Eight Independent Projects Aim to Spark Change
Park City, UT - The non-profit Sundance Institute, in collaboration with Luminate, the global philanthropic organization, today announced six new projects, joining two which had been previously announced, which are being supported by the Sundance Institute | Luminate Fund. The fund provides non-recoupable grants to independent artists working across documentary, narrative, episodic and emerging media whose work display a strong potential for social and cultural impact.
The six new recipients of the grants are And She Could Be Next, directed by Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia; A Cop Movie, directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios; The Fourth Man, directed by Alberto Arnaut; The Forgotten Margins, directed by Mark Grieco; Influence, directed by Diana Neille and Richard Poplak, which will premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival; and La Vocera, directed by Luciana Kaplan. They join the two previously announced recipients: The Infiltrators, directed by Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival; and Softie, directed by Sam Soko, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. More info on each of these projects can be found below.
These captivating and inspiring films give life to important social issues and tell their stories in ways we hope will engage and activate audiences, said Nishant Lalwani, Managing Director at Luminate. We want to encourage and support the best storytellers to take on these compelling and challenging social issues, and to use their art as a powerful force for change.
First announced in 2019, the partnership between Sundance Institute and Luminate supports storytelling projects with a first-of-its-kind multidisciplinary global impact fund. The selected projects focus on critical social issues connected to one of Luminate's four impact areas; civic empowerment; data and digital rights; independent media; and financial transparency. Grantees receive financial support, with an emphasis on aid for post-production and impact campaigns, as well as year-round support from Sundance and Luminate to foster thought leadership and network building, allowing the artists to develop impact strategies to aid their projects in reaching their intended audiences and building public discourse.
We're grateful to Luminate for recognizing the power of art and artists to contribute to today's most urgent issues, said Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute. This unique program will give these inspiring filmmakers the tools and support they need to ensure that their work can realize its full potential. The flexibility and vision of this global and multi-disciplinary impact fund are transformative.
The selected projects were revealed at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival during Luminate's panel Us v. Them : Narratives That Divide Society and How We Can Overcome Them. The public panel, which was moderated by Luminate CEO Stephen King and featured journalist, CEO of Rappler and Time Person of the Year Maria Ressa (A Thousand Cuts), Karim Amer (The Great Hack, Persuasion Machines), Toni Kamau (Softie) and executive director of Pop Culture Collaborative Bridgit Antoinette Evans, addressed how storytelling can unite societies in an age where propaganda and disinformation are being spread through new technologies.
Selected Projects:
And She Could Be Next
Directors: Grace Lee, Marjan Safinia
Producers: Grace Lee, Marjan Safinia, Jyoti Sarda
In a polarized America, where the dual forces of white supremacy and patriarchy threaten to erode our democracy, a game-changing transformation is happening at the grassroots. As American demographics rapidly shift toward a non-white majority, a defiant group of women of color-as candidates and organizers- are harnessing the political power of the New American Majority. And She Could Be Next, made by a team of women filmmakers of color, asks whether democracy itself can be preserved-and made stronger-by those most marginalized.
A Cop Movie
Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios
Producers: Elena Fortes, Daniela Alatorre
Two professional actors undergo an immersive process to interpret police officers Teresa and Montoya and experience what it takes to be a cop in Mexico. A radical experiment combining documentary and fictional elements, the film gives voice to one of Mexico's most controversial institutions: the police force, and unravels the causes of the impunity crisis that plagues the justice system.
The Fourth Man
Director: Alberto Arnaut
Producers: Diego Enrique Osorno, Juan Alfonso Farre
A group of lawyers and activists investigate the possible motives of a multiple homicide in a landmark neighborhood in Mexico City, revealing the deepest frameworks of the politics of corruption and impunity in Mexico.
The Forgotten Margins
Director: Mark Grieco
Producers: Adriana Agudelo Moreno, Stuart Reid
One of Latin America's most important photojournalists heads out to Colombia's isolated and volatile countryside, where he risks it all to reveal the fallout from the country's historic peace accord.
The Infiltrators
Directors: Alex Rivera, Cristina Ibarra
Producers: Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera, Darren Dean, Daniel J. Chalfen
The Infiltrators tells the true story of a radical group of undocumented youth - Dreamers - who get themselves detained in order to infiltrate a shadowy detention center and to help other immigrants get free.
Influence
Directors: Diana Neille, Richard Poplak
Producers: Bob Moore, Neil Brandt
Influence charts the recent advancements in weaponized communication by investigating the rise and fall of the worlds most notorious public relations and reputation management firm: the British multinational Bell Pottinger.
Softie
Director: Sam Soko
Producers: Toni Kamau, S
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Eight Independent Projects Aim to Spark Change 
