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Brooke Brewer, $5,000
Designing Change
With a project called Pie Lab, a group of young designers wants to make a difference in Greensboro, Alabama.They hope to inspire conversation over pie and coffe, but a well-intentioned idea from outsiderswill be molded by the community - not the other way around.
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Peter Galison and Robb Moss, $5,000
Wastelands
After fifty years of nuclear weapons production, an indestructible legacy of nuclear waste remains. We are now burying it a half a mile underground in New Mexico, and making a desperate attempt to warn the future four hundred generations that the site is toxic.
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Jake Mahaffy, $5,000
ACTS
In a poor storefront church in Milwaukee, an eight-year old autistic boy dies during a prayer service, and a pastor is accused of crushing the child to death. ACTS is a documentary film about faith healing and a man who tried to perform a miracle
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Kavita Pillay, $5,000
My Good Name is Stalin
Kerala, India, is proud to be the home of the world’s first democratically elected communist government, but increasingly depends on money from workers who have left to work in wealthier countries, often under exploitative conditions.
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Jenny Alexander, $5,000
Dream Generation (wt)
This film follows the story of three undocumented immigrant youth in a world where they are considered illegal in the communities where they were raised. In their efforts to change the immigration policies that shape their lives they must confront their greatest fears, and risk losing the only place they know as home. |
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Alexander Berman & Elizabeth Rose, $5,000
In the Volcano’s Shadow
The Bezymianny volcano, located on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, is part of the largest concentration of active volcanoes in the world. A group of American, Russian, and Japanese researchers study the volcano to unravel a mystery: what makes volcanoes erupt? Native to the area, the Eveny people try to answer the same question through their own cultural practices.
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Jane Gillooly, $5,000
The Suitcase of Love and Shame
A suitcase purchased on eBay containing reel-to-reel audiotapes recorded in the mid-1960’s reveals an uncensored chronicle of a remarkable affair. The content inside reflects the disappointment, humiliation, and regret of a Missourian man and his mistress. This film explores an era in American history when the reality and disgrace of marital instability condemned the true love between this eccentric pair to secrecy. |
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Ken Winikur and Ben Avishai, $5,000
J Street
Through the story of a small, energetic Washington, DC lobby group, J Street explores the battle currently being waged over the hearts and minds determining what support for Israel really means. This film looks at the American political system, and how a sophisticated grassroots movement can organize itself to make its voice heard in the highest levels of government. |