Firelight Media is a nonprofit organization that supports, resources, and advocates on behalf of documentary filmmakers of color.
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Firelight Media receives institutional, capacity building, and/or project support from the following organizations.
To learn more about how your organization can support our work, please contact us.
Additional support is provided by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s President’s Grant Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation.
Thank you to our community of supporters whose generosity helps Firelight Media
continue to deliver programs that benefit an international roster of BIPOC filmmakers.
View a list of our institutional supporters here.
Board of Directors
Claire Aguilar
Anne Canty
Maurine Knighton
Rashid Shabazz
Marcia Smith
Tani Takagi
Supporters
Beth Aala
Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm
Walter Allen
Cesar Amescua
Kevin Arkadie
Patricia Aufderheide
Belisa Balaban
Anna R. Barber
Lynne Berentson
Edward Gordon Berroa
Linda Blackaby
Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick
Mallie Boman
Michon Boston
Jamie Boyle
Maureen Brady
Danita Branam
Julianna Brannum
Vee Bravo
Dan Brawley
Carolyn Brown
Anne Bullock
David C. Magdael
Lonnie Calhoun III
Roy Campanella II
Michael Carew
Harry Carey
Maurita Coley
Stephanie Conners
Jeffrey Copeland
Lisa Cortes
Pamela Covington
June Cross
Geralyn Dreyfous
Lindsey Dryden
Joanne Edey-Rhodes
Rodney Evans
Joanne Feinberg
Ina Fichman
Sarah Garrahan
Patrick Gaspard
Constance Golding
Cleonis Golding
Miros Gonzalez
Steve Goodman
Diane Goss
Mark and Tia Graham
David Greaves
Louise Greaves
Michael Greenfield
Roberta Grossman
Donna Guillaume
Amy Halpin
Jessica Hargrave
Cara Mia Harris
Karen Hayes
Anne Hernandez
Chelsea Hernandez
Maria Herrera
Lenel & Morenike Hickson
William Higbie
Karen Hopkins
Jonathan Hsieh
Debra A. James
Tom Jennings
Janice Kambara
Martha King
Jonathan Kitt
Ravonnie Kitt
Rochelle Korman
Ciara Leinaala Lacy
Lisa Leeman
Amy Letourneau
Eliza Licht
Adam Lough
Sara Maamouri
Alexandra Mane
Christie Marchese
Tracye Matthews
Kevin Mosley
Sarah Mosses
Merete Mueller
Justine Nagan
Theresa Navarro
Brother Rick Nelson
Brian Newman
MaryKay Penn
Rick Perez
Sherelle Perryman
Dianne Pinderhughes
Laura Poitras
Marquita Pool-Eckert
Stephen Purvis
Sian-Pierre Regis
Jonathan Reiss
Kristin Lesko Reniers
Esther Robinson
William Ross
Antonio Rossi
Jesse Rudoy
Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra
Dan Sadowsky
Shaady Salehi
Rachelle Samson
Ray Santisteban
Chris Schmidt
Molly Schwartz
Nancy Schwartzman
Michelle Seely
Tracy & Eric Semler
Francine Shakir
Keith Shapiro
Justin Sherwood
Stephanie Silverman
Leslie Simmer
Rubin Singh
Jenny Slattery
April Smock
Donald Snowden
Laurie Sumiye
David Felix Sutcliffe
Jon Sylvester
Rachel Szczepanski
Kareem Tabsch
Rahdi Taylor
Mary Lou Teel
Heather Tenzer
Rita Thompson
Ariel Tilson
Tribal Good
Jamie Tully
Kiambe Tunsil
Barbara Turk
Barbara Twist
Laura Wagner
Melvin Ware
Robert Warrior
Raina Washington
Lenore Washington
Jeff Weber
Jody Westin
Sabina Wex
DeWayne Wickham
Jordan Wilkie
Naina Williams
Pamela Yates
Farihah Zaman