Since its inception, the Production Assistance Program has assisted in the completion of hundreds of projects, including Oscar-winning documentary CITIZENFOUR by Laura Poitras, Oscar nominee STRONG ISLAND by Yance Ford, and Sandi Tan’s SHIRKERS, which won the World Cinema Documentary Competition Award for Best Directing at Sundance in 2018. In the last 5 years, WMM’s PA Program has helped 136 films reach completion and assisted filmmakers in raising more than $28,000,000 from government, foundation, corporate or individual, and crowd-funded sources.
Below you can browse, learn more about, and support select films fiscally sponsored through our Production Assistance Program. You can take part in helping women’s visions reach the screen by making a tax-deductible donation to any of the projects featured here. With your help, we can continue to see advancements in feminist filmmaking every day. Hopefully, with our collective efforts to support these artists, more opportunities and celebrated accomplishments will continue to flourish.
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SOORA – Breaking the Silence
Men can abuse, apply force on, humiliate, rule over and speak for women in Iran – legally. Five female activists run a one-year campaign to stop domestic violence against women – the director being one of them. They face resistance from society, religion and state, but believe in one goal: passing a law to make domestic violence a crime.
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SORORITY CONFIDENTIAL
SORORITY CONFIDENTIAL tells the unexamined story of racial discrimination in one of the largest and most exclusive private clubs in America: white college sororities.
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Most Dangerous Women
A century of women’s activism and leadership towards peace and equality in the United States and across the globe encourages both contemplation and action, at a time many among us search for personal purpose and new ways of being.
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Jarmo
JARMO is an essay in seven parts, tracing the rise and fall of human civilization through the stories of agriculture.
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Well Groomed
A year immersed in the visually stunning and humorous world of competitive creative dog grooming.
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Tomboy
TOMBOY shines a light on four women drummers, making their mark in a field that was once the exclusive domain of men. The narratives of these trailblazing musicians interweave, launching a dialogue on gender and artistry, which extends far beyond the musical sphere.
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Little Miss Westie
Little Miss Westie chronicles a year in the life of two transgender siblings as they navigate puberty, dating and a local beauty pageant.
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A Double Life
The filmmaker goes on a journey of discovery to unravel the mystery of her uncle’s past as a civil rights activist and political fugitive, and in particular, his involvement in a notorious prison breakout attempt at San Quentin Prison that left 6 people dead.
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Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack
Octogenarian artist Audrey Flack has always been a trailblazer. Now, she returns to her canvas for the first time in decades, revealing her longtime struggles as an artist and mother of two children, one of whom is severely autistic, to find her rightful place in the art world pantheon.
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Hyde Park
Hyde Park is a character-driven documentary that follows an African-American community over 18 years as they struggle to fight environmental racism in Augusta, Georgia.
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Maestra
Cuba, 1961: 250,000 volunteers taught 700,000 people to read and write in one year. MAESTRA explores this story through the personal testimonies of the young women who went out to teach literacy in rural communities across the island - and found themselves deeply transformed in the process.
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My Mis-Education in 3 Graphics
My Mis-Education in 3 Graphics documents the filmmaker’s darkly humorous journey through the mind-boggling constructs of mainstream economics. Critics offer some clear-sighted alternatives to the dominating economists' beliefs.
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Fencing for the Edge
FENCING FOR THE EDGE follows the emotional and physical journeys of two girls’ teams as they compete in the world’s largest high school fencing league.
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The Portal
A documentary and book with a global vision to shift humanity out of a state of crisis. The Portal follows six real-life stories that all overcome trauma, anxiety, depression and PTSD using a simple yet powerful technique. What does the planet look like if we all did this?
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Small Family, Happy Family
As India grapples with its booming population, women have been caught in the crossfire - sterilized in horrific conditions at the hands of the government. Through the narrative of Mitilesh, a young mother who undergoes sterilization, the film reveals how reproductive health policies affect the country’s most vulnerable.
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Greenwood Avenue: A Virtual Reality Expereience
Greenwood Avenue: A Virtual Reality Experience brings us into the 1920’s world of a 14-year-old Black girl experiencing first love & devastating loss in America’s Black Wall Street.
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Libertad (Working Title)
Alejandra, an Indigenous, transgender woman from Oaxaca, Mexico prepares to visit her hometown to reunite with her mother for the first time after 28 years in the United States. Alejandra's homecoming journey is explored through the multiple communities she identifies with as she calls for solidarity and mutual liberation.
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