By Peter White Television Editor EXCLUSIVE: A Sheila E. documentary, a film about growing up female in the deep south from The Two Killings of Sam Cooke director and a free speech project from Julia Bacha are among those films awarded a grant from a COVID-19 doc fund.
XTR, the documentary studio set up by RYOT co-founder Bryn Mooser, Knock Down The House producer Wavelength Productions and new partner Park Pictures, the company behind The Truffle Hunters, partnered on the Keep The Lights On Fund to help struggling documentary filmmakers finish projects hit by the shutdown.
The collaboration offered filmmakers between $5,000 and $10,000 to help support post-production budgets or filmmakers’ personal expenses during the shutdown.
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