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Fledgling Fund / Chicken & Egg Go the Extra Mile

July 14, 2009 BY admin

Working Films will guide a select group of grantees from the Fledgling Fund and Chicken & Egg Pictures as they create and refine audience engagement plans for their non-fiction media and film projects. Linking the documentaries to organizations committed to progressive social change will be a key component of the residency. We would like to welcome the following filmmakers and their projects to this residency.

Ali Codina Monica and David
Beth Davenport Rose and Nangabire
Charlotte Glynn Rachel Is
Mai Iskander Garbage Dreams
Olivia Klaus Sin by Silence
Alexandra Lescaze All of Me
Elinyisia Mosha Anatomy of Poverty
Emily Pyle Burned
Sally Rubin and Jen Gilomen Deep Down
Nancy Schwartzman The Line

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