Amplifying Frontline Voices

Investing in twelve new projects with promising solutions for the environmental movement

In October, we awarded $240,000 across the 12 environmental impact film projects in our 2022-23 Redford Center Grants cohort. Selected from an open call of 250 projects, the awarded films, hailing from Bulgaria, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, and the United States, reflect diverse intersectional themes and explore the complex challenges and solutions of the climate crisis.

Channeling $2.9 million in philanthropic support to stories from the frontlines

Our Fiscal Sponsorship program provided support for 11 additional projects in 2022, for a total of 36 active projects delivering a combined $2 9 million dollars in financial support to independent filmmakers telling stories from the frontlines of the environmental crisis.

Bringing expansive environmental stories and action to online audiences

Throughout the year we amplified 30 intersectional environmental stories and the creators behind them to nearly 10,000 subscribers through our free Friday Night Films screening series Curated from our network of 700+ filmmakers and the broader environmental film ecosystem, we presented projects and calls to action on timely themes and topics including land, water food health and justice.

“I want to be a part of the people that we think about when we think about who is a conservationist. That’s why I want to use that term, knowing that for a lot of people, so much has been done that’s been very detrimental to communities of color, particularly Native folks, in the name of conservation… For me, I’ve really reframed conservation to mean clean air, clean water, and access to green spaces. And with that reframe, this is absolutely my conversation.”

Faith Briggs Rose