Jewish Story Partners, a new film foundation with initial funding from Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw’s Righteous Persons Foundation, launches today aiming to “tell stories about a diverse spectrum of Jewish experiences, histories, and cultures.”Backers also include the Maimonides Fund, which matched the Spielberg foundation grant, the Jim Joseph Foundation and others.
The LA-based organization with well over $2 million in funding will, starting this year, provide $500,000 in grants to U.S.-based feature length documentaries to be selected by jury panels.Filmmaker Roberta Grossman is Producing Director, with veteran film festival programmer, former Sundance Catalyst director and producer Caroline Libresco as Artistic Director.The new
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