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 $362,862 Project Grant to Film Independent, Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) on June 1, 2024. The grant supports the production of a feature-length documentary film titled "NIHUNAVEA: MY HEART, MY CENTER" that bears witness to the complex struggles of the Tejon Indian Tribe in reclaiming their cultural heritage, spirituality, and tribal sovereignty in California. The documentary,...
The National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation, University of Minnesota, and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will collaborate on a three-year, $700,000 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize and provide open access to Mexican American art and archival materials. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program, which supports preserving and providing intellectual access to humanities resources, approximately...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $131,116 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, doing business as the Health Sciences Division, for the project "A RIVER OF MEMORIES: PRESERVING LIVED EXPERIENCE IN THE BORDERLANDS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS". This grant, with a performance period from May 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025,...
This federal Project Grant award of $600,000.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the production of a 90-minute documentary film titled "NANCY DREW: THE CASE OF THE AMERICAN ICON". The documentary will explore the history and cultural significance of the iconic "girl sleuth" character Nancy Drew, weaving together interviews, archival material, animation, and verité footage to examine the...
This Project Grant award of $349,605.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will fund the stabilization and digitization of the Fernando La Rosa Photographic Archive. Over a 2-year period from 9/1/25 to 8/31/27, the project will rehouse approximately 22,500 photographic negatives, create high-resolution digital scans, and develop a metadata catalog for this significant collection by the...
The University of Southern California received a $1,073,466 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to produce a four-part documentary series titled "VOCES DE LAS ABUELAS: GRANDMOTHERS' FOOD STORIES FROM THE BORDERLANDS." The series will explore how individual, regional, national and transnational identities are shaped through food practices and culture by filming and recording the unique food cultures of Mexican and Mexican-American grandmothers living in...
This $100,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) supports artistic and professional development resources and incubator labs for independent nonfiction filmmakers. The award recipient, Sundance Institute, a non-profit organization, will use the funding to operate its Feature Film Program and Documentary Film Program, which provide artistic and professional...
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 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 two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe and radical writer Sanora Babb. The film will explore...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the International Documentary Association under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support development of the documentary film "Bombshell" from May 1, 2022 to November 30, 2022. The film will trace the construction of the U.S. government's narrative on a past event, how a non-fiction work challenged that narrative, and how the government subsequently sought to reassert its...