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The Southern Humanities Media Fund
(SHMF) supports inventive film, television, and radio programs and is particularly
interested in media productions that focus on the “new face” of the
South, offering insights into the region’s changing social, economic, and
political conditions.
In 2008, the Southern Humanities Media Fund will award a
total of approximately $100,000 to provide production support
for one to three significant regional media projects.
Unique in its history, traditions, and diversity; celebrated in literature,
music, and film, the American South is a cultural storehouse — the focus
of popular interest and scholarly debate. Economically progressive, yet politically
conservative; increasingly urban, yet steeped in rural tradition; conscious of
a troubled history, while caught up in national and global social change, the
region presents a shifting, evolving tapestry and claims a special place in the
story of America, past and present.
The Southern Humanities Media Fund (SHMF) is committed to the open exploration
of Southern history and identity, to the presentation of the many untold stories
that in their varying perspectives begin to suggest the rich and complex nature
of Southern experience. We support inventive film, television, and radio programs
and are particularly interested in media productions that focus on the “new
face” of the South, offering insights into the region’s changing social,
economic, and political conditions. We welcome work that provides perspective
on emerging or marginalized Southern populations. We encourage the exploration
of all racial, ethnic, social, and minority groupings and misunderstood or little-known
sections of our region – e.g., that area variously called the Mountain, Upland,
or Appalachian South. Our goal is to enable the production of outstanding programs
informed by the humanities – programs that grow out of the particular cultural
features of our region, but have universal significance and appeal.
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