Thursday October 8, 2020, 7pm EST Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/permission-granted-siftmedia-215-grantwriting-workshop-tickets-122086980445?aff=erelpanelorg Grants are a great way to jumpstart a film project and garner support for your work. Learn how to navigate the…
Expanding Sanctuary directed by SIFT Member Kristal Sotomayor was awarded the IF/Then North Shorts Residency and Grant
Thursday October 1, 2020, 7pm EST Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-siftmedia-215-diy-artivist-workshop-tickets-121276785129 Join Sabaah Folayan, Producer/Director of WHOSE STREETS? for this unique workshop View Post For many of us, 2020 has been a…
Yolonda Johnson-Young, writer and director of ‘Finding Elijah’, grapples with her son’s suicide by making a powerful film . Tune in tonight for the Broadcast Premiere of the award winning…
Black Ballerina tells the story of several black women from different generations who fell in love with ballet. Six decades ago, while pursuing their dreams, Joan Myers Brown, Delores Browne, and Raven Wilkinson confronted racism, exclusion, and unequal opportunity.
Lost in the Hype is about the negative impact on communities of color when tax dollars are diverted to private individuals to build stadiums and other for profit entities to the detriment of neighborhood recreation programs and other municipal services.
Merging poetic and observational style, filmmaker Gabriela Watson-Burkett bridges the lives of teachers from two different countries—Nyanza Bandele in Philadelphia, United States, and Priscila Dias in São Paulo, Brazil.
Told from a mother’s perspective, Finding Elijah follows a young man’s journey from home into mental illness, to homelessness, and ultimately to suicide. It shows how a mother’s search for answers leads her to action.
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