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A Word of Thanks from Stanley Nelson

Check out this note of gratitude from our Executive Director, Stanley Nelson. It includes a 2011 Year-in-Review for Firelight.
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FREEDOM RIDERS Makes New York Times' Top Ten List

FREEDOM RIDERS was named in New York Times critic Mike Hale's top 10 television picks for 2011.
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United in Courage

Firelight Media's Community Action Division is pleased to announce our new guide, United in Courage: A Community Resource Guide for the film FREEDOM RIDERS.
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FREEDOM RIDERS FULL SWEEP AT THE EMMY AWARDS!!

FREEDOM RIDERS won THREE PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS for Outstanding Writing, Editing, and Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking.
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Join The Producers' Lab

Firelight Media’s Producers’ Lab is a mentorship program for independent producers of color. Participating producers work with award-winning filmmaker, Stanley Nelson, and his team of senior producers, writers, editors, new media, and fundraising specialists to complete their projects for a national broadcast. The Lab also provides quarterly workshops and seminars to our producers on relevant and contemporary topics.
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New York Times Features Stanley Nelson

Check out "An Explorer of Black History's Uncharted Terrain" -- the New York Times feature article on filmmaker and Executive Director of Firelight Media, Stanley Nelson. Author Mike Hale writes: "The breadth and seriousness of his work documenting black life in America, assembled with little fanfare and sometimes less money, place him in a select group of filmmakers..."
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Tags: Full Frame, Producers' Lab, stanley nelson
January 22, 20125 days ago

Stanley Nelson to Receive Full Frame Tribute

This year's Full Frame Documentary Festival will honor Stanley Nelson with the annual Full Frame Tribute for his contribution to documentary form through films like A Place of Our Own and Freedom Riders, as well as his work to support emerging documentarians through Firelight Media's Producers' Lab.
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Posted in: Events, Film Related
Tags: Amanda Seales, Black History Month, ITVS, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, More than a Month, NBPC, Producers' Lab, Schomburg Center, Sharon LaCruise, Shukree Tilghman
January 20, 20127 days ago

Live Screening Event for "More Than A Month" - January 28

MORE THAN A MONTH
Join Us for a Special Screening of this Provocative New Film!
Saturday, January 28 @ 4 PM
Schomburg Center: Harlem, USA
with Producer/Director Shukree Hassan Tilghman and other special guests!

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Posted in: Film Related, Freedom Riders, New News Category Name
Tags: ACE Eddie Awards, Aljernon Tunsil, Firelight Films, freedom riders, Freedom Rides, Lewis Erskine
January 19, 20128 days ago

Freedom Riders Editors Lewis Erskine and Aljernon Tunsil Nominated for 2012 ACE Eddie Awards!

Congrats to Firelight Films' beloved and talented editors Lewis Erskine and Aljernon Tunsil for their nomination for the 62nd Annual American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards in the category of "Best Edited Documentary" for the film Freedom Riders. Winners will be revealed during ACE’s black-tie awards ceremony on Saturday, February 18, 2012 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Click here for more information.
Posted in: Film Related, Freedom Riders, New News Category Name
Tags: Community Engagement Campaign, freedom riders, Kathryn Pyle, Philantopic
January 18, 20129 days ago

Philanthropy News Digest Profiles Freedom Riders Community Engagement Efforts

Earlier this month, Philanthropy News Digest's blog PhilanTopic featured an article on the community engagement campaigns for the award-winning film Freedom Riders entitled "'Freedom Riders': Lessons for a New Generation." Written by contributor Kathryn Pyle, the article included an interview with Firelight's community engagement specialist, Sonya Childress. Firelight Media launched a community engagement campaign for the film to highlight lessons from the Rides, draw parallels between the struggles of the 1960s and today, and support youth-led action around current issues. Read more