| TWN June News
In My Genes at African Film
Festival New York
The 2010 New York African Film Festival,
presented under the banner Independent
Africa, spotlights 17 African nations, as
they observe 50 years of independence from
colonial rule.
In
My Genes, a documentary that
shares the
lives of eight people with albinism in Kenya, is
one of the films selected to be screened.
Directed by Lupita Nyong'o,
78 min.
Monday, May 31st 4:30 PM & 9:15 PM
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
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| Film & Video Grants and More
HBO/NALIP Documentary Filmmaker Cash
Award
Social change has been the consistent
undercurrent for HBO's critically acclaimed
and award-winning documentary programs, with
a myriad of issues presented in
uncompromising quality and honesty. One
Latino Filmmaker will win $10,000!
Deadline: June 11th
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POV Call for Entries
Attention, all filmmakers! POV, public
television's premier showcase for
independent, nonfiction film seeks programs
from all perspectives to showcase in its
annual national PBS series. All subjects,
styles and lengths are welcome.
Deadline: June 30th
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NAPT 2010 Open Call for Filmmakers
Native American Public Telecommunications
announces its annual open call for proposals
from filmmakers. Proposals are requested for
programs in many genres including
documentary, performance, cultural/public
affairs and animation. Projects submitted to
this solicitation must be intended for
national public television broadcast.
Deadline: July 14th
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PIC Media Fund Rolling Call
Members of the Pacific Islanders in
Communications filmmaking community are
encouraged to submit proposals for public
television projects at the research and
development (R&D), production, and completion
stages. R&D projects may be awarded up to
$15,000, and production and completion
projects may be awarded up to $50,000.
Deadline: July 30th
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| TWN Congratulates
Former Production Workshop
student Byron
Hurt for his new show on NYC TV Life Reel
Works with Byron Hurt.
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Filmmaker Jessica
Chen Drammeh whose film Anomaly
won the
Local Filmmaker Award at the Langston
Hughes African American Film Festival
2010. TWN is a proud fiscal sponsor of
this film.
| TWN Thanks
TWN is supported in part by the New
York State Council on the Arts, the New York
City Department of Cultural Affairs, the
National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford
Foundation, the North Star Fund, the Funding
Exchange, the Asian Women Giving Circle,
Materials for the Arts, as well as individual
donors.
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