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Women Make Movies’ Debra Zimmerman Slams U.S. Grant Cuts at Visions du Réel
Women Make Movies' executive director Debra Zimmerman discusses the effects of Donald Trump’s cuts to federal humanities grants.
Recent cuts targeted the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency that supports museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media projects across all 50 states. She closed the conversation on a reflective note, speaking after three days at Visions du Réel, held in French-speaking Switzerland, where Swiss and French films had a strong presence throughout the festival. While at Visions du Réel, Zimmerman, together with Robin Smith of Blue Ice Docs, spoke on a panel about the North American documentary distribution market, as well as participating as a Decision Maker.
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