Firelight Media Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160). The award will support Firelight's management and administration of a grantmaking program providing 12-month stipends to 36 mid-career Black, Indigenous, and filmmakers of color. The subrecipient filmmakers will use the stipends to further develop historical or humanities-focused documentary film projects...
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...
This $1.7 million Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160) will provide emergency relief and support the advancement of independent documentary filmmakers working in the humanities who have been unemployed or underemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, Independent Television Service Inc. will administer a grantmaking program awarding 20 stipends of $68,000 each over 12 months to...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $12,627,300 Project Grant to the California Humanities organization under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). The grant funded 20 documentary films, podcasts, and digital projects created by 19 independent producers and organizations in California between November 1, 2016 and October 31, 2021. The projects explored diverse topics from the history of Asian and LGBTQ communities to agricultural...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to Sundance Institute under the Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160). The grant will provide 20 monthly stipends of $60,000 each to supplement the incomes of media-makers working on humanities-driven projects whose livelihoods were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sundance Institute will administer the grantmaking program and convene humanities advisors to support and...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Firelight Media Inc., a non-profit organization that supports and develops non-fiction filmmakers of color, a $700,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) funding opportunity. The grant will support the production of a documentary film titled "Sun Ra and the Roots of Afrofuturism" that will be broadcast as part of PBS' American Masters series. The film will explore the life and...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $187,100 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Idaho under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support the development of a scholarly book titled "Fire Humanities: Theory and Practice." This edited collection will bring together 14 contributors to explore the theoretical contributions the humanities can make to understanding wildfire, including the stories, emotions, and...
This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.164 - Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs) to Wnet, a nonprofit media organization, will support the production of a feature-length documentary film titled "AMERICAN MASTERS: ELIE WIESEL: SOUL ON FIRE." The film will explore the life of the late Elie Wiesel, a renowned author, teacher, and public figure, through his own words as well as interviews with his family, friends, students, and...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $291,480 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) to The Center For Independent Documentary, Inc. for post-production and outreach activities supporting the documentary film "The Blues Society." The film explores the history and impact of the Memphis Country Blues Festivals of the late 1960s. The award period is from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025. As part of the Public Programs grant program, the...
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,...