Film and Radio Awards, July 1999

FILM AND RADIO AWARDS
Division of Public Programs
Announced: July 1999

ALASKA

Consultation
Anchorage, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation $9,860
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Nellie Moore, (907) 258-8880
TITLE: Consulting for a Revitalizing Native Oral Traditions Project
DESCRIPTION: Consultation with experts in Alaskan native cultures to enhance the production of radio programs dealing with the oral traditions of native cultures.

CALIFORNIA

Films
Los Angeles, KCET-TV $702,134
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Margaret Koval, (310) 475-1597
MATCHING FUNDS $100,000
TITLE: Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of the American Century
DESCRIPTION: Production of a three-hour documentary film on the life and career of Woodrow Wilson.

Berkeley, New Images Productions, Inc. $472,311
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Avon Kirkland, (510) 548-1790
TITLE: Indivisible Man: The Life and Legacy of Ralph Ellison, American Writer
DESCRIPTION: Production of a 90-minute documentary film portrait of Invisible Man author Ralph Ellison.

San Francisco, Film Arts Foundation $30,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Nancy D. Kates, (415) 647-9400
TITLE: American Socrates: The Life of Bayard Rustin
DESCRIPTION: Planning for a one-hour documentary film on civil rights activist Bayard Rustin.

Consultation

Berkeley, Interfaze Educational Productions, Inc. $9,950
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Gail 0. Dolgin, (510) 548-3699
TITLE: From the Poorhouse to the Workplace: The Changing Policy of Social Welfare in America
DESCRIPTION: Development of a two-part documentary film series tracing the evolution of the social welfare state from the public assistance policies of the 19th century to contemporary policies.

Berkeley, Interfaze Educational Productions, Inc. $5,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Marilyn H. Mulford, (510) 548-2515
TITLE: The American Business Corporation
DESCRIPTION: Consultation with historians and business leaders to plan a four-hour documentary series on the history and influence of business corporations on the culture and values of America.

Berkeley, Soundvision Productions $9,995
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Scott Barinetta, (510) 486-1185
TITLE: Science and the Search for Meaning in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION: Consultation with scholars to develop a series of radio documentary programs examining key philosophical and religious questions that have arisen as a result of major scientific discoveries of the 20th century.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Spark Media, Inc. $551,111
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Andrea R. Kalin, (202) 463-6154
TITLE: Partners of the Heart
DESCRIPTION: Production of a documentary film about the 35- year partnership between Vivien Thomas and Alfred Blalock, the interracial medical team that pioneered cardiac surgery amid the racially charged atmosphere of the mid-20th- century American South.

Consultation
Global Policy Forum $10,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Gordon Hyatt, (212) 874-0469
TITLE: Napoleon in Egypt
DESCRIPTION: Development of a documentary film on the rise of Egyptology, relations between the Middle East and West, and the ramifications of the Egyptian campaign on Napoleon's career.

GEORGIA

Films
Atlanta, IMAGE Film/Video Center $226,155
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Kristy M. Andersen, (813) 289-8554
TITLE: BlackSouth: The Life Journey of Zora Neale Hurston
DESCRIPTION: Production of a documentary film on the life and work of writer Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960).

MARYLAND

Radio
Takoma Park, Station Resource Group $200,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR, Davia L. Nelson in San Fransisco, (415) 788-7500
Chuck Alexander at NPR, (202) 414-2726
TITLE: Lost and Found Sound: An American Record
DESCRIPTION: Completion of a 52-week series of radio documentary segments celebrating the millennium by exploring 20th-century American culture through a variety of recorded sounds.

Consultation
Silver Spring, DC Productions $10,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Daniel J. Collison, (301) 588-5119
TITLE: American Salesmen
DESCRIPTION: Consultation with scholars to develop a series of radio documentary programs exploring the changing roles and images of salesmen and women in American history and popular culture.

MASSACHUSETTS

Films
Brookline, Long Bow Group, Inc. $700,776
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Carma Hinton,(617) 277-6400
TITLE: Morning Sun
DESCRIPTION: Production of a two-hour documentary film on China's Cultural Revolution.

Boston, WGBH Educational Foundation $600,776
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Peter McGhee, (617) 492-2777 MATCHING FUNDS $200,000
TITLE: The American Experience: Grant
DESCRIPTION: Production of a three-hour documentary film on the life and career of Ulysses S. Grant.

Waban, Center for Independent Documentary $50,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Melissa W. Banta, (617) 495-8596
TITLE: The Murder of Dr. Parkman
DESCRIPTION: Scripting of a one-hour documentary film using the story of the murder of Dr. Parkman in the 19th- century as a case study in historiography

Lexington, Calliope Film Resources, Inc. $30,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Randall Conrad, (781) 674-2926
TITLE: Henry D. Thoreau
DESCRIPTION: Planning of a 60-minute documentary film biography of Henry David Thoreau, his contributions to American philosophy and community life, and his role as an antislavery activist.

Consultation
Boston, New England Foundation for the Arts, Inc. $9,998
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Martha Fowlkes, (617) 971-0802
TITLE: The City Game: Basketball and Social Life in 20th- century America
DESCRIPTION: Consultation with scholars and producers to develop a public television series on how basketball has shaped urban life.

NEBRASKA

Films
Lincoln, Nebraskans for Public Television, Inc. $65,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Melissa Bucklin, (402) 472-3611
TITLE: Emma Goldman: Free Thought, Free Speech
DESCRIPTION: Scripting of a 90-minute documentary film on the life and public career of Emma Goldman (1869-1940).

NEW YORK

Films
New York, Educational Broadcasting Corporation $300,740
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Susan Lacy, (212) 560-6971 MATCHING FUNDS $150,000
TITLE: Alfred Stieglitz and the Making of Modern America
DESCRIPTION: Production of a 90-minute documentary film on the work of photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

Cooperstown, New York Historical Association $60,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Frank G. Christopher, (805) 969-9775
TITLE: Heaven on Earth - Love and Conflict in the Oneida Community
DESCRIPTION: Scripting of a 60-minute documentary film on Oneida, the 19th-century utopian community.

New York, Camera News, Inc./Third World Newsreel $30,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Jude 0. Ray, (212) 219-2199
TITLE: Harlem: The Greatest Negro City in the World
DESCRIPTION: Planning for a three-hour documentary film on Harlem in the 20th century.

New York, Women Make Movies, Inc. $29,460
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Joanna Kiernan, (718) 797-1119
TITLE: Cabinet of Spells: Cinderella
DESCRIPTION: Planning of a documentary film on the historical development and significance of the Cinderella fairy tale in its variants around the world.

Consultation

Hastings-on-Hudson, Pacific Street Film Projects, Inc. $10,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Steven Fischler, (914) 478-1900
TITLE: High Flight
DESCRIPTION: Consultation with scholars to refine the treatments for a six-hour documentary film series on aviation history and its impact on society and the human imagination.

New York City, Film/Video Arts, Inc. $9,619
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Riva Freifeld, (202) 462-5052
TITLE: Annie Oakley: Little Miss Sure Shot
DESCRIPTION: Consultation with scholars to develop a one- hour documentary film on the life of Annie Oakley and her significance in American history and popular culture.

New York City, Kitchen Sync. $10,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: John J. Valadez, (516) 421-6931
TITLE: The Head of Joaquin Murrieta
DESCRIPTION: Consultation with historians and biographers to plan an hour-long documentary about the life and legend of 19th-century Mexican bandit, Joaquin Murrieta.

Staten Island, New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. $10,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Helen L. Thorington, (718) 273-3646
TITLE: The Life of Memory: Holocaust Survivors and Consciousness Since WWII
DESCRIPTION: Development of a two-hour documentary series on Holocaust survivors, exploring the lives they have built in America since World War II and the issue of Holocaust memory and consciousness during the last 50 years.

PENNSYLVANIA

Radio
Philadelphia, CultureWorks, Ltd. $60,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Steven Rowland, (215) 843-4388
TITLE: Leonard Bernstein: An American Life
DESCRIPTION: Production of a 12-hour documentary radio series with accompanying modules featuring Leonard Bernstein, post-war America, and Bernstein's social and cultural milieu.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Films
Spartanburg, ETV Endowment of South Carolina $60,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Steven Alves, (413) 773-9029
TITLE: A History of American Teenagers
DESCRIPTION: Scripting of a two-hour documentary film on the rise of American youths' cultural, economic, and political rights in the 20th century and the development of a teen subculture.

TEXAS

Films
Austin, Austin Film Society $200,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Paul J. Stekler, (512) 471-4952
TITLE: George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire
DESCRIPTION: Completion of a three-hour documentary film on the life of George Wallace.

VERMONT

Films
Shelbourne, History Institute for Education and Media $60,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Jeanne B. Houck, (718) 389-8830
TITLE: There She Is: A History of Miss America
DESCRIPTION: Scripting of a 90-minute documentary film exploring the history of the Miss America Pageant and changes in popular images of American womanhood.

Consultation
Shelbourne, History Institute for Media and Education $5,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Jeanne B. Houck, (212) 691-0350
TITLE: Scenes of A Lifetime: Women and Photography
DESCRIPTION: Consultation with scholars to develop a one- hour documentary film on women’s contributions to the early development of photography in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

VIRGINIA

Films
Annandale, Educational Film Center $600,000
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Stephen L. Rabin, (703) 750-0560
TITLE: The Life and Death of the Federal Theater
DESCRIPTION: Production of a two-hour documentary film on the establishment and funding of the Federal Theater during the New Deal and the controversy over government support for the arts that led to the Theater's demise in 1939.