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CANADA LEE, NATIVE SON [CANADA LEE (1907?1952) WAS A LUMINARY OF THE STAGE, SCREEN, AND RADIO WHO FOUGHT FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUALITY; TRAGICALLY, HIS UNCOMPROMISING STANCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS PROMPTED THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO DEFAME HIS REPUTATION AND DESTROY HIS CAREER. AN INDOMITABLE PRESENCE IN SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ARTISTIC CIRCLES, LEE COLLABORATED WITH ORSON WELLS AND ALFRED HITCHCOCK, MENTORED SIDNEY POITIER, AND FOUGHT AGAINST JIM CROW WITH CLOSE FRIENDS PAUL ROBESON, LANGSTON HUGHES, AND ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. 'CANADA LEE, NATIVE SON' IS THE FIRST FILM TO EXPLORE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THIS AMERICAN PATRIOT.]

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CANADA LEE, NATIVE SON [CANADA LEE, NATIVE SON TELLS THE INSPIRING STORY OF ONE OF THE 20TH CENTURY?S GREATEST YET FORGOTTEN HEROES. CANADA WAS A PIONEERING AFRICAN AMERICAN ATHLETE, MUSICIAN, ACTOR, PRODUCER AND ACTIVIST WHO POURED HIS TALENT INTO FIGHTING FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUALITY. HIS UNCOMPROMISING STANCE PROMPTED THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO LABEL HIM A COMMUNIST, DESTROYING HIS REPUTATION AND CAREER. BROKEN-HEARTED AND IMPOVERISHED, LEE DIED AT THE AGE OF 45 FROM KIDNEY DISEASE.]

THE PRICE OF SURVIVAL: A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT PAULI MURRAY

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CINEPEDIA ETHNOGRAPHICA: AN ONLINE EXPERT- AND USER-GENERATED UNION CATALOG FOR ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM

TO SUPPORT "HOSSEIN OMOUMI: CLASSICAL PERSIAN MUSIC FROM ISFAHAN TO IRVINE," AN EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURING A MASTER OF THE PERSIAN REED FLUTE.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILM CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND RELATED PUBLIC PROGRAMMING.

TO SUPPORT DERS ROYALTY-BASED FILM DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM INCLUDING A NEW OUTREACH INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AND SERVICES FOR INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS AND COMMUNITIES.

TO SUPPORT POST-PRODUCTION COSTS FOR A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY MICHELE WESTMORLAND AND KIMBERLEE BASSFORD.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A ROYALTY-BASED FILM DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM INCLUDING A NEW OUTREACH INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AND SERVICES FOR INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS AND COMMUNITIES.

TRAVEL: IMPROVING DATA MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ANTHROPOLOGY -THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR TWO RESEARCHERS TO WORK WITH COMMUNITIES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF DATA FROM A VAST AUDIO-VISUAL RECORD COLLECTED OVER A 50-YEAR PERIOD. SPECIFICALLY, THE RESEARCHERS ARE EXPLORING BEST PRACTICES FOR COORDINATING WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE DIGITIZATION AND ANNOTATION OF VISUAL MATERIALS. EXISTING METADATA AND CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION IN THOSE RECORDS ARE BEING UPDATED AS WELL. THE PROJECT?S CENTRAL OBJECTIVES ARE CENTERED AROUND IMPROVING THE PUBLIC?S UNDERSTANDING OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, BY OPTIMIZING PRACTICES FOR THE COMMUNICATION OF DATA AND FINDINGS TO WIDER AUDIENCES. THE ACTIVITIES ALSO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PRESERVATION, STORAGE, AND ACCESS OF SCIENTIFIC MATERIALS FOR FUTURE USE, AND BUILDING CAPACITY FOR SCIENTIFIC ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. THE ACTIVITIES ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF APPROPRIATE DATA MANAGEMENT AND SHARING PRACTICES INVOLVING INDIGENOUS GROUPS, EXPLORING HOW TO BEST INTEGRATE THE REQUIREMENTS THAT DATA INVOLVING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO BE FINDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, INTEROPERABLE AND REUSABLE (FAIR), WHILE ALSO ADHERING TO THE CARE (COLLECTIVE BENEFIT, AUTHORITY TO CONTROL, RESPONSIBILITY, AND ETHICS) PRINCIPLES FOR DATA GOVERNANCE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

ROUNDTABLE ON ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM ARCHIVING AS A TOOL FOR RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY