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Fledgling Supports Sundance Doc The Bad Kids

Hello from Sundance!  Tonight is the premiere of The Bad Kids and we are excited to announce that we have recently supported the film with a grant for outreach and…

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Announcing Our Next Fledgling Engagement Lab

We are excited to announce that we will be starting our next Fledgling Engagement Lab in 2016.  The Lab brings together a small number of social issue documentary film teams…

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Announcing Our Special Initiative on Emerging Forms of Documentary Storytelling

By Diana Barrett, The Fledgling Fund: I am fascinated with immersive storytelling projects that are pushing the boundaries of more traditional storytelling modes and have been exploring a range of projects—some are rudimentary and some have great power, such as de la Pena’s Hunger in Los Angeles project. Many rely on technologies that allow us to move between digital and physical realities and these technologies are becoming more accessible.…

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Fledgling Completes First Engagement Lab

In October, we wrapped up our first Fledgling Engagement Lab. The Lab brought eight social issue documentary film teams together along with experts and mentors to design and implement effective outreach and engagement strategies. After 18 months of programming, we are incredibly proud of the results.…

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Announcing Film Outreach and Engagement Project Grants

Our new rolling application cycle opened in July 2015!  We are thrilled to announce grants to the following projects:   DAUGHTERS OF THE FOREST Directed by Samantha Grant Daughters of…

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