GRANTS IN PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Division of Public Programs
Announced: June 2004

HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN MEDIA

PLANNING GRANTS

The Ornament of the World
Catticus Corporation
Berkeley, CA
Outright: $30,000.00
Planning of a two-hour television historical documentary that examines the period of Muslim rule in Spain from the early eighth to the fifteenth century, in which Muslims, Jews, and Christians created a complex culture of tolerance born out of a confluence of people from different traditions.

Prince Among Slaves
Unity Productions Foundation
Silver Spring, MD
Outright: $30,000.00
Planning of a 90-minute film about Abdul Rahman bin Ibrahima Sori, an African prince who was captured in battle in 1787, sold into slavery, shipped to Mississippi, and, 40 years later, freed and sent back to Africa.

Coolness Under Fire: The Women War Correspondents of World War II
Women Make Movies, Inc.
New York, NY
Outright: $30,000.00
Planning of a one-hour documentary film about American women war reporters of World War II.

Fight For Freedom
Close Up Foundation
Alexandria, VA
Outright: $29,875.00
Planning of a three-part documentary film on the participation of African American soldiers in the Civil War.

Washington, DC: The National City
Freedom Forum
Arlington, VA
Outright: $30,000.00
Planning of a four-hour documentary film series on the history of Washington, D.C.

SCRIPTING GRANTS

Andrew Jackson: America at the Crossroads
Community Television of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Outright: $90,000.00
Scripting of a three-hour television documentary series examining the life and times of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States.

Louisa May Alcott
Filmmakers Collaborative
Waltham, MA
Outright: $60,000.00
Scripting of a 60-minute documentary film on the life of Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women.

Becoming Helen Keller
Straight Ahead Pictures, Inc.
Conway, MA
Outright: $60,000.00
Scripting of a 90-minute documentary film that would examine the life of Helen Keller.

Hope and Healing: The Untold Story of the Ellis Island Hospital
Filmmaker's Collaborative
Lexington, MA
Outright: $60,000.00
Scripting of a one-hour documentary film on the history of the Ellis Island Hospital from 1902 to 1930.

Independence
New York Foundation for the Arts
New York, NY
Outright: $70,000.00
Scripting of a two-part television documentary film on how colonial rebels, free and enslaved blacks, and Native Americans fought three concurrent and intertwined struggles for freedom and independence during the American Revolution.

Catching the Shadow: Women and 19th-Century Photography
City Lore: NY Center for Urban Folk Culture
New York, NY
Outright: $60,000.00
Scripting of a 60-minute documentary film about the early history of photography as seen through the careers of women photographers working between 1860 and 1900.

Forty-Five Words: A History of the First Amendment
Freedom Forum
Arlington, VA
Outright: $60,000.00
Scripting of a 90-minute documentary film about James Madison and his role in the drafting and ratification of the Bill of Rights.

American Voices, From the Writer's Project
Educational Film Center
Annandale, VA
Outright: $70,000.00
Scripting of a two-part, two-hour documentary film series about the Federal Writers' Project and its place in American culture.

Way of the Warrior
University of Wisconsin Extension
Madison, WI
Outright: $60,000.00
Scripting of a one-hour documentary film exploring the role of the warrior in Native American communities and the high value they have historically placed on military service.

PRODUCTION GRANTS

The War
GWETA, Inc.
Washington, DC
Outright: $700,000.00 Match: $500,000.00
Production of the first two episodes of a proposed ten-hour documentary television series about the American experience of World War II from 1941 to 1945.

History Through Deaf Eyes
GWETA, Inc.
Washington, DC
Outright: $400,000.00 Match: $100,000.00
Production of a two-hour television documentary film exploring almost 200 years of the experience of the deaf community in the United States, from 1814 to the present.

Benjamin Henry Latrobe: Architect of the New Republic
Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore, MD
Outright: $800,000.00
Production of a two-hour documentary film on the life of Benjamin Henry Latrobe and his contribution to the architecture of the new American Republic (1764-1820).

The Gold Rush
WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston, MA
Outright: $400,000.00 Match: $100,000.00
Production of a two-hour television documentary and interactive website on the California Gold Rush.

Woody Guthrie: This Land is Your Land
Center for Independent Documentary
Sharon, MA
Outright: $500,000.00
Production of a 90-minute documentary film on the life, work, and legacy of American folksinger Woody Guthrie.

Alexander Hamilton
Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
Outright: $1,000,000.00
Production of a two-part television documentary on Alexander Hamilton, architect of a modern American economy, champion of a strong central government, and leader of one of the nation's first political parties.

The Life and Times of Annie Oakley
Film/Video Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
Outright: $496,000.0
Production of a 90-minute historical documentary film examining the life and times of Wild West Show sharpshooter, Annie Oakley, and the myriad ways her character represented the paradoxes of her country from the mid-1880s through the early 1900s.

Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY
Outright: $700,000.00
Production of a 90-minute documentary film on Ernest Hemingway for broadcast on the American Masters television series.

Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life
New York Foundation for the Arts
New York, NY
Outright: $200,000.00
Production and post-production of a 90-minute documentary film about musician Billy Strayhorn, who worked as Duke Ellington's co-composer and arranger from 1938 to 1967.

The War That Made America
WQED
Pittsburgh, PA
Outright: $1,000,000.00
Production of a four-hour documentary film series on the French and Indian War, also known as the War of Conquest in Canada and the Seven Years' War in Europe (1754-63).

The Storm That Swept Mexico: The Mexican Revolution
KERA
Dallas, TX
Outright: $700,000.00
Production of a three-hour documentary film series about the Mexican Revolution and the complex social, political, economic, and cultural forces that contributed to the struggle to establish a democratic, stable, and prosperous nation.