Posts in 'Film'

$20,000 - Awarded December 2025

Focus areas
Movement Media
BIPOC Stories
Immigrant Voices
Film
Podcast and Audio Storytelling
Description
To support the creation of short video and audio that highlights the stories and efforts of immigrant individuals, families, and rapid response teams in Montgomery County and Philadelphia.

$20,000 - Awarded December 2025

Focus areas
Movement Media
Film
Description
To support the online edition of the “Late(ish) Poetry Show,” which seeks to develop and amplify the work of poets who personalize, document, and resist the cultural and material impacts of fascism.

$30,000 - Awarded December 2025

Focus areas
Movement Media
BIPOC Stories
Film
Community-Centered Journalism
Description
To support the “With All Due Respect Campaign,” a worker-led fight to regulate Philadelphia’s temporary workers industry and amplify the voices of Black and formerly incarcerated workers navigating exploitative labor conditions.

$20,000 - Awarded December 2025

Focus areas
Movement Media
BIPOC Stories
Archive
Film
Description
To support "Voices of 52nd Street,Then & Now: A Community Archive and Celebration," which seeks to document and preserve the vital voices that contributed to the thriving of the historic West Philadelphia corridor and community, past and present, in the face of stifling gentrification and erasure.

$30,000 - Awarded December 2025

Focus areas
Movement Media
BIPOC Stories
Film
Description
To amplify the stories of Native Americans in Philadelphia, honoring the Native American people of the past who originally inhabited the region, and highlighting the voices, culture, and contributions of present-day Native communities living in the city today.

$30,000 - Awarded December 2025

Focus areas
Movement Media
BIPOC stories
Film
Description
To support a media campaign to reinstate Indigenous Peoples’ Day as an official city holiday and continue to amplify the voices of Indigenous peoples and allies.

$10,000 - Awarded December 2025

Focus areas
Movement Media
Film
Immigrant Voices
Description
To create a short documentary which will explore the lives and transformative stories of Indonesian immigrants and their families, as well as the importance of art and Indonesian culture in igniting resilience, fostering healing, and building community.

$30,000 - Awarded December 2025

Focus areas
Film
Movement Media
Policing and Community Safety
Description
To expand "Pardon Me,” an impact campaign based on the eponymous documentary, that will grow the West Philly Pardon Network into a statewide training and storytelling hub and launch a statewide digital storytelling initiative that amplifies community voices, builds pressure for pardon recommendations, and increases awareness of second chances as an economic and moral imperative.

$30,000 - Awarded December 2025

Focus areas
Movement Media
BIPOC Stories
Archive
Film
Representation in Media
Description
To support “Beyond Islamophobia: Stories of Resilience,” which seeks to showcase stories of resilience in the face of rising anti-Muslim racism and amplify moments of hope in our communities.

$30,000 - Awarded December 2025

Focus areas
Movement Media
Film
Description
To support “Roots of Resilience: Media, Land, and Community Power in Mill Creek,” which seeks to amplify the voices of youth, adults, and seniors in Mill Creek through intergenerational storytelling that reclaims community narratives, builds resilience, and strengthens movement-building around land, healing, and justice.

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