Women Make Movies Inc

NO JOB FOR A WOMAN: THE WOMEN WHO FOUGHT TO REPORT WORLD WAR II

COMING HOME: FIGHT FOR A LEGACY [COMING HOME: FIGHT FOR A LEGACY IS A FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS (WASP), THE FIRST FEMALE PILOTS TO FLY FOR THE U.S. MILITARY DURING WWII. INTERWOVEN WITH THEIR STORY ARE THE STORIES OF THE BLACK FEMALE PILOTS WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL AIR PATROL BUT WERE DENIED ENTRY INTO THE WASP BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE.]

DIEGO & FRIDA IN DETROIT [TO SUPPORT DIEGO & FRIDA IN DETROIT, A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY EXPLORING THE LIFE AND ART OF DIEGO RIVERA AND FRIDA KAHLO DURING THEIR TIME IN 1930S DETROIT AND THE INDELIBLE MARK THEY LEFT ON THE CULTURAL IDENTITY AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE. IN RIVERA?S DETROIT INDUSTRY MURALS, HE DEPICTED DETROIT?S WORKING CLASS, WITH ITS MANY RACES AND ETHNICITIES, ON THE RAREFIED WALLS OF THE CITY?S ART MUSEUM - LEGITIMIZING THEIR LONG-IGNORED CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY. FRIDA KAHLO FACED SOME OF HER MOST CHALLENGING LIFE EVENTS WHILE LIVING IN DETROIT, BUT THROUGH THIS ADVERSITY CREATED SOME OF HER MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED WORKS OF ART AND ESTABLISHED THE GROUND-BREAKING VOICE THAT WOULD DEFINE HER WORK UNTIL THE END OF HER LIFE - CHANGING THE FACE OF MODERN ART ALONG WITH IT. TOGETHER, RIVERA AND KAHLO BROUGHT THE PEOPLE OF DETROIT INTO A MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ART THAT WAS ?THEIRS,? A LEGACY THAT HAS CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT DAY.]

MR. SOUL! ELLIS HAIZLIP AND THE BIRTH OF BLACK POWER TV

JAMAICA KINCAID: LIBERATING THE DAFFODIL [WE ARE REQUESTING A $635,479??PRODUCTION GRANT TO SUPPORT AN 87-MINUTE DOCUMENTARY ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF CARIBBEAN WRITER JAMAICA KINCAID. THE FILM WILL TRACE HER LIFE FROM HER CHILDHOOD IN COLONIAL ANTIGUA, TO WORKING AS AN AU PAIR IN SCARSDALE, N.Y. AS A TEENAGER, TO BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE STAFF WRITER FOR THE NEW YORKER AT AGE 26. KINCAID'S LIFE AND WORK WILL BE USED TO EXPLORE THEMES OF ANTI-COLONIALISM, WOMEN'S SEARCH FOR IDENTITY, THE USE OF HORTICULTURE AS A LITERARY DEVICE, AND KINCAID'S ABILITY TO BLUR THE LINES BETWEEN PERSONAL STORIES AND HISTORY, AMONG OTHERS. THE FILM WILL ALSO ADDRESS HER FREQUENTLY CONTROVERSIAL VOICE AND CRITICISM OF HER WORK. JAMAICA KINCAID?S UNIQUE LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH EVOCATIVE DOCUMENTARY IMAGES SET TO NARRATED AUDIO EXCERPTS FROM HER NOVELS, RARE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL, INTERVIEWS WITH SCHOLARS, AND CINEMA V?RIT? FOOTAGE REFLECTING DAILY LIFE OF THE NOW 72-YEAR-OLD WRITER.]

ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE?

STORMING CAESARS PALACE

TRAVEL NOTES OF A GEECHEE GIRL

ADIOS AMOR: THE SEARCH FOR MARIA MORENO

INSTRUMENTAL: THE ELAYNE JONES STORY [INSTRUMENTAL IS A 30-MINUTE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ELAYNE JONES, WHO BROKE THROUGH RACIAL AND GENDER BARRIERS IN CLASSICAL MUSIC BUT PAID A PERSONAL TOLL FOR FIGHTING AGAINST A CULTURE OF EXCLUSIVITY. THE FILM ACCOMPANIES THIS 93-YEAR-OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN TIMPANIST AS SHE REFLECTS ON THE DIFFERENCE SHE?S MADE AND THE WORK THAT REMAINS TO BE DONE. A COLLABORATION BETWEEN FEMINIST DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER JULIE WYMAN AND AMERICAN STUDIES SCHOLAR GRACE WANG, INSTRUMENTAL IS A CRITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CREATIVE MEDIA RESEARCH PROJECT THAT TELLS THE STORY OF JONES?S LIFE, WORK, AND FIGHT FOR INCLUSION IN CLASSICAL MUSIC.]

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION SERVICE.

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION SERVICE.

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION SERVICE.

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION SERVICE.

TO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF THE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM "THE BLIND CINEMA CLUB."

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT ARTISTIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS THROUGH THE PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT ARTISTIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS THROUGH THE PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION SERVICE.

TO SUPPORT ARTISTIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS THROUGH THE PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT POST-PRODUCTION COSTS FOR "THE BABUSHKAS OF CHERNOBYL," A DOCUMENTARY BY HOLLY MORRIS AND ANNE BOGART.

TO SUPPORT THE POST-PRODUCTION OF THE DOCUMENTARY FILM "LITTLE TROOPERS."

JAMAICA KINCAID DOCUMENTARY

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE AND DISTRIBUTION SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT ARTISTIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT ARTISTIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION SERVICE.

BUFFALO BILL AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE AMERICAN WEST ON EUROPEAN CULTURE

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.

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

TO SUPPORT ARTISTIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS THROUGH THE PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT A FILM PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION SERVICE.

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION SERVICE.

TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF JOBS THAT ARE THREATENED BY DECLINES IN PHILANTHROPIC AND OTHER SUPPORT DURING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.

MR. SOUL! ELLIS HAIZLIP AND THE BIRTH OF BLACK POWER TV

TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, POST-PRODUCTION, AND WEB SITE COSTS FOR THE TRANSMEDIA DOCUMENTARY "FEED ME A STORY."

TO SUPPORT A PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT PRODUCTION AND POST-PRODUCTION COSTS FOR A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY GRACE RASO.

TO SUPPORT POST-PRODUCTION COSTS FOR A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY KIRSTEN JOHNSON.

TO SUPPORT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ARTISTS' SERVICES PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT PRODUCTION AND POST-PRODUCTION COSTS FOR "YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD WOMAN DOWN " A FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY ON AUTHOR ALICE WALKER.

TO SUPPORT PRODUCTION AND POST-PRODUCTION COSTS FOR A DOCUMENTARY BY LUCILLE CARRA TACHIKAWA ON GLENN GOULD.

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION SERVICE.

TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN MAKE MOVIES DISTRIBUTION SERVICE.

TO SUPPORT POST-PRODUCTION COSTS FOR A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORK OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT LAURIE OLIN.

TO SUPPORT PRODUCTION, POST-PRODUCTION, AND OUTREACH COSTS FOR THE TRANSMEDIA PROJECT "FEED ME A STORY."

TO SUPPORT PRODUCTION COSTS FOR A DOCUMENTARY ON ELLIS HAIZLIP.

TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE OF A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE POET SONIA SANCHEZ.

INSTRUMENTAL: THE ELAYNE JONES STORY [INSTRUMENTAL IS A 30-MINUTE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ELAYNE JONES, WHO BROKE THROUGH RACIAL AND GENDER BARRIERS IN CLASSICAL MUSIC BUT PAID A PERSONAL TOLL FOR FIGHTING AGAINST A CULTURE OF EXCLUSIVITY. THE FILM ACCOMPANIES THIS 93-YEAR-OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN TIMPANIST AS SHE REFLECTS ON THE DIFFERENCE SHE?S MADE AND THE WORK THAT REMAINS TO BE DONE. A COLLABORATION BETWEEN FEMINIST DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER JULIE WYMAN AND AMERICAN STUDIES SCHOLAR GRACE WANG, INSTRUMENTAL IS A CRITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CREATIVE MEDIA RESEARCH PROJECT THAT TELLS THE STORY OF JONES?S LIFE, WORK, AND FIGHT FOR INCLUSION IN CLASSICAL MUSIC.]