Firelight Media Inc

FIRELIGHT MEDIA?S SPARK FUND FOR FILMMAKERS OF COLOR WORKING ON HUMANITIES FILMS [FOUNDED BY STANLEY NELSON, FIRELIGHT MEDIA, INC. IS A CREATOR OF ACCLAIMED HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY FILMS, KNOWN FOR ITS PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT BIPOC FILMMAKERS WHO PRODUCE RICH HUMANITIES-THEMED DOCUMENTARIES, THAT WILL INCREASE ITS CAPACITY TO NURTURE AND SUPPORT A PIPELINE OF HISTORICAL NONFICTION MEDIA. FIRELIGHT WILL RELEASE AN RFP OFFERING 12-MONTH STIPENDS FOR MID-CAREER FILMMAKERS OF COLOR, WHOSE WORK ON THEIR HISTORICAL OR HUMANITIES-FOCUSED FILM WAS DISRUPTED BY THE COVID PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. WITH THE SUPPORT OF AN EXTERNAL SELECTION COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF HUMANITIES SCHOLARS, RENOWNED HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS, AND EDUCATORS, FIRELIGHT WILL ADD THIS NEW FUND TO ITS EXISTING GRANT-MAKING ACTIVITIES, WHICH ALSO INCLUDE NON-MONETARY SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF MENTORSHIP, PROJECT SUPPORT, AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES.] [PURPOSE: EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR FILMMAKERS WORKING ON HISTORICAL OR HUMANITIES-FOCUSED DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECTS. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ADMINISTRATION OF A GRANTMAKING PROGRAM COMPRISED OF 36 12-MONTH STIPENDS OF $50,000. THIS PROGRAM WILL ALSO CONVENE HUMANITIES ADVISORS TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS DEVELOPING HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, OR POST-PRODUCTION OF FILMS. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: EMERGENCY RELIEF TO 36 HUMANITIES FILMMAKERS. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: MID-CAREER BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR FILMMAKERS. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORICAL OR HUMANITIES-FOCUSED DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECTS DISRUPTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.]

THE SLAVE TRADE: CREATING A NEW WORLD

SUN RA AND THE ROOTS OF AFROFUTURISM [FIRELIGHT MEDIA IS SEEKING A PRODUCTION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $700,000 FOR A PROJECT ON THE LIFE OF JAZZ MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, ARRANGER, POET, PHILOSOPHER AND PERFORMER SUN RA AND HIS INFLUENCE ON TODAY?S BURGEONING AFROFUTURIST MOVEMENT. THE CENTERPIECE OF THE PROJECT IS A DOCUMENTARY FILM WITH THE WORKING TITLE SUN RA AND THE ROOTS OF AFROFUTURISM THAT WILL BE BROADCAST AS PART OF PBS? AMERICAN MASTERS SERIES. SUN RA USED HIS TALENT, INTELLIGENCE, AND ORIGINALITY TO IMAGINE HIS WAY OUT OF RACISM AND CREATE A VISION FOR A BLACK SPACE AGE FUTURE.]

TELL THEM WE ARE RISING: THE STORY OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

FIRELIGHT MEDIA?S SPARK FUND FOR FILMMAKERS OF COLOR WORKING ON HUMANITIES FILMS [FOUNDED BY STANLEY NELSON, FIRELIGHT MEDIA, INC. IS A CREATOR OF ACCLAIMED HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY FILMS, KNOWN FOR ITS PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT BIPOC FILMMAKERS WHO PRODUCE RICH HUMANITIES-THEMED DOCUMENTARIES, THAT WILL INCREASE ITS CAPACITY TO NURTURE AND SUPPORT A PIPELINE OF HISTORICAL NONFICTION MEDIA. FIRELIGHT WILL RELEASE AN RFP OFFERING 12-MONTH STIPENDS FOR MID-CAREER FILMMAKERS OF COLOR, WHOSE WORK ON THEIR HISTORICAL OR HUMANITIES-FOCUSED FILM WAS DISRUPTED BY THE COVID PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. WITH THE SUPPORT OF AN EXTERNAL SELECTION COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF HUMANITIES SCHOLARS, RENOWNED HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS, AND EDUCATORS, FIRELIGHT WILL ADD THIS NEW FUND TO ITS EXISTING GRANT-MAKING ACTIVITIES, WHICH ALSO INCLUDE NON-MONETARY SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF MENTORSHIP, PROJECT SUPPORT, AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES.] [PURPOSE: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF A GRANTMAKING PROGRAM FOR FILMMAKERS WORKING ON HISTORICAL OR HUMANITIES-FOCUSED DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECTS. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF A GRANTMAKING PROGRAM THAT WILL CONVENE HUMANITIES ADVISORS TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS DEVELOPING HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, OR POST-PRODUCTION OF FILMS. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: EMERGENCY RELIEF TO 36 HUMANITIES FILMMAKERS. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: MID-CAREER BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR FILMMAKERS. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORICAL OR HUMANITIES-FOCUSED DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECTS DISRUPTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.]

TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL COSTS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

TO SUPPORT POST-PRODUCTION AND COMPLETION COSTS FOR A DOCUMENTARY BY CAROL BASH.

TO SUPPORT THE FIRELIGHT MEDIA PRODUCTION LAB, A MENTORSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TARGETED TO EMERGING DIVERSE FILMMAKERS.

FAITH IN EDUCATION

TO SUPPORT THE GROUNDWORK REGIONAL FILMMAKER LABS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR EARLY-CAREER NONFICTION FILMMAKERS AND THE COMMISSION OF SHORT FILMS FOR PUBLIC BROADCAST.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE GROUNDWORK REGIONAL FILMMAKER LABS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR EARLY-CAREER NONFICTION FILMMAKERS AND THE COMMISSION OF SHORT FILMS FOR PUBLIC BROADCAST.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT BEYOND RESILIENCE, A SERIES OF DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENINGS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT BEYOND RESILIENCE A SERIES OF DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENINGS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS.

TO SUPPORT FILMS BY FIRELIGHT A FREE DOCUMENTARY SCREENING AND DISCUSSION SERIES.

TO SUPPORT RESEARCH, PRODUCTION, AND POST-PRODUCTION COSTS FOR A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY STANLEY NELSON.

APALACHICOLA BLACK ARCHIVE PROJECT

BEYOND RESILIENCE: MASTERCLASSES - EXPANDING HUMANITIES THEMES AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATION IN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY FILM [TO SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION AND DEEPEN THE ACADEMIC RIGOR OF HISTORIC NONFICTION CINEMA, FIRELIGHT MEDIA, THE PREMIERE DESTINATION FOR CINEMA BY AND ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WILL ENGAGE BIPOC FILMMAKERS WITH EXPERIENCES LED AND ADVISED BY ARCHIVISTS, HISTORIANS, RECOGNIZED HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS, AND OTHER HUMANITIES SCHOLARS. WE WOULD DEVELOP AND OFFER A SERIES OF VIRTUAL MASTER CLASSES, OFFERED TO FILMMAKERS AND OTHERS NATIONALLY, THAT ADDRESS KEY TOPICS INCLUDING THE INTEGRATION OF HUMANITIES THEMES INTO DOCUMENTARY FILMS, INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES WITH HUMANITIES SCHOLARS, THE STRATEGIC USE OF ARCHIVAL IMAGES AND TEXT, AND METHODS OF POPULARIZING CRUCIAL HISTORICAL NARRATIVES IN FILM] [PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO RETAIN FIVE POSITIONS AND DEVELOP PROGRAMMING FOR FILMMAKERS ON HOW TO INTEGRATE HUMANITIES THEMES INTO DOCUMENTARY FILMS AT A NON-PROFIT FILMMAKING ORGANIZATION IN NEW YORK. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: FIVE STAFF POSITIONS WILL BE RETAINED IN SUPPORT OF FIRELIGHT MEDIA'S MISSION TO FOSTER A DIVERSE FIELD OF PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS. STAFF WILL DEVELOP A SERIES OF VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS OF COLOR THAT FOCUS ON PRODUCING DEEPLY RESEARCHED AND HISTORICALLY ACCURATE DOCUMENTARY FILMS. EACH WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE EXPERT-ADVISORS, SUCH AS SCHOLARS, HISTORIANS, AND ARCHIVISTS, THAT WILL PROVIDE A SURVEY OF THE BEST METHODS OF INTEGRATING RIGOROUS SCHOLARSHIP INTO HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARIES. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: FUNDING WILL CREATE A NEW SERIES OF HUMANITIES WORKSHOPS FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS AND RETAIN HUMANITIES JOBS THAT WERE THREATENED BY THE PANDEMIC. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: A BROAD, DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS AT VARYING STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS, PARTICULARLY FILMMAKERS OF COLOR, AND WITH VARYING DEGREES OF EXPERIENCE WITH OR INTEREST IN ENGAGING HISTORICAL HUMANITIES THEMES THOUGH CINEMATIC CONTENT. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.]