Center for Independent Documentary

03/25/2026

🎬 Here's your reminder that the Salem Film Festival starts tomorrow!

Get tickets to SFF and check out great documentaries, filmmaker conversations, and more. Don’t miss one of New England’s premier documentary events!

https://www.salemfilmfest.com/ticket-packs

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07/15/2025

Nancy Drew: The Case of the American Icon documentary project has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help make up for the loss of $350,000 when their NEH Production grant was cancelled in April. The film is the first full-length doc to look at the history and cultural impact of the "girl sleuth." Producer/director Cathleen O'Connell met her initial $50K Kickstarter goal 11 days - she's now fundraising for a stretch goal of $95,000 before the campaign ends on July 30. Info and more at her Kickstarter site and on the film's page on the CID website.

https://www.documentaries.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=4591&action=edit

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/codpp/nancy-drew-the-case-of-the-american-icon

Full-length documentary exploring the history and cultural impact of literature’s OG girl sleuth - Nancy Drew

06/20/2025

PREMIERING JUNE 27 at 9pm on PBS American Masters : Hannah Arendt:Facing Tyranny - and available for streaming after on PBS. Discover Hannah Arendt, one of the most fearless political thinkers of the 20th century, who transformed her time as a political prisoner and refugee during World War II into daring insights about totalitarianism which continue to resonate today.

Discover Hannah Arendt, who transformed her time as a political prisoner during World War II into daring insights about totalitarianism.

06/03/2025

Jamhuriyat, a feature length documentary from India is crowdfunding on Seed and Spark till 6 June 2025 PDT. Directed by Novita Singh, the film explores the idea of democracy using the Farmers' Movement of 2021 in India. They have reached 93% of the desired 7000 USD target.

To donate to their campaign you can visit:

In a time where democracies worldwide are under threat, Jamhuriyat is a story of marginalized farmers and labourers, their year long struggle to bring down the most arrogant government in the history of this country to its knees and how that struggle impacts them and their ideas of hope and change.

06/02/2025

- ONLY 3 days left to support PUPPY LOVE!

If you care about compassion, rescue, and the healing power of connection, please consider making a pledge, sharing the campaign, or simply spreading the word. Every bit of support makes a real difference in helping us bring another meaningful film to life.



Thank you for being part of our storytelling journey.



Kickstarter link – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bunpup/puppy-love-tails-of-the-city

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pup.lov3.film/

364 Followers, 857 Following, 30 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from PUPPY LOVE: Tails of the City (.lov3.film)

05/28/2025

The deadline to apply for this summer's Kopkind/CID Film Seminars is just days away! Kopkind is a unique opportunity to spend a week with fellow documentary makers on a beautiful farm in southern Vermont, workshopping your film, making new connections and refreshing your spirit. We promise delicious food, deep conversations, rest in the hot tub and dancing in the barn. Learn more and apply here:

Center for Independent Documentary has worked with 100s of independent films and video producers to support the production of stories not often told in media.

05/19/2025

More disturbing and bad news for the documentary community.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/09/business/gbh-layoffs/

05/08/2025

Hello friends! 👋🏼

Check out the Kickstarter page for PUPPY LOVE, a heartwarming short film that celebrates the powerful bond between dogs and their humans in NYC. 🐶❤️

The film shines a light on rescue, adoption, and fostering as acts of everyday activism and compassion. ✨

Please consider supporting and helping us spread the word: every share, pledge, and word of encouragement makes a big difference. 🙏🏻🐾

A short documentary about the unique bond between dogs and their humans in NYC.

05/05/2025

Water For Life Now Streaming on PBS.org and the PBS app!

Water For Life explores the collision of water rights, Indigenous beliefs, and resource extraction through the lives of three Latin
American community leaders. The right to clean water is a global issue—in Latin America it has become a matter of life and death.

Narrated by Mexican actor Diego Luna with the original song Ko (Water) sung by Grammy Award-winning Mexican Mixtec singer
Lila Downs and Chilean Mapuche singer-songwriter Daniela Millaleo.

Produced in Association with Center For Independent and Latino Public Broadcasting with Major Funding from Ford Foundation /

JustFilms.

Watch it now on PBS.org or on the PBS app.

https://www.pbs.org/pbs-app/

https://www.pbs.org/show/water-for-life/

Meet three Latin American community leaders fighting to retain access to their local water sources.

04/10/2025

Please continue to contact your elected representatives to express your support for the work of the NEH, the NEA and CPB.

The Trump administration's abrupt cancellation of humanities endowment grants is devastating documentary filmmakers.

04/05/2025

We are deeply saddened that much of the NEH staff has been put on administrative leave and that NEH grants are being terminated. We want to particularly thank and acknowledge the highly professional staff of the NEH who for years have provided us and our filmmakers with thoughtful, smart and exceptional feedback and advice, great care and thoroughness in preparing contracts and expediting payments. These wonderful civil servants have indeed been helping to nurture wisdom and to bring the lessons of the humanities to us all. The seal of the NEH has never been more powerful-- Democracy Demands Wisdom.