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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MACHTAT
The daily life chronicle of Fatma and her daughters Najeh and Waffeh, wedding musicians in a small town in Tunisia.
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The Good Relative
THE GOOD RELATIVE is the story of Faith Spotted Eagle, an internationally renowned and revered elder of the Yankton Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, as she confronts the State of South Dakota to protect their tribal water rights.
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ELEGY
The film is a testament to the love and strength of the African American community in Harlem during the time of COVID-19. ELEGY is as much a poem for the dead as it is a tribute to the living.
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Sundays at Café Tabac
"Sundays at Café Tabac" is the story of a weekly salon/evening in the East Village, NYC during the height of lesbian visibility between 1993-95, where a group of creative queer women expressed their individuality, sexuality, and fierceness through the community. Paving the way for the LGBTQI+ expressions we see today.
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The Feeling of Being Watched
When journalist Assia Boundaoui investigates rumors of surveillance in her Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago, she uncovers one of the largest FBI terrorism probes conducted before 9/11 and reveals its enduring impact on the community.
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Counted
"Counted" exposes the horrifying experience that incarcerated pregnant women endure and follows the advocates, doulas, and doctors on a mission to end prison birth.
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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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Fire Tender
Yurok Tribal Members return fire to the land toward cultural and ecological healing.
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Grounders
Grounders takes an intimate look at the Prospect Park Women's Softball League in Brooklyn, New York. This documentary explores the history of the league and the community it has created. Getting to know the players, fans, and umpires we understand what happens when women take the field to play.
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The Place That Makes Us
Among the abandoned industrial ruins of Ohio, a new generation is determined to rebuild home.
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Driven to Abstraction
The art world is rocked by an $80 million forgery scam that brings down New York City’s most venerable gallery. It also brings down two women from very different worlds, caught up in the greatest hoax ever of Modern American Art.
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PATTERNS
When a debilitating illness threatens the life of the filmmaker and her daughter, her journey leads her into hidden realms, revealing patterns in her family and nature, teaching her how to heal and live in this epoch of environmental destruction.
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#WhileBlack
Witnesses who filmed the deaths of George Floyd, Philando Castile, and others, step forward in this ground-breaking documentary about the police brutality videos igniting global movements. Few realize how witnesses must battle online trolls, surveillance firms, and exploitative social media platforms turning their pain into profit.
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The Overdose Murders (w/t)
A thought-provoking examination of the divisive topic of drug-induced homicides - a crime that refers to the delivery of drugs that result in a fatal overdose. In many states, the minimum sentence for this crime is life in prison.
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Here, the Silence is Heard
After arriving in Chile at the old house that my family abandoned in exile, ghosts of an unstoppable family spell begin to appear at night.
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The In Between
The in Between is a portrait of a unique community that follows the exceptional but very normal lives of the citizens of the sister cities of Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila along the U.S. / Mexico border, offering an intimate look into the heart of Mexican-American identity.
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The Kindertransport Journey Project (Working title)
On July 1, 2019, four former unaccompanied child refugees, now between 83 and 92 years old, arrive in Vienna, Austria, to begin a trip retracing the route they took 80 years ago, as Kindertransport children, traveling alone, without parents, fleeing to save their lives.
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