Watch I'M FREE NOW, YOU'RE FREE on PBS
and MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE
at the Vieques Film and Human Rights Festival
Ash Goh Hua's short documentary I'M FREE NOW YOU ARE FREE will broadcast on POV Shorts on PBS on Monday, November 29. Check your local listings, stream online or host a screening in your community.

A story about the reunion and repair between Mike Africa Jr and his mother Debbie Africa—a formerly incarcerated political prisoner of the MOVE9.
December 1-5, 2021
MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE
Vieques Film and Human Rights Festival

MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE tells the story of the student-led struggle to win Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY, in the late 1960s. The documentary is a mosaic of voices, film footage, and photographs taken by student activists. This important intergenerational story highlights how students and faculty seized the moment to build upon an alliance of Puerto Rican, African American, and other progressive students forged in their communities and the civil rights movement. Together they changed the face of higher education, transforming the curriculum and expanding who gets educated. The film sheds light on the 50-year history of struggle that started with the founding of one of the first Puerto Rican Studies departments in the nation, and documents the continued movement to maintain their gains.
Palante, Siempre Palante
Dreams Deferred
Firelight Media's The SparkFund, which is underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities’ SHARP initiative, will support established, independent BIPOC documentary filmmakers whose work on humanities-themed projects was disrupted by the COVID-19 public health emergency. The one-time opportunity will provide 36 stipends of $50k. The application opens November 1, 2021 and closes December 29, 2021.
Watch the Workshop for Applicants: https://youtu.be/zsPMRjx99Pk

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