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.
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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 filmmakers.
View a list of our institutional supporters here.
Board of Directors
Rashid Shabazz
Claire Aguilar
Anne Canty
Maurine Knighton
Sandra Harris
Loira Limbal
Supporters
Anonymous Donor (x5)
Amy & David Abrams
Claire Aguilar
Akwasi Aidoo
Cecilia Aldarondo
Penny and Ward
Gwendolyn Andrews
Joslyn Barnes
Michon Boston
Iyabo Boyd
Valerie Bradley
Maureen Brady
Dominique Bravo
Tamara Brown Watson
Anne Bullock
Michelle Byrd
Lonnie Calhoun
Leola Calzolai-Stewart
Anne Canty
Genevieve Carmel
Adrienne Choksi
Jacqueline Collins
Stephanie Conners
Charlotte Cook
Pamela Covington
Adriana Cuenca
Lisa Davis
Noel Davis
Johanna De Los Santos
Chris Debro
Jamie Dobie
Lauren Domino
Deb Drakeford
Geralyn Dreyfous
Chaz Ebert
Michael Ehrenzweig
Jessica Estevez
Diego Estrada
Rodney Evans
Nancy Falk
Rafiah Fatosin Vitalis
Ilse Ferndandez
Cheryl Fields
Leslie Fields-Cruz
Glenn Finley
Luchina Fisher
Paul Flippin
JH Floyd
Robert Friederich
Ja'Tovia Gary
Jon Goff
Cleonis Golding
Christine Govan
Shameka Gregory
Sandra Harris
Diedra Harris-Kelley
Karen Hayes
Shellee Haynesworth
Telaireus Herrin
Morenike Hickson-Macaulay
Maori Holmes
Karen Hopkins
Tim Horsburgh
Kathy Im
Patricia Irvin
Ellen Itskovitz
Paula James Nailor
Freida Jones
Maurine Knighton
Rochelle Korman
Katie Koskenmaki
Iyabo Kwayana
Bernard Kyle & Angela Brock-Kyle
Scott Lacy
Kristin Lesko
Eliza Licht
Don Loeb
Mary Lou Teel
Carrie Lozano
ZRG Media and Entertainment
Roberto Montes
Vanessa Moorer
Lu Mukerjee
Damien Navarro
Marianne Niles
Francine Olivia Shakir
The Olivieri Johnston Family Foundation
Cierra Pacheco
Tom Phillips
The Pilzer Foundation
Laura Poitras
Beny Poy
Nelson Price
Gordon Quinn
Sian-Pierre Regis
Gini Reticker
Esther Robinson
Antonio Rossi
Shaady Salehi
Jason Samson
Carlos Sandoval
Ellen Schneider
Molly Schwartz
Robert Scoville
Rashid Shabazz
Megan Sheehe
Justin Sherwood
Nadia Shihab
Paul Siegel
Stephanie Silverman
Rubin Singh
April Smock
Rico Speight
Hari Sreenivasan
Dana Takagi
Sara Terry
Tonya Thomas
Donald Thoms
Johanna Thurston
Roger Torda
Jamie Tully
George Van Amson
Wendy Van Amson
Donald W. Snowden
Naomi Walker
Raina Washington
Angelique Webster
Christopher White
Susan Wilcox
Joanne Williams
Robert Wilson Reniers III & Kristin Lesko Reniers
Sarah Wolozin
Fronza Woods
Kristine Woolery
Catherine Wyler
Xinyan Yu
