Project Grant 19122743423

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support the public television programs POV, POV Shorts, and America Reframed, along with related public engagement activities. The grant, awarded on January 1, 2025, will enable The American Documentary Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Brooklyn, New York, to curate, produce, and promote these documentary film series,...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) provides $599,998 to Verse Video Education, Inc., a woman-owned non-profit organization, to support the production of Season Five of the public television series "Poetry in America." The series aims to explore American poetry as a central part of American culture and history, exposing viewers to the ideas, ideals, disillusionments, and...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Verse Video Education, Inc. $299,765 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support the completion of five episodes in Season 4 of the public television show Poetry in America. Titled "More Perfect Union," these episodes will focus on American poems that examine the nation's shared narratives. Each episode will profile a work representing different American styles, traditions, and...

This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the production of the documentary film "Jimmie & Sanora". The film, directed by Li-Shin Yu and produced by James Q. Chan in association with the Center for Asian American Media and City Lore Inc., tells the story of the visionary artist couple, two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe and radical writer...

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...

This Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will support the WGBH Educational Foundation in creating educational resources to improve access to public media archives. Under the $213,358 award provided through the National Leadership Grants program, the Foundation will develop 20 sets of primary resources featuring archival public television and radio programming aligned with commonly taught topics in American history and current events. The sets will include teaching...

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...

This federal Project Grant award of $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 one-hour documentary film titled "One More Mission." The film explores the history, impact, and legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), the first American veterans' organization to demand an end to the war its members had fought in. The Catticus Corporation, a woman-owned non-profit...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Firelight Media Inc. a $1.8 million Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. Under the award, Firelight Media will administer a grantmaking program providing 36 stipends of $50,000 each to mid-career Black, Indigenous, and filmmakers of color. The stipends will support the development of historical or humanities-focused documentary film...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to Independent Television Service Inc. (ITVS), a non-profit organization, to support promotion costs and community engagement activities for the public television series Independent Lens. The grant period runs from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. As a leading documentary film funder and distributor for public media, ITVS...