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Pearl Bowser was a significant figure in Black independent film, researching, chronicling, exhibiting and promoting. Third World Newsreel mourns her passing and remembers her important contributions to TWN’s work in our most recent Medium post. We will remember Pearl for her fierce determination and vision for Black film and her dedication to Black and BIPOC filmmakers. Pearl Bowser, presente!

Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 6:30 PM ET

IN SEARCH OF BENGALI HARLEM

Film and Talk with Vivek Bald

The Documentary Forum in Harlem

Vivek Bald shows his latest film which explores the past and present of the little-known community of South Asians in Harlem. Presented with the Documentary Forum at CCNY and the Asian American/Asian Research Institute at CUNY. In-person, free event at The City College of NY, 140th Street and Convent, Shepard Hall, Rm 291. Light refreshments served.

Upcoming Evening Seminars

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 6:30 PM EDT

THE ONLY DOCTOR - Film and Talk

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 6:30 PM EDT

The Art of Producing

October 2023

A STRING OF PEARLS

THE FILMS OF CAMILLE BILLOPS & AND JAMES HATCH

Row House Cinema, Pittsburgh

Peckhamplex, London  

UCLA Film and Television Archive, Los Angeles

October 14, 2023

BRINGIN' IN DA SPIRIT

Birth Justice Film Festival

Virtual and In-Person Screenings

October 11-13, 2023

Nou Akoma Nou Sinèrji

Haitian Dominican Transnational Film Festival

New York Media Arts Map List of Funding Opportunities

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Shutterstock’s Create Fund and the New York Latino Film Festival

Open Enrollment: 2023

Variety Gotham Week (Free Events)

October 2-5, 2023

Dart Center Documentary Film Fellowship

Deadline: October 4, 2023

Women in Media Developing Filmmaker Fellowship

Deadline: October 15, 2023

Indeed Rising Voices

Deadline: October 22, 2023

William and Louise Greaves Seminar

Deadline: October 31, 2023

NYC Women's Fund for Media, Music and Theatre

Deadline: November 1, 2023

MAAF for Artists

Deadline: January 15, 2024

World Channel Submissions

Deadline: Open

Ford Foundation Just Films

Deadline: Open

Brown Girls Doc Mafia

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FWD-Doc: Documentary Filmmakers With Disabilities

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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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TWN Stock Footage

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More Resources for Filmmakers

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TWN welcomes our new Moving Image Archiving and Preservation intern Julia "Juju" Pratiwi. She will help us with our film preservation and digitization efforts. Read more about her past work on MIAP's website.

Third World Newsreel continues to help grow our emerging and veteran BIPOC filmmaker community. If you attended any of our programs, watched our films, or believe in supporting BIPOC media makers, please consider making a donation to Third World Newsreel now. Donate directly via our webpage, twn.org. 

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, and the Peace Development Fund, as well as individual donors.