Programs/Content
NEH backs public media projects, independent productions in the humanities
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Two public media stations and 13 independent projects received nearly $4.3 million supporting films, podcasts and archival preservation.
Programs/Content
How serendipity, the 1986 World Series and believing in possibilities changed my filmmaking career
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When Henry Hampton called, “I was unemployed and living in New Orleans with no money for another film, no prospects at all. Everything changed after that.”
Programs/Content
NEH pandemic relief grants boost indie filmmakers
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ITVS, Firelight Media, the Sundance Institute and Appalshop Inc. received $5.5 million for filmmaking initiatives and other projects.
Documentaries
Ken Burns: ‘I do not accept that only people of a particular background can tell certain stories’
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Speaking during the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Burns said he supported PBS’ new initiatives to increase programming diversity.
Development
Why independent documentary filmmakers want new and improved funding models
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Filmmakers who search high and low for production money say public media must find ways to increase support for their work.
Programs/Content
Filmmakers who challenged PBS on diversity continue push for transparency
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Members of Beyond Inclusion say they will keep advocating for issues they raised in a March letter to PBS CEO Paula Kerger.
Programs/Content
‘Eyes on the Prize’ producer Henry Hampton reflects on how to serve ‘a nation immersed in turmoil’
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“We must help rebuild … the faith that most Americans have always had in their future and their ability to share in the American dream,” the filmmaker said in a 1992 keynote at the PBS Annual Meeting.
Programs/Content
PBS, ITVS delay documentary broadcast after Trump quote draws scrutiny
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The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America had pointed out inaccuracies in a quote from a 2020 press conference.
Programs/Content
‘Fast-Forward’ challenges viewers to have tough conversations about aging
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A documentary debuting March 24 follows millennials and their boomer parents as they navigate an “aging boot camp.”