Video Veracity

Video Veracity made regrants to these non-profit educational documentary film & television projects (and film support & distribution groups) that will or are collectively reaching audiences numbering in the hundreds of thousands, or in some cases millions, via film festivals, broadcasts, cablecasts, online streaming & other distribution, disc-based distribution, classroom exhibition, and theatrical showings: A King Like Me, a film on the New Orleans Zulu community organization, received $29,400 and continued in production; Natchez, a film that explores history and memory in the American South, received $68,796 and continued in production; The Inquisitor, a film on Barbara Jordan, received $73,500 and continued in production; an untitled documentary following the production of a special presented in Farsi to foster cultural pride, strengthen community bonds, and empower Persian culture received $294,000 and continued in production; Rudiments, a film following the New Orleans Roots of Music education program for 9-14 year olds, received $46,664 and continued in production; Under G-d, a film on abortion issues in Jewish and other communities, received $34,300 and continued in production; My Ascension, a film on suicide prevention, received $7,350 and continued in distribution; Roleplay, a film on sexual assault awareness on college campuses, received $77,256 and continued in production; Space To Breathe, a documentary examining the possibility of a future where there are no prisons or police, received $29,400 and continued in production; Rebirth, an animated documentary based on a doctor in Tehran who experiences the revolution in her hospital, received $83,300 and continued in production; City of a Million Dreams, a film on the history of New Orleans through the lens of the jazz funeral, received $24,500 and continued in distribution; The Claiborne Avenue History Project, a film on one of New Orleans' famous largely African-American business and residential corridors that was highly affected by construction of Interstate 10 in the 1960s, received $51,604 and continued in production; Give Light, a film on midwives, received $11,760 and continued in distribution; Free For All, a film on the history of the public library, received $12,101 and continued in production; and the following documentary films and projects continued in production and/or distribution, and received various levels of financial and/or producing support: Last Days of the Hummingbird Grill; Untitled Democracy Project; Commuted; Unprisoned; Powerlands; Patois; Ashe; Eastern Western; Bayou Maharajah; Creole Feast: Legacy; Mossville; Our Voices; Big Charity; Buckjumping; All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk; and others. Many other projects that received financial support in previous years continued in production and distribution, and in some cases received technical, production, or other non-financial assistance.