Center for Independent Documentary

🎬 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!

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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.

Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny - About the documentary | American Masters | PBS Discover Hannah Arendt, who transformed her time as a political prisoner during World War II into daring insights about totalitarianism.

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

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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. 🙏🏻🐾

PUPPY LOVE : Tails of the City A short documentary about the unique bond between dogs and their humans in NYC.

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

Documentary Filmmakers Reeling After Trump Administration Kills Humanities Grants “In Furtherance Of The President’s Agenda” The Trump administration's abrupt cancellation of humanities endowment grants is devastating documentary filmmakers.

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.