More April News

Welcome back! We are pleased to announce two upcoming screenings at Anthology Film Archives in New York City. On April 30th, we will premiere the long-lost film "Palestine Vaincra (Palestine Will Win)" as part of the Prismatic Ground Film Festival. Later in May, our "African Spiritualities" theatrical series continues with screenings of two documentaries: Al Santana's "Voice of the Gods" and Manthia Diawara's "AI: African Intelligence" on May 26-27. Get your tickets now!

Also, Iris Morales' film "¡Palante, Siempre Palante!" was selected for the new distribution initiative ELEV8Docs, powered by Color Congress. It is one of two dozen films that will take part in a series of 8 marketing experiments throughout 2025 that aims to address distribution barriers that filmmakers of color face, from a lack of cultural competency among mainstream marketing and PR agencies, to a lack of data on diverse audience tastes and nonfiction consumption habits. The marketing experiments will be documented in case studies published in early 2026. Visit their website to learn more about this initiative, subscribe to their newsletter, and watch documentaries from the Color Congress community!

Keep reading for more details on our upcoming evening seminar with Anjanette Levert, exhibitions in London and Chicago, and a list of resources for filmmakers.

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Upcoming Evening Seminars

• 4/23 at 6:30 PM, Online, Pitch Your Doc! with Anjanette Levert
• 100+ Evening Seminars on our Vimeo Channel

Upcoming Exhibitions

• 4/17 & 4/28 "We Are the Palestinian People" at the Chicago Palestine Film Festival
• 4/30 "Palestine Vaincra (Palestine Will Win)" at the Prismatic Ground Film Festival, New York
• May 8 "Palestine Vaincra (Palestine Will Win) at the Open City Documentary Festival, London
• May 26-27 African Spiritualities series featuring "Voices of the Gods" and "AI: African Intelligence" at Anthology Film Archives, New York

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, BPM's AfroPoP, OTV Atlas Fund, Reel Sisters Fellowship, Creative Capital Open Call, Vimeo Short Film Grant, Working Films Open Call, March On! Filmmaker Competitions, (Egg)celerator Lab, and Climate Film Festival
• In-person and online training:
• TWN Evening Seminars, NYFA, DCTV, Women Make Movies, UnionDocs, Sundance Collab, Center for Communication, DOC NYC Pro, Beyond Resilience, Film Green Office Hours, and VLA
• Post-Production and Preservation services from The Stand-by Program
• Guidelines and Best Practice Statements:
• Disability Representation, AI in documentaries, GenAI Best Practices for Documentary Tool Kit, Archival Producers, Social Impact Rights, and Fair Use
• Membership associations for filmmakers:
• Entertainment Community Fund, BGDM, FWD-Doc, A-Doc, NALIP, and D-Word
• More resources

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Thanks to our supporters

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 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, the National Film Preservation Foundation, New York Humanities, Golden Globe Foundation, New York Community Trust, Kolibri Foundation, NFF, and the Peace Development Fund, as well as individual donors.