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MIT Professor Vivek Bald has collaborated with Alaudin Ullah on a documentary film, “In Search of Bengali Harlem,” about early South Asian immigration to the U.S. and the New York neighborhood.

The University will bestow honorary degrees on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Seth Berkley of the Vaccine Alliance, recording artist Shaggy and six other accomplished leaders.

Firelight Media has announced the open call for its flagship Documentary Lab, an 18-month fellowship program that supports filmmakers in the U.S. from racially and ethnically underrepresented communities directing their ...

The International Documentary Association (IDA) has appointed two new senior staff members, and hired a senior consultant to the organization who will be tasked with reviewing operations, programs and planning, ...

The filmmaker discusses the film he co-directed about the Attica prison uprising, how he got his start, and what it takes to nurture the careers of younger artists.

Non-fiction production company Firelight Media announced the recipients of its Spark Fund on Thursday (March 17). The initiative was created to support established independent filmmakers who identify as Black, Indigenous ...

“There’s something about facing the actual material evidence of the past,” says podcast author Tara Roberts. “It can’t be denied… it’s no longer hidden.”

In her mission to document the wrecks, Tara Roberts became the first Black female Explorer to be featured on the National Geographic cover.

“I don’t think I’ve ever had a consistent style from film to film. But one of the things I’ve always believed is that filmmakers need to tell their own stories ...

PBS commits $3.6 million to Firelight Media’s William Greaves Fund.