EXCLUSIVE:TheFord Foundationis coming through for documentary filmmakers in a big way.
Roger Ross Williams and Toni Kamau are among the producers ofLaikipia.
Documentary at last years Sundance Film Festival, also will receive funding through the grants announced today.
Ford Foundation’s Creativity and Free Expression ProgramFord Foundation
[See the full list of grantees below].
Each documentary helps to illuminate the multifaceted experiences that define our present era.
Films by David France, Kimberly Reed, and a John Leguizamo project are among other prominent grantees.
‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project‘Confluential Films/Rada Studio/HBO
The grants fill an important gap in current landscape of documentary filmmaking.
The moment we are in calls for sophisticated responses to counter the challenges were seeing across the industry.
Lyrics by Stew, music by Heidi Rodewald and Stew.
Animation by Tom Curtis.
Using the lessons Henry taught him, Gerald made history by organizing his way out of prison.
Now, Gerald is on a mission to bring his 83-year old Pops home.
A rom-com about the next phase of marriage equality.
Join us as we remap and rethink land ownership today.
The Queer Futures series centers joy and connection to radically imagine future visions of queer life.
Sun Ra and the Roots of Afrofuturism*(w.t.)
Its a story of violence, justice, race, love and Myrlie Evers enduring quest for the truth.
The Rohingya are survivors of a genocide in Myanmar.
Why did it happen?
How can we stop it from happening again?
The Commissions final report would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of race relations that still resonates today.
Can he help his people without losing himself in the maze of the diaspora.
Pedro, an aspiring social worker, is no different.
As he finally graduates, uncertainty looms over Pedro.
Through intimate depictions, this film celebrates the joy and resurgence of this overlooked town.
Meanwhile, director Julie Wyman confronts her own dwarfism diagnosis.
