Project Grant PT5020411

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $1.25 million Project Grant to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program (CFDA 45.149). The funding will support the Foundation's implementation of a digital preservation and enhanced access strategy for its Interviews: An Oral History of Television collection from June 2022 through May 2025. The collection comprises over 3,000...

The Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation was awarded a $178,856 federal Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures program. The grant funds will be used to digitize approximately 2,000 videotapes from three archival collections that document the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building. These at-risk collections, including the Wayne Wicks, Sr. Collection, the Oklahoma County District Attorney's Office Collection, and the KWTV...

The University of Hawaii at Manoa will digitize 890 motion picture film reels and videotapes from its Henry Kuualoha Moving Image Archive of Hawaii collections in order to provide access to historical materials documenting Hawaii's path to statehood and its varying impacts on native Hawaiian and Japanese American populations from the 1920s to 2000s. Funded by a $1,050,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under its Promotion of the Humanities Division of...

The Bay Area Video Coalition, Incorporated (BAVC) was awarded a $229,275 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the Community-Based Preservation Education and Training program. The program will deliver an innovative, multi-pronged training initiative focused on hands-on videotape preservation skills through national community-based training for over 30 cultural workers and a one-year fellowship for a post-graduate preservationist at BAVC Media. These...

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to support cataloging and digitizing approximately 62 hours of film footage and 90 hours of videotape from the documentary "A Life Apart: Hasidism in America, 1992-1996." The award was made under NARA's National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA #89.003) to undertake activities related to...

The University of North Carolina System Office has been awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to produce the documentary film "INSURRECTION 1898." This documentary is aimed at reaching a wide national audience through airings on PBS, screenings at prominent film festivals, educational distribution, and a robust community engagement campaign. The film will bring to life the events...

Folkstreams Inc. will receive $399,453 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program to support the preservation and expansion of its online collection of documentary films about American folk and roots cultures. Specifically, the Project Grant will enable Folkstreams to add 25 new films to its archive, upgrade 20 older films to 4K resolution by scanning 16mm prints, and enhance contextual information for 20 other films through...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to City Lore Inc., a non-profit organization in New York City, under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs CFDA 45.164. The grant funding will support the production of a documentary film titled "ADELANTE!" as part of PBS's American Masters series. The film will focus on the life and work of Luis Valdez, the Chicano playwright, activist, and director who pioneered the El Teatro Campesino...

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 The Center For Independent Documentary, Inc. The grant will fund the production of a documentary film exploring the life and contributions of Shirley Clarke, a pioneering American independent filmmaker. The documentary will chronicle Clarke's trailblazing career, her impact on the independent film movement, and her efforts to amplify...

This federal Project Grant award of $100,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) supports the MediaMaker Fellowship and Preservation Access programs operated by The Bay Area Video Coalition, Incorporated (BAVC). The MediaMaker Fellowship provides stipends, production funds, and mentorship opportunities for media makers across the country. The Preservation Access program offers affordable...