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The Redford Center Expands Grants For Environmental Impact Films With 13 New Projects


The Redford Center selected 13 environmentally impactful films to receiving funding in a major expansion its grants program.

The Center also provides professional development opportunities to grantee filmmakers with mentorship support from the Grants Advisory Board made up of environmental and film industry leaders that work closely with each team. Recent projects include Razing Liberty Square by Oscar-nominated director Katja Esso, now streaming on PBS; Path of the Panther by Eric Bendick, a National Geographic film recently awarded an Emmy for Best Nature Documentary and now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu; Impossible Town, an award-winning documentary by Meg Griffiths and Scott Faris; and Bring Them Home, directed by Blackfeet siblings Ivan and Ivy MacDonald and Daniel Glick and narrated by Lily Gladstone. Through several interconnected stories, this film explores pain, frustration and joy as Black families navigate the rocky path to parenthood as the air gets dirtier, the world warms up, and extreme weather becomes commonplace.

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