Awarded Grants
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A two-year grant to The Colored Girls Museum (TCGM) ($250,000), for general operating support and the promotion and archiving of the stories of Black girls and women. TCGM's mission is to be a public ritual for the protection, praise, and grace of the ordinary extraordinary Black girl.
The 2021 film grant will support "This Too Is Liberia," an immersive documentary that follows Liberian surfer Melvin Kabakole Jr. and his friends as they heal their traumatized communities in Liberia through surf therapy.
The 2021 film grant will support "Graveyard Shift Sisters." The film akes a critical and cultural look at Black women and women of color in the horror (and science fiction) community/industry. From mass media representation, filmmakers, writers, to the fans, these women have been close to invisible in recognition in the history of the horror genre.