Pioneering Social Justice Media Since 1968

Hello JT,

This month we are celebrating our own JT Takagi, Executive Director, for receiving the Community Impact Award at EVC’s 40th Anniversary Benefit! EVC is a New York-based youth media organization dedicated to teaching documentary video as a means to develop the artistic, critical literacy, and career skills of young people, while nurturing their idealism and commitment to social change. Visit EVC's website to donate now! 

We are also celebrating the theatrical release of the 4K restoration of NAKED ACTS (1996), directed by TWN Workshop Graduate Bridgett M. Davis! The film will be playing at BAM Cinema in Brooklyn this weekend! Visit the Kino-Lorber website to get tickets.

Don't forget to stay connected with us! Follow us on social media for updates on upcoming film screenings, workshops, and news from the TWN community.

IN-PERSON and FREE

REFUSENIKS and SPIRIT TWISTER film screening and talk

part of the Centering Palestine on Screen series

June 20, 2024, 6 PM

Documentaries by Christine Choy streaming on Criterion Channel.

A Dream is What you Wake Up From streaming on kweliTV.

Social Justice Films Streaming on Vimeo.

Check out our Google Calendar with Events and Resources for Filmmakers

New York Media Arts Map List of Funding Opportunities

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Film Independent Documentary Labs

Deadline: June 17

IDA Enterprise and Pare Lorentz Funds

Deadline: June 25

Latino Public Broadcast Open Call

Deadline: June 26

Unscripted Pitch Accelerator

Deadline: June 30

AXS Film Fund Opens

Opens July 1

Detroit Narrative Agency Filmmaking Workshop Series 

Deadline: July 6

Center for Asian American Media Funding

Deadline: 2024

Black Public Media Funding

Deadline: 2024

Native Youth Media Project

Deadline: Open

Black Public Media AfroPoP Rolling Call

Deadline: Open

World Channel Submissions

Deadline: Open

Ford Foundation JustFilms

Deadline: 2025

Entertainment Community Fund

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Brown Girls Doc Mafia

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FWD-Doc: Documentary Filmmakers With Disabilities

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NYFA Online Courses for Artists

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NYWIFT Events and Seminars

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Women Make Movies Webinar Series

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DCTV Workshops

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UnionDocs Workshops & Seminars 

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Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Classes

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The Gotham Classes

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Center for Communication Classes

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Cinema Tropical's Weekly Newsletter

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Latino Voices Newsletter (short films)

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The Standby Program's Preservation and Post-Production Services

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Sundance Collab

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Negotiating Social Impact Rights in Documentary Film

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TWN Stock Footage

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Third World Newsreel (TWN) is a media arts organization that fosters the creation, appreciation, dissemination and preservation of independent film and video by and about people of color and social justice issues.

TWN is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of 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, MOSAIC, the National Film Preservation Foundation, New York Humanities, Ford Foundation, Golden Globe Foundation, New York Community Trust, Kolibri Foundation and the Peace Development Fund, as well as individual donors.

If you've been inspired by our programs or believe in the power of media at the intersection of BIPOC auteurship and social justice, we invite you to make a difference with your tax-deductible donation.