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January 10, 2024: ‘Daughters’ to Receive Subject Matter Grant at Sundance Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)

January 5, 2024: MOUNTAINFILM ANNOUNCES NEW SUBJECT MATTER AWARD

November 1, 2023: 36 SECONDS: PORTRAIT OF A HATE CRIME to receive Subject Matter Award at DOC NYC
October 12, 2023: DOC NYC Announcement

May 24, 2023: Tribeca Festival Names Subject Matter Documentary Grant Winners ‘Breaking the News’ and ‘Every Body’ (EXCLUSIVE)

May 2023: Press Release - Subject Matter to award $100,000 at Tribeca Festival

March 2023: Subject Matter’s 2022 Annual Report

November 28, 2022: Subject Matter Announces Inaugural Grant Winners, $120,000 Total in Funds for Films and Nonprofits (EXCLUSIVE)

July 14, 2022: Amy Hobby, David Earls, and Colleen Hammond Launch Subject Matter (EXCLUSIVE)

May 23, 2024: Subject Matter Provides $50,000 in Grants to ‘I’m Your Venus’ and House Lives Matter at 2024 Tribeca Festival (EXCLUSIVE)

May 15, 2024: Press Release - Documentary All We Carry to Receive Subject Matter Grant at Mountainfilm Festival

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The 15th edition of @docnycfest kicks off next week and we’ll be there to award $40,000 in grants to @storylinemedia’s timely doc HOMEGROWN and The 22nd Century Initiative.

HOMEGROWN is an unflinching chronicle of Americans at war with e

The 15th edition of @docnycfest kicks off next week and we’ll be there to award $40,000 in grants to @storylinemedia’s timely doc HOMEGROWN and The 22nd Century Initiative.

The 22nd Century Initiative works toward a people-powered multi-

We’re headed to @tribeca next month to award grants to I’M YOUR VENUS and @houselivesmatter !

I’M YOUR VENUS is a moving and timely documentary that follows the unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza, star of Paris Is Burning, the l

We’re headed to @tribeca next month to award grants to I’M YOUR VENUS and @houselivesmatter !

House Lives Matter, created for and by the house ball community, is a grassroots community organizing and advocacy initiative mobilizing house

We’re headed to @mountainfilm next week to award grants to @allwecarrydoc and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project @n.w.i.r.p !

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project promotes justice by defending and advancing the rights of immigrants through direc

We’re headed to @mountainfilm next week to award grants to @allwecarrydoc and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project @n.w.i.r.p !

ALL WE CARRY follows one family’s extraordinary journey as they flee persecution from narcotraffickers in Hondu

We’re headed to #Sundance to award grants to @daughtersdocumentary and @girlsforachange !  The subject matter: the impacts of mass incarceration on children and the need to improve visitation practices in jails and prisons to keep family bonds

We’re headed to #Sundance to award grants to @daughtersdocumentary and @girlsforachange !  The nonprofit: GIRLS FOR A CHANGE is receiving a $20,000 grant to grant will help establish an education fund that will provide much needed resources so

We’re thrilled to be at @docnycfest this month to award grants to @36secondsfilm and @our3winners !

Congrats to our newest grantees!

The subject matter: violence, racism, and hate crime

The film: 36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime is rece