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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Happy Birthday, Marsha!
Happy Birthday, Marsha! commemorates Black trans activist and performer Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson and her role in instigating the 1969 anti-policing riots at the Stonewall Inn, a watershed event for the gay liberation movement.
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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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Truth or Consequences
Faced with a dying Earth, humanity built a spaceport in the desert of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Those who could, left in search of new planets to call home. This is the story of the people who stayed.
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Youngstown
Among the abandoned industrial ruins of Ohio, a new generation is determined to rebuild home.
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THE SUM OF OUR PARTS
While supporting her partner Kelly in his gender confirmation surgery, Roseanne is triggered by her sexual trauma and faced with an unexpected opportunity to pursue legal action against her abuser. THE SUM OF OUR PARTS follows the couple on a quest to reclaim their identities and help each other heal.
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The Roar of a Lion Cub
Encouraged by an unprepared, but determined American cinematographer, three Mongolian homeless teens reluctantly navigate the forced, premature transition into adulthood as they fight to survive within the harsh realities of their rapidly changing society. Overcoming language barriers and cultural boundaries, they create an unlikely long-distance family made by determination.
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Aftermath
AFTERMATH revisits the wrenching, highly-publicized hate crime documented in Emmy-nominated THE BRANDON TEENA STORY, 25 years later. Through the eyes of a community grappling with the impact of Brandon’s life and death, the film explores loss, growth and life for LGBTQ individuals in Heartland America.
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Kumina Queen
Feared as a witch by some, revered by others as a healer, Imogene “Queenie” Kennedy catapulted the African spiritual practice of Kumina into the public spotlight in post-colonial Jamaica. But what is Queenie’s relevance today? And how does Kumina live on in the art, spirituality, and transient identities of Jamaicans?
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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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Finding the Werewolf
Larry, a hard-working Mexican immigrant completely covered by hair due to a rare condition, fights for a dignified life & to empower those who are different. He hopes to inspire others to overcome their crippling fear of otherness, but he´ll have to confront his own fears first.
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In Balanchine's Classroom
Balanchine’s former dancers reveal startling new facets of the legendary choreographer as they open the door to his private classroom - his laboratory, set against their present-day efforts to keep his legacy alive.
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Marianne
Seven French Muslim women take back the narrative of their lives, defying the uniform idea of the “oppressed Muslim woman” created by the French media and politicians. In a national context of increasingly intolerant secularism, they push the viewer to question their own assumptions on liberty, feminism, identity and secularism.
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Send Us Your Brother
Send Us Your Brother is a feature-length documentary about Masculinity. Filmed over two and a half years, the documentary is a rich, and deeply intimate look at what it means to be male in India today.
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COAST
16-year-old Abby’s small town trappings and her mother’s unlived dreams are closing in on her when she falls in love with the lead singer of a punk rock band who introduces her to a world of possibility and self-expression.
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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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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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