Posts in 'Immigrant Voices'

$10,000 - Awarded March 2024

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Film
Immigrant Voices
Description
SteelPan Now! is a one-hour documentary that delves into the current world of the steel pan movement, its innovators, its players, the instrument, and the music that reverberates from it. The documentary follows the work of several key individuals and organizations in several states in North America who have spent decades involved in the steelpan movement and its development

$20,000 - Awarded March 2024

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Film
Immigrant Voices
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Love in the Time of Migration is a short multimedia documentary film that follows Ronny and Suly’s long distance love story and examines their journey to each other as one of sacrifice, commitment, and faith. The film explores the modern-day romance between two individuals from a community deeply impacted by migration, and asks the question: "Can love conquer all?"

$10,000 - Awarded March 2024

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Film
Immigrant Voices
Description
Tonight, We Eat Flowers is a romantic comedy that centers the lives of Luis, a recent immigrant, and Jamilah, a foodie stuck in a hellish 9 to 5 job. The two fall in love as they navigate the struggle for connection in a highly individualized world and the soul crushing grind of working at underpaid and uninspiring jobs.

$25,000 - Awarded March 2024

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Film
Immigrant Voices
Description
Amidst war and social unrest, jazz musician Lusine Yeghiazaryan embarks on a journey back home to Armenia to reconnect with her father and fortify her nation’s heritage with her voice.

$30,000 - Awarded March 2024

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Film
Immigrant Voices
Description
Lanterns is an experimental stop-animation that explores the connection between the spotted lanternfly, an invasive species, and xenophobia.

$30,000 - Awarded March 2024

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Film
Immigrant Voices
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In the months leading to a civil conflict, a filmmaker reunites with his family in Sudan after fifteen years apart. Along his journey, he encounters colorful characters and explores his connection to an ancient tribe that has lived on the Nile for millennia.

$20,000 - Awarded October 2023

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Immigrant Voices
Community-Centered Journalism
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To amplify the mental health struggles faced by the African immigrant community in the United States, using storytelling as a powerful tool for advocacy, education, and stigma reduction.

$50,000 - Awarded November 2023

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Community Radio
Immigrant Voices
Representation in Media
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To support RadioCATA, the radio station of CATA, which seeks to empower farmworkers and immigrant workers.

$20,000 - Awarded October 2023

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Immigrant Voices
Community Radio
Podcast and Audio Storytelling
Description
Para producir episodios de Voces de Madre Tierra sobre la violencia de pareja en la comunidad hispanohablante de Filadelfia, que están programados para transmisión en Telemundo.

$15,000 - Awarded September 2023

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Film
BIPOC Stories
Immigrant Voices
Description
For finishing funds for Brujo de la Mancha's film, "¿Y Nosotr@s que?."

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