October News

Greetings,

As all of us are being challenged for existing, for standing up for free speech, creativity, our civil and human rights. We hope all of you are standing strong. Support one another, our communities, and the groups that have supported our rights, our films, and our filmmakers.

We continue our work with our free Evening Seminar series. Come join us for sessions on AI for filmmakers, Third Cinema, film archiving, and screenings of new films like "Slumlord Millionaire" and "Because of You." Keep reading for a list of upcoming seminars.

We are proud to celebrate the achievement of Rico Speight and his new documentary film "Rediscovering Fanon, which has recently premiered in France, Martinique, South Africa, and Italy, and has garnered three awards! This film, supported through TWN's fiscal sponsorship, has won the AmiCorti IFF Best International Documentaries Award, the African Diaspora Cinema Festival Trophy, and the Power24 International Film Festival Best Documentary Award.

Please keep reading for more details on evening seminars, exhibitions and resources for filmmakers. Don't forget to stay connected with us on social media.

Upcoming Evening Seminars

• Oct 1, Repurpose, Research, Reach: An AI Workshop for Nonfiction Filmmakers with Laila Harrison, Virtual
• Oct 8, "Slumlord Millionaire" Film and Talk with Filmmakers at The Documentary Forum, Harlem
• Oct 10, "Cinema for Liberation Talk at the Dominicans Love Haitian Movement Film Festival at the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, East Harlem
• Oct 15, Archiving for Films, For Community at The Documentary Forum
• Oct 22, "Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo" Film and Talk with Filmmakers Barbara Malaran and Desireena Almoradie at The Documentary Forum
• Oct 29, Robert Chang and POV: Where Things are at Now at The Documentary Forum

Upcoming Exhibitions

• Oct 17, "Bev Grant: A Lifetime of Liberation" at Workers Unite Film Festival
• Oct 19, "American Problems, Trans Solutions" by Haz Habtezghi (Workshop Graduate), at NewFest, Promo Code NF37TWNR4TIX
• Oct 23, "Sex Work - It's Just A Job" by Tami Gold (Newsreel member) at the Workers Unite Film Festival
• Oct 25, "Because of You" by Barbara Malaran and Desireena Almoradie at the Lesbian Lives Conference, NYC
• Sept 21 - Jan 11, "Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes" by Barbara McCullough at the National Gallery of Art, DC (TWN Distribution)
• Nov, Newsreel Retrospective at BAM and Anthology Film Archives
• Oct-Nov, Newsreel Retrospective at DokLeipzig
• Ongoing, "Thời Thơ Ấu (Childhood)" by Vi Tuong Bui on PBS POV Shorts (TWN Workshop Grad)
• Ongoing, "Mama Gloria" by Luchina Fisher on PBS AfroPoP (TWN Distribution)

List of Resources and Deadlines

• Calendar of upcoming grants and other deadlines
• New York State Media Arts Map and list of grants
• Deadlines:
• NYFA Immigrant Artists Mentoring Program deadline (10/13)
• JFI Filmmakers Residency (10/20)
• Roy W. Dean Grant (10/31)
• Carole Dorothy Joyce Student Grant (11/30)
• Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant for Presentations (Ongoing)
• More resources

Join Us

Visit twn.org to explore our renewed digital presence and join us in shaping a media landscape where diversity and intersectionality drive social transformation.

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.