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Americans for the Arts: Funding Bill Cuts $5 million from NEA
By Americans for the Arts
Today, the U.S. House Interior Appropriations Committee advanced a bill to provide funding for our nation’s natural and cultural resources, proposing $145 million to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for FY2018. This is a $5 million cut from current levels and $10 million less than the request supported by a record number of members of Congress this year.
Photography Expanded at Magnum Foundation
By Hanul Bahm
On Thursday, June 8, Magnum Foundation presented Photography Expanded, a daylong presentation and panels on collaborative documentary practices.
Announcing a July 12 Day of Action to save Net Neutrality
By Rose Kaplan
The Alliance is a powerful advocate for a free and open internet, and we're proud to join the many companies and organizations participating in Battle for the Net's July 12 Day of Action to save Net Neutrality.
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Southern Filmmakers Convene in Durham
On the heels of the Full Frame Film Festival, Durham, NC continues to foster a thriving documentary community. Documentarians from the South and beyond will gather June 9 – 11, 2017 for the annual Southern Documentary Fund (SDF) Artists Convening.
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Ford Foundation: The Art of Democracy: Creative Expression and American Greatness
By Darren Walker
Good evening, everyone. Thank you, Thelma Golden, for your gracious introduction—and, more importantly, for your groundbreaking, visionary leadership at the Studio Museum in Harlem. And thank you, all, for this extraordinary honor: the privilege of delivering this 30th annual lecture in tribute to the incomparable Nancy Hanks.
Video Roundtable: Youth Media (April 2017)
Check out The Alliance's Youth Media Video Roundtable from last month!
Filmmaker Mag: Five Questions with Water Warriors Director Michael Premo
By Paula Bernstein
I saw Water Warriors in February, just a month after Donald Trump’s inauguration, during its world premiere at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana.
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The Advocate: Why Black Gay Filmmaker Marlon Riggs Matters Now
By Charles Stephens
During the 1992 presidential primaries, Pat Buchanan, seeking the Republican Party's nomination, used an unauthorized clip from Tongues Untied to blast the National Endowment for the Arts and attack George H. W. Bush.