We’re thrilled to announce that we have recently received a $6,800 grant from the Missouri Humanities Council (MHC) for our Filmmaker Education Ambassadors program. The MHC is the only state-wide agency in Missouri devoted exclusively to humanities education for citizens of all ages. It has served as a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities since 1971.
The T/F Filmmaker Education Ambassador program exists to connect students and community members with expert documentary filmmakers and scholars. True/False consistently brings world-class filmmakers to Columbia, Missouri who explore all manner of subjects. In the last few years, films have ranged from Sonita, about child marriage in Afghanistan, to Something Better To Come, an anthropological portrait of living in one of the largest dumps in Russia, to Western about a town on the US-Mexican border, to stories that cover the lives of writers, and more. We believes in the power of pairing film with the experts who made them to ignite dialogue. Together, we learn to reimagine what’s possible.
For the 2017 installment of True/False, Filmmaker Education Ambassadors will consist of four major components: a Filmmaker Discussion Series for the general public, Filmmaker-Designed Workshops for high school students, Camp True/False for high schoolers from Columbia and beyond, and the Student Symposium for students of all ages. These events will take place over the course of the four-day festival. The goal is to facilitate interactions between Missourians and humanities experts and scholars. Through these interactions, we aim to explore ideas and deepen our understanding of the world around us.
The filmmakers participating in the Filmmaker Education Ambassador program as well as the specific times and locations of the events themselves will be finalized by early 2017 and advertised then.
For more information about the grants program of the Missouri Humanities Council, call 314.781.9660 or 800.357.0909 or write to the MHC: 415 South 18th Street, Suite 100, St. Louis, Missouri 63103. You can also read more about our educational initiatives, here.