The Ciesla Foundation
For The Rosenwald Documentary Film Project
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Amount$150,000
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Program
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Date Awarded4/29/2017
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
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Overview
This grant will support production and distribution of a documentary by filmmaker Aviva Kempner focused on the incredible story of businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, and how he joined with African-American communities in the South to build 5,000 schools during the Jim Crow period. The film also highlights the Rosenwald Fund, which awarded grants to America’s greatest African-American artists and intellectuals, including Marian Anderson, Julian Bond, Ralph Bunche, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Gordon Parks, James Baldwin, Jacob Lawrence, and Augusta Savage. A DVD of bonus features goes deeper into the many aspects of Rosenwald’s giving.
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for the Rosenwald documentary film project
This grant will support production and distribution of a documentary by filmmaker Aviva Kempner focused on the incredible story of businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, and how he joined with African-American communities in the South to build 5,000 schools during the Jim Crow period. The film also highlights the Rosenwald Fund, which awarded grants to America’s greatest African-American artists and intellectuals, including Marian Anderson, Julian Bond, Ralph Bunche, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Gordon Parks, James Baldwin, Jacob Lawrence, and Augusta Savage. A DVD of bonus features goes deeper into the many aspects of Rosenwald’s giving.
