Project Grant 18532377819

This $1.4 million Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the production of the documentary film "Julia Alvarez: Something to Declare" by Latino Public Broadcasting. The film will profile the life and work of Julia Alvarez, one of America's most celebrated Latina writers. It will be produced by Adrian Bosch and Jeff Bieber for PBS's American Masters series. This award advances the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs, which provides...

Jezebel Productions Inc. received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to produce a 75-minute documentary film titled "The Five Demands: Two Volatile Weeks that Changed the Face of Higher Education." The documentary will tell the story of the 1969 campus strike by Black and Puerto Rican students at the City College of New York, who were at the forefront...

This $267,247 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will fund the production of a 90-minute documentary film titled "MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD." The film, a co-production between WNET and Pieshake Pictures, will explore the writing, life, and legacy of American poet, essayist, and teacher Mary Oliver (1935-2019). The project aims to create a cinematic portrait of Oliver...

This $600,000 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the production of a documentary film about Shirley Clarke, a pioneering American independent filmmaker. The documentary will explore Clarke's groundbreaking work in the 1950s-1980s, chronicling her contributions to the independent film movement and her efforts to amplify underrepresented stories on the big screen, including those of...

This federal Project Grant award for $600,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the production of a documentary film with the working title "ADELANTE!" The film will serve as a biographical portrait of the influential Chicano playwright, activist, and director Luis Valdez, exploring the history and significance of Chicano identity through the lens of Valdez's pioneering theatrical company El...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $600,000 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to City Lore Inc., a non-profit cultural organization based in New York City. The grant will support the production of a feature documentary film titled "JIMMIE & SANORA" directed by Li-Shin Yu and produced by James Q. Chan. The film tells the story of two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe and radical writer Sanora...

The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Inc. will produce a 10-episode podcast titled "Uncovering Margaret Mead" through Sapiens.org, with support from a $649,816 National Endowment for the Humanities Project Grant awarded on September 1, 2022. The podcast aims to tell the story of anthropologist Margaret Mead and inspire reflection on the humanities themes of nature versus nurture, human sexuality, and cultural understanding. A companion website and marketing...

WNET received a $1.2 million Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to produce a two-hour PBS documentary titled "The First Folio: The Making of Shakespeare." The documentary will mark the 400th anniversary of the first published collection of William Shakespeare's plays, known as the First Folio, by recounting the process of locating, correcting and printing...

The American Film Institute (AFI) received a three-year, $750,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. Through this funding, AFI will undertake an effort to document and provide intellectual access to short films from the silent and early sound film eras (1910-1933) as part of its authoritative AFI Catalog online resource. By including these short films, the AFI Catalog will illuminate...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to The Catticus Corporation, a woman-owned non-profit organization, to produce, test, assess, and host an educational interactive documentary website titled "The Barbara Johns Project." This project aims to illuminate the African American struggle for freedom during the era of segregation (Jim Crow) in the South between the Civil War and...