head is upturned as she blows bubbles towards the sky. Text in a typewriter font reads "Julia Vinograd: Between Spirit and Stone"] |
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DO I NEED THIS? WINS AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
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DO I NEED THIS? won the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature at its first public screening, a sneak peek preview at the Green Film Festival of San Francisco. The screening took place at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco. Find screening updates at the film's website here.
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MAMA IRENE, HEALER OF THE ANDES AT FESTIVALS
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MAMA IRENE, HEALER OF THE ANDES (co-directed by Bettina Ehrhardt and Elisabeth Möhlmann; produced by Blaze A Path Productions) was accepted to the Festival CINECOLO-HAITI (June 4) and, as one of two foreign documentaries, to the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto (June 9). Decentralized Directorate of Culture of Cusco/Peru just recently endorsed the film.
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[Image Description: A film poster with Mama Irene in profile, looking towards the sky in front of a majestic mountain. Large text at the top reads "Mama Irene, Healer of the Andes." Smaller text reads "This is how I was blessed by the Gods."] |
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YOUTH AND GENDER MEDIA PROJECT AT THE TRANSGENDER HEALTH SUMMIT
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Jonathan Skurnik screened the four films in his YOUTH AND GENDER MEDIA PROJECT series at the Transgender Health Summit in Asheville, NC on June 3rd, where he also shared skills and best practices for inclusion of trans and gender fluid youth in school communities.
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[Image Description: A poster with images of three childrens' faces. At the top, white text against a green background reads "Creating Gender Inclusive Schools." On the right side of the poster, white text against a yellow background reads "A Film By Jonathan Skurnick." Below are two laurels and the logo for New Day Films. ] |
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THE BLUES TRAIL REVISITED IN MEMPHIS
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Partnering with the world renowned Blues Foundation, Ted Reed hit the blues trail in early May for another screening of his award-winning film THE BLUES TRAIL REVISITED during the Blues Music Awards and The International Blues Challenge, Helfand on historic Beale Street.
The Blues Trail Revisited is available to rent and you can check out the Podcast, here or available on most podcast apps.
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[Image Description: A magazine is open to an advertisement for a screening of The Blues Trail Revisited .A photo of a blues musician playing a guitar and singing is at the top of the page. Below text reads: "Join us for a special screening of The Blues Trail Revisited. Friday May 6th 2022."] |
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UPSTANDER PROJECT IS HIRING |
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Our friends at Upstander Project are hiring an Indigenous, Black, Person of Color Film Fellow starting this summer. This is a great opportunity to make films and work with a mission-driven organization dedicated to amplifying silent narratives. Check out the job listing here.
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DOC FILMMAKING COURSES SCHEDULED FOR SUMMER |
Please help spread the word about these upcoming doc filmmaking courses:
Other courses include:
This six-session [Camera Work and Visual Storytelling] workshop was one of my best-ever learning experiences. It opened up a whole new artistic discipline and effectively combined the aesthetic and technical aspects of visual storytelling. – Melissa Shaak
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"Human Shield"
Directed and produced by Erin Persley
In this journey from the car to the front door, abortion clinic patients are bombarded by screaming protestors who chase them, surround them, and plead with them to protect the life of their unborn child. If left alone, patients can be prevented, psychologically or physically, from reaching the clinic and exercising their right to choose. The only protective force standing between them and the graphic images, intimidation, and blaring bullhorns are clinic escorts: volunteers who use their own bodies to shield patients from the verbal, emotional, and sometimes physical abuse of protestors. With their colorful vests and rainbow umbrellas, these escorts have come together to ensure the safety of patients seeking basic healthcare.
Read more and contribute to the film here.
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Featured Resource Of The Month |
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Stories for Justice Impact Report |
Independent Lens has released its first Stories for Justice report, which discovered that documentaries have increased understanding about the inequities in the US justice system and inspired 45% of viewers to engage in civic dialogue about reform.
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