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Golden Globe Foundation-funded restoration of ‘Never Open That Door’ (1952) to premiere at UCLA Festival of Preservation

Event Date: April 6, 2024 - 9:30pm - Billy Wilder Theater - FREE

The Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles presents a special screening of Never Open That Door (No abras nunca era puerta, Argentina 1952), a restoration funded by the Golden Globe Foundation and the Film Noir Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 35mm dupe picture negative, a 35mm subtitled print and […]

Represent Justice – Impact Campaign: ‘Kemba’ streaming now on BET+

Kemba is a fictionalized account of the life of Kemba Smith Pradia. Though she never handled any drugs herself, in 1995 Kemba was sentenced to over 24 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute drugs, due to mandatory minimum sentencing laws. She was pardoned by President Clinton in 2000. Kemba’s sentence is typical of so many […]

Film Independent Project Involve – March update

from FILM INDEPENDENT It’s been a busy time for the 2024 Project Involve Fellows since being formally introduced at the First Look Screening on January 11! The two-day orientation swiftly followed on January 12 and 13 at Film Independent’s HQ. This year’s theme for the shorts the Fellows will be creating is ‘The Bonds That Bind Us’ and […]

Urban Peace Institute – Federal Funding for Community Safety: The LA Peacemakers Initiative

Urban Peace Institute (UPI) announced $7,400,000 in federal earmark funding to implement the LA Peacemakers Initiative alongside Congressman Tony Cárdenas and with support from former Congresswoman, now Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD). Approximately 150 attendees, including peacemakers, city officials, and allies, gathered at Champions In […]

Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press – Public radio journalist Josie Huang reaches $700,000 settlement with LA County, Sheriff’s Department

Attorneys from RCFP and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher helped Huang reach a settlement related to her unlawful arrest in 2020. Josie Huang, a reporter for NPR member station LAist 89.3 (formerly known as KPCC), reached a $700,000 settlement agreement on Tuesday with Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department related to the […]

GET LIT – WORDS IGNITE Receives $1 Million Gift from THE YIELD GIVING OPEN CALL

Los Angeles, CA. March 19, 2024 – Today, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced Get Lit – Words Ignite as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States. Get Lit received $1 million. Get Lit – Words Ignite is a Los Angeles-based education nonprofit founded in 2006 by […]

IWMF – Newsroom Safety Across America

Ahead of a contentious election cycle, the International Women’s Media Foundation’s “Newsroom Safety Across America” initiative is bringing groundbreaking journalism safety training to local newsrooms across the United States. Starting in key swing states likely to receive heightened attention in 2024, trainings will include one- or two-day workshops focused on risk assessment, personal security, legal […]

IWMF – Courage in Journalism Awards: Nominations Now Open

The International Women’s Media Foundation is currently accepting third-party nominations (no self-nominations) in English, Spanish and French for the 2024 Courage in Journalism Awards. This includes the Wallis Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award intended for women and nonbinary journalists who are detained, jailed or imprisoned. Please submit your nomination using the forms below by March 3, […]

ProPublica – Environment reporting supported by the Golden Globe Foundation

ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account. With a team of more than 150 […]

OCCRP and the Gabo Foundation Launch Groundbreaking Project That Unites Investigative Journalism and Fiction Filmmaking

The Golden Globe Foundation supports the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Article from OCCRP website. Written by SHOTA. To further the impact of investigative reporting in the public interest, OCCRP and the Gabo Foundation convened investigative journalists and film industry professionals from around the world at the first Floodlight Summit in Cartagena, Colombia, from […]

California State Summer School for the Arts – Apply online for the 2024 Summer Session!

CSSSA is delighted to announce that the online application for the 2024 summer session is live. For teens who love to create, California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) welcomes 500+ high school students each summer to celebrate and explore the arts. CSSSA is a CA State program that makes the arts affordable and accessible during this month-long, […]

ICIJ – Projects supported by the Golden Globe Foundation

Cyprus Confidential How the island nation of Cyprus has helped finance Vladimir Putin’s war onRussia, allowing his inner circle to shelter billions from the threat of sanctions fromEurope and the U.S. Our analysis of 3.6 million leaked documents exposed Cyprus as a hub for secretlymoving billions of dollars, raising concerns about money laundering and other […]