Genres Video, Film & Radio

Journey without a Map

Woodward, Jill

Year Grant Awarded: 2015

In the short documentary "Journey without a Map", Abduol discovers an unlikely passion in contemporary dance, tapping into the healing power of art as he seeks asylum in Greece from his native Afghanistan. Read More

Getting Under Our Skin

Wyllie, Nancy

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

The Global Skin bleaching epidemic is explored through historical references dating back to Ancient Egypt and raw interviews with Americans navigating race and colorism in the 21st century. Read More

For A Better Life

Yasmin Mistry / Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project

Year Grant Awarded: 2017

"For A Better Life" is the fourth film in an eight part documentary film series, created by the Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project (FCFCEP), which tells the true-to-life stories of foster youth in order to create greater understanding of the U.S. child welfare system. Read More

Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project

Yasmin Mistry | idesygn creative LLC

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Crushed in childhood by their fragmented families, 9 individual foster youth face down abuse, institutionalization and death to defy the odds. Read More

Oh, The Guilt

Zargari, Shahab

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

Oh, The Guilt, is a coming-of-age film set in the 1990s featuring a Persian-American teen as the main character. The plot tackles death, and survivor’s guilt, elements of the human condition that transcend age, race, and creed. Read More

Oh, The Guilt

Zargari, Shahab

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

Our short film, Oh, The Guilt, is a coming-of-age story set in the 1990s. Following the death of her best friend in a car crash, sixteen-year-old Sara is visited in her dreams by a middle-aged woman from the future bearing a terrifying message: It was actually Sara who perished in the accident. Read More

OCEANIA: Journey to the Cente

Zimmerman, Natalie

Year Grant Awarded: 2022

OCEANIA begins at the center of the planet on a coral atoll — predicted to become uninhabitable by 2030 due to rising sea levels and temperatures brought by climate change. We journey with a mother and her adult son as they struggle to maintain their culture, freedom and independence. Read More

El Oaxaqueño

Zlutnick, David

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

After 13 years in prison Leyver Martinez was ready to return to his wife and son. But brought to the US as a child, his release becomes his deportation. This documentary explores the complex intersections of incarceration, and the impact on one family in two countries. Read More