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Organization - Bay Bottom News Inc.
Grant Amount - $50,000
Foundation - Ford Foundation
Grant Purpose - For post-production costs and an outreach campaign for "Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun," a documentary film examining the life of the author, anthropologist and folklorist
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Vital Pictures Inc. - $150,000 from the Ford Foundation - To complete production of "Herskovits: At the Heart of Blackness," a PBS documentary about the life and work of anthropologist Melville Jean Herskovits
University of Iowa - $110,000 from the Ford Foundation - For post-production and educational outreach for "Copyright Criminals: This is a Sampling Sport," a film examining the history of digital music sampling, copyright law and hip-hop culture
Resolution Inc. - $70,000 from the Ford Foundation - For post-production costs of "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?," a documentary series examining racial and socioeconomic disparities in health
New York Foundation for the Arts - $80,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - toward post-production costs of "Been Rich All My Life," a documentary project featuring the "Silver Belles," a tap troupe comprised of women who were members of the Apollo Theatre chorus in the 1930s
Harvard University - $125,000 from the Ford Foundation - For post-production of the documentary, "Secrecy," a film that explores the world of government secrecy
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