Firelight Media Explained

Firelight Media
Genre:	Documentaries
Foundation:	1998
Founder:	Stanley Nelson Marcia Smith
Location City:	New York, NY
Location Country:	U.S.A.
Industry:	Film

Firelight Media is a non-profit filmmaking company founded by filmmaker Stanley Nelson and Marcia Smith. The company is located in New York City.

History

Firelight Media began in 1998 as an independent non-profit documentary production company that produced stories on topics that are typically underrepresented in the mainstream media, with most films airing nationally on PBS. In 2008, Firelight Media transitioned to focusing on supporting emerging filmmakers, while Firelight Films was launched as the new for-profit documentary production company led by Stanley Nelson.

The Documentary Lab

The Documentary Lab is the flagship program of Firelight Media. It is an 18-month fellowship program that offers support to emerging filmmakers of color to complete their films and gain national distribution. Participants receive a $25,000 grant toward their projects as well as customized mentorship from prominent leaders in the documentary world, professional development workshops, and networking opportunities.

Firelight Media films

Freedom Bags (1990)
Schools for A New Society (1993)
Puerto Rico: A Right to Choose (1994)
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (1999)
(2000)
Running the Campaign for City Council (2002)
The Murder of Emmett Till (2003)
A Place of Our Own (2004)
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise (2004)
(2005)
Faces of Change (2005)
(2006)
CNN Presents High Stakes (2006)
Wounded Knee (2009)
Immigration Part 1: Battleground Arizona (2009)
Immigration Part II: Raid in New Bedford (2009)
Immigration Part III: Guest Workers in the Gulf (2009)
Arise: the Battle over Affirmative Action (2010)
Freedom Riders (2010)

External links

- Web site: Firelight Media Holds Community Engagement Media Conference. 31 March 2011. Open Society Foundations. 7 July 2011.
Web site: Outreach, Not Out of Reach: Firelight Media Illuminates the Under-Represented. Almo. Laura. January 2007. International Documentary Association. 7 July 2011.
Web site: 50 years later, youth and elders keep the spirit of the Freedom Rides alive. Cruz. Rosana. June 2011. Facing South. 7 July 2011.
Web site: The Murder of Emmett Till (review). Leydon. Joe. 16 January 2003. Variety. 7 July 2011.
Web site: Stanley Nelson. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629113930/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/267433/Stanley-Nelson. dead. 29 June 2011. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. 7 July 2011.