Grantee tags Literature

Meet Murasaki Shikibu Followed by Book-Signing, and Other Things

Izumi, Julia

Year Grant Awarded: 2016

In this theatre/stand-up hybrid comedy, Murasaki Shikibu, author of one of the first novels ever written, comes to our contemporary world and holds a book-signing at a struggling bookstore. It seems she has much to say and many opinions to share on anything and everything -- except for her own book. Read More

Bones of Contention

Weiss, Andrea

Year Grant Awarded: 2016

Bones of Contention is the first nonfiction feature film to explore the theme of historical memory in Spain, focusing on the repression of lesbians and gays during the Franco dictatorship. Read More