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NewFilmmakers Los Angeles – Monthly Film Festival – InFocus: Disabilities

Event Date: April 6, 2024 11:00am - 6:00pm PDT

Click here for more information on NewFilmmakers Los Angeles’ monthly film festivals UPCOMING EVENTS April 6th, 2024 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: DisabilityMay 4th, 2024 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Asian Cinema & InFocus: ImmigrationJune 1st, 2024– Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: LGBTQ+ CinemaJuly 13th, 2024 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Canadian […]

PEN AMERICA LITERARY GALA at the American Museum of Natural History

Event Date: May 16, 2024

The annual PEN America Literary Gala is a highlight of the New York literary and social calendars, with over 800 guests and an exceptional group of leading writers who sit among them as Literary Hosts. Every year, it is an inspiring, exhilarating, moving event as we honor those who embody PEN America’s mission to celebrate, […]

Get Lit – Words Ignite: 13th Annual Classic Slam

Event Date: April 20, 2024

Join Get Lit – Words Ignite at the 13th Annual Classic Slam, where hundreds of young poets will share fresh perspectives, dynamite poems, and unforgettable performances. For some, it’s their first field trip since grade school. The Classic Slam has never been just a competition—it’s an opportunity for students to speak their truth and find their […]

International Documentary Association – Hot Docs 2024

Event Date: April 25 - May 5, 2024

Discover exceptional professional development, networking, and financing opportunities at Hot Docs Festival, April 25 to May 5, 2024. Join your colleagues at Hot Docs 2024, North America’s premier documentary festival, conference and market, taking place April 25 to May 5 in Toronto. Register for our new All-IN Pass and experience an immersive four-day industry program with access […]

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 […]

International Documentary Association – Getting Real Conference

Event Date: April 15-18, 2024

International Documentary Association (IDA) is holding its sixth biennial Getting Real conference between April 15–18, 2024, in Los Angeles and virtually worldwide. Thinking holistically about the lives and afterlives of documentaries, #docsgetreal will spotlight how documentarians should access institutions, people, spaces, and resources so the doc community can benefit from each other. Getting Real ‘24 […]

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 […]

The Moth – True Stories Told Live

Event Date: April 2nd, 2024 - 8:00pm

The Moth is true stories, told live and without notes. The Moth celebrates the ability of stories to honor both the diversity and commonality of human experience, and to satisfy a vital human need for connection. It seeks to present recognized storytellers among established and emerging writers, performers and artists and to encourage storytelling among […]

CSUN – CTVA Alumna and GGF Fellow Wins Oscar for ’20 Days in Mariupol’ Documentary

Michelle Mizner graduated California State University, Northridge with a film production emphasis in the Department of Cinema and Television Arts.  She directed the senior film project ‘Barrio Thief’ with funding assistance from the HFPA and was an HFPA Fellow. “Michelle is an an example of the impact the HFPA funding has had on our CSUN students. […]