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An Era of Power Reckoning This webinar, co-hosted by Trust-Based Philanthropy and Color Congress, focuses on the documentary film funding field contextualized within exciting philanthropy practices.
Color Congress Announced! Color Congress launched in January 2022 with an open call for organizations to apply for unrestricted grant funding. The open call closed in February 2022.
Documentary, In Color Co-Directors Sonya Childress and Sahar Driver pen an article for Ford Foundation about the documentary community of color that drives the mission of the Color Congress forward.
Color Congress 2022 Impact Report Read the 2022 Color Congress Impact Report, concluding the first year since the launch of the organization.
Reimagining the Documentary Landscape with Color Congress Sahar Driver shares the rationale and approach to building up the POC documentary ecosystem at the Media Impact Forum 2023.
A Generational Investment in Filmmakers of Color Read Lauren Pabst’s blog on the MacArthur Foundation site about support for people of color leading a documentary film movement by and for their communities.
Introducing Color Congress If you missed our launch event at Sundance 2022, which was a celebration of leaders and organizations on whose shoulders we stand, you can still check it out.
Color Congress Announces $1.35 Million in Inaugural Grants to 17 People of Color-Led and Serving Doc Organizations
Trust-based Philanthropy: Creating a More Equitable, Healthy Ecosystem for Documentary Film Funding
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Shifting Power From Within: The New Gate Openers Check out this frank conversation with the foundation program officers who seeded Color Congress about the political and cultural experiences that shape their worldviews and funding strategies and their thoughts on the future of the documentary field.
A Kaleidoscope Coming Together: An Introduction to Color Congress Rashid Shabazz sits down with Color Congress Co-Directors, Sonya Childress and Sahar Driver, for an interview in Documentary magazine.
Color Congress awards two-year grants to 17 POC-led doc organizations
The Evolution of Impact: The Future of Social Change and Nonfiction Storytelling