Video Veracity Inc

SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMING NOT TRADITIONALLY SUPPORTED BY COMMERCIAL FINANCING, FOR REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES VIA FILM FESTIVALS, BROADCASTS, CABLECASTS, STREAMING, AND OTHER MEANS OF DISTRIBUTION.

VIDEO VERACITY MADE REGRANTS TO THESE NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM & TELEVISION PROJECTS (AND FILM SUPPORT & DISTRIBUTION GROUPS) THAT WILL OR ARE COLLECTIVELY REACHING AUDIENCES NUMBERING IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, OR IN SOME CASES MILLIONS, VIA FILM FESTIVALS, BROADCASTS, CABLECASTS, ONLINE STREAMING & OTHER DISTRIBUTION, DISC-BASED DISTRIBUTION, CLASSROOM EXHIBITION, AND THEATRICAL SHOWINGS: A KING LIKE ME, A FILM ON THE NEW ORLEANS ZULU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, RECEIVED $29,400 AND CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION; NATCHEZ, A FILM THAT EXPLORES HISTORY AND MEMORY IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH, RECEIVED $68,796 AND CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION; THE INQUISITOR, A FILM ON BARBARA JORDAN, RECEIVED $73,500 AND CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION; AN UNTITLED DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWING THE PRODUCTION OF A SPECIAL PRESENTED IN FARSI TO FOSTER CULTURAL PRIDE, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY BONDS, AND EMPOWER PERSIAN CULTURE RECEIVED $294,000 AND CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION; RUDIMENTS, A FILM FOLLOWING THE NEW ORLEANS ROOTS OF MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR 9-14 YEAR OLDS, RECEIVED $46,664 AND CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION; UNDER G-D, A FILM ON ABORTION ISSUES IN JEWISH AND OTHER COMMUNITIES, RECEIVED $34,300 AND CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION; MY ASCENSION, A FILM ON SUICIDE PREVENTION, RECEIVED $7,350 AND CONTINUED IN DISTRIBUTION; ROLEPLAY, A FILM ON SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, RECEIVED $77,256 AND CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION; SPACE TO BREATHE, A DOCUMENTARY EXAMINING THE POSSIBILITY OF A FUTURE WHERE THERE ARE NO PRISONS OR POLICE, RECEIVED $29,400 AND CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION; REBIRTH, AN ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY BASED ON A DOCTOR IN TEHRAN WHO EXPERIENCES THE REVOLUTION IN HER HOSPITAL, RECEIVED $83,300 AND CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION; CITY OF A MILLION DREAMS, A FILM ON THE HISTORY OF NEW ORLEANS THROUGH THE LENS OF THE JAZZ FUNERAL, RECEIVED $24,500 AND CONTINUED IN DISTRIBUTION; THE CLAIBORNE AVENUE HISTORY PROJECT, A FILM ON ONE OF NEW ORLEANS' FAMOUS LARGELY AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL CORRIDORS THAT WAS HIGHLY AFFECTED BY CONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE 10 IN THE 1960S, RECEIVED $51,604 AND CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION; GIVE LIGHT, A FILM ON MIDWIVES, RECEIVED $11,760 AND CONTINUED IN DISTRIBUTION; FREE FOR ALL, A FILM ON THE HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, RECEIVED $12,101 AND CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION; AND THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTARY FILMS AND PROJECTS CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION AND/OR DISTRIBUTION, AND RECEIVED VARIOUS LEVELS OF FINANCIAL AND/OR PRODUCING SUPPORT: LAST DAYS OF THE HUMMINGBIRD GRILL; UNTITLED DEMOCRACY PROJECT; COMMUTED; UNPRISONED; POWERLANDS; PATOIS; ASHE; EASTERN WESTERN; BAYOU MAHARAJAH; CREOLE FEAST: LEGACY; MOSSVILLE; OUR VOICES; BIG CHARITY; BUCKJUMPING; ALL SKINFOLK AIN'T KINFOLK; AND OTHERS. MANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT RECEIVED FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN PREVIOUS YEARS CONTINUED IN PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION, AND IN SOME CASES RECEIVED TECHNICAL, PRODUCTION, OR OTHER NON-FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.