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| TWN August News: Screenings, Grants and More
Audre Lorde - The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 FILM TOUR!
This documentary film explores a little-known chapter of Audre Lorde's prolific life, a period in which she helped ignite the Afro-German Movement and made lasting contributions to the German political and cultural scene before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German reunification. 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of Audre Lorde's passing.
Sunday, August 5, 3:50 PM
BlackStar Film Festival
International House Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Wednesday, August 8, 6:00 PM
Saturday, August 11, 5:30 PM
3009 Broadway (between 116th and 117th Streets)
New York, NY 10027
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Bad Friday at BlackStar Film Festival
For many around the world, Jamaica conjures up images of pristine beach vacations with a pulsating reggae soundtrack. The country, however, has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world, and the population is actively grappling with legacies of Western imperialism, racial slavery, and political nationalism - the historical foundations of contemporary violence in Jamaica and throughout the Americas. Bad Friday focuses on a community of Rastafarians in western Jamaica who annually commemorate the 1963 Coral Gardens "incident," a moment just after independence when the Jamaican government rounded up, jailed and tortured hundreds of Rastafarians. It chronicles the history of violence in Jamaica through the eyes of its most iconic community, and shows how people use their recollections of past traumas to imagine new possibilities for a collective future.
Sunday, August 5, 5:40 PM
BlackStar Film Festival
International House Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
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2MINS5 at the 3rd NY Arab and South Asian Short Video Slam
Directed by TWN Workshop alum Fouzia Najar, 2MINS5 is a music video for New York-based band Zerobridge.
Thursday, August 2, 7:00 PM
Alwan for the Arts
16 Beaver Street, Fl. 4
between Broad & Broadway
Admission: $5-$10
more info
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| Film/Video Grants, Internships and More
TWN Seeks Graphic Design & Final Cut Pro Interns
If you have graphic design or Final Cut Pro experience, live in New York City and need to add more credits to your resume, please apply to our internship program at Third World Newsreel. Send a cover letter and resume to dorothy@twn.org and distribution@twn.org.
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America's Media Makers:
Division of Public Programs
Development Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency created in 1965. It is one of the largest funders of humanities programs in the United States. NEH grants typically go to cultural institutions, such as museums, archives, libraries, colleges, universities, public television, and radio stations, and to individual scholars.
Deadline: August 15, 2012
more info
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America's Media Makers:
Division of Public Programs
Production Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency created in 1965. It is one of the largest funders of humanities programs in the United States. NEH grants typically go to cultural institutions, such as museums, archives, libraries, colleges, universities, public television, and radio stations, and to individual scholars.
Deadline: August 15, 2012
more info
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HBO / NALIP Documentary Filmmaker Award
HBO has teamed with NALIP to find the next great Latino Documentary Film! 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. Through this cash award, HBO wants to focus its lens on the Latino experience and support the growth of social commentary by Latino documentarians. One Latino Filmmaker will win $10,000!
Deadline: Monday, August 27, 2012more info
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Black Public Media's Digital Open Call 2013
BlackPublicMedia.org features an interactive series every summer. The featured serial content is selected from an interactive/digital series open call (Digital Open Call). NBPC provides a grant for the winner of the competition to produce their interactive web series that will be featured during the summer.
Deadline: September 18th, 2012
more info
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The Roy W. Dean Film & Video Grants
From the Heart Productions is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to funding films that are unique and make a contribution to society. Fall Deadline: September 30, 2012
more info
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National Geographic Society's All Roads Film Project Seed Grants
The All Roads Film Project is a multimedia festival and grants program dedicated to providing a platform for indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture storytellers from around the world. The objectives are to showcase works by these artists to promote knowledge, dialogue, and understanding with a broader global audience.
Deadline: 15th of each March, June, September, and December.
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Ford Foundation
Ford's Social Issue Film Funding Initiative will provide approximately $16 million through an open-application process to filmmakers and media makers around the world who are creating documentaries that address urgent social issues.
Deadline: Open
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| TWN Thanks
TWN is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Ford Foundation, the North Star Fund, the Funding Exchange and the Asian Women Giving Circle, as well as individual donors. |
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organization dedicated to fostering the
creation,
appreciation, and dissemination of
independent media
by and about people of color.
phone:
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