William Greaves Research and Development Fund

The William Greaves Research and Development Fund resources talented, mid-career nonfiction storytellers from racially and ethnically underrepresented communities in the United States, as well as filmmakers from Mexico, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Colombia with a particular interest in those who identify as being of Indigenous and/or of African descent.

• We will consider projects that address a range of themes and issues.
• We will consider projects with a range of aesthetic approaches (verité, essay, experimental, investigative, personal, historical, etc.)
• We will consider projects that are ambitious or narrowly focused.
• We will consider submissions from filmmakers based in the U.S., Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Brazil.