Jimmie & sanora [jimmie & sanora is a feature documentary 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

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 New York-based non-profit cultural organization. The grant will support the production of the documentary film "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 writer Sanora Babb, exploring their artistic pursuits and experiences with discrimination in 20th century America. The project aims to bring their intertwined narrative to public audiences through this documentary, providing a prism through which to witness the peril and promise of that historical period. The grant award period runs from March 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026.

IT tells the story of a visionary artist couple: two-time oscar-winning cinematographer, james wong howe (1899-1976), and radical writer sanora babb (1907-2005). Together their lives and works reveal vivid experiences??from deep within hollywood, the southern american high plains, the dust bowl migration camps in california, and the west coast literary left??as they pursued their unstoppable artistic ambitions while facing discrimination. Strengthening one another and opening doors to others, this powerhouse couple?s decades-long intertwined story forms a prism through which to witness the peril and promise of twentieth-century america.]