The Redford Center, the nonprofit environmental media organization co-founded in 2005 by Robert Redford and his son James Redford, is going big on funding environmental documentaries this year.
Today, it announced early-stage funding of a record 22 feature-length films committed to telling stories of environmental justice and solutions.
Made through the Redford Center’s biennial Grants Program, it represents a tripling of the number of films funded in its previous cycle. “The Redford Center mandate is really to drive mass participation in the movement towards environmental justice, protection and repair, and we are scaling up right now,” Redford Center executive director Jill Tidman tells The Hollywood Reporter.
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