July News

Greetings,

Third World Newsreel is saddened to hear of Robert Nakamura’s passing – one of the founders of Visual Communications (VC), the groundbreaking Los Angeles media center supporting Asian American filmmaking since 1970. He was a great filmmaker, a great inspiration, and a true activist filmmaker. We send our condolences to his family and the VC team.

On a separate note, we are overwhelmed by the escalation of attacks on our communities—from the crippling of arts, health, education funding and the literal attacks on our friends and neighbors alongside increasing wars and devastation. All of us need to step up—calling representatives, joining groups and organizing.

This month we congratulate fiscal sponsored projects: Sisa Bueno for the premiere of "For Venida, For Kalief" at the Tribeca Film Festival, Sam Wright Smith for the premiere of "Embodied" at Rooftop Films, and Ellen Martinez & Steph Ching for the upcoming PBS broadcast of "Slumlord Millionaire." Also, TWN Workshop graduate Karla Murthy premiered her documentary film "A Gas Station Attendant" at Sheffield Doc Fest.

Lastly, the BlackStar Film Festival is approaching and we are pleased to announce that JT Takagi, our Executive Director, will participate of the Reclaiming the Reel panel.

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

Upcoming Exhibitions

• July 19, "Voices of the Gods" by Al Santana at Sankofa, DC
• July 28, "Slumlord Millionaire" by Ellen Martinez and Steph Ching on PBS
• July 28, "The Woman's Film" and "Janie's Janie" by Newsreel at Anthology Film Archives
• TBA, People's Park by Newsreel at Le Doc, Paris
• Jun 8 - Aug 10, "Legendary Looks: My Ballroom Story" exhibit by Felix Rodriguez at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn
• March 15-Sept 21, "Thời Thơ Ấu (Childhood)" by Vi Tuong Bui at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans
• May 14 – Sept 30, "The Case Against Lincoln Center" Film and Photos by Newsreel part of the "Afterlives of San Juan Hill" Exhibit at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, El Barrio
• Ongoing, "Thời Thơ Ấu (Childhood)" by Vi Tuong Bui (Workshop Graduate) on PBS
• Ongoing, "Mama Gloria" by Luchina Fisher 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:
• SFFILM Documentary Film Fund, Native Youth Media Project, BPM's AfroPoP, OTV Atlas Fund, Reel Sisters Fellowship, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant for Presentations, Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant, Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists, DET Directing Film Program, Sundance Documentary Fund, AXS Film Fund, and LES Foundation.
• More resources

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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.