supporters

Molly Malone Cook/Mary Oliver and Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Grants &
Institutional Funders

  • National Endowment for the Humanities
  • American Masters
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Ford Foundation/JustFilms
  • Independent Television Service (ITVS)
  • Black Public Media
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • LEF Foundation
  • Peter G. Peterson & Joan Ganz Cooney Fund
  • Brother Thomas Fellowship/Boston Foundation
  • Stephen Abram Escrow Fund
  • California Newsreel
  • Ten-Ten Foundation
  • Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship
  • Illinois Humanities
  • Michael C. Lewis Theater Trust
  • Edward A. & Beth K. Smith Philanthropic Fund
  • Arnold Glassman Fund, Inc
  • LexisNexis
  • Deb Smith & Mark Myron
  • DimesWorth, Inc.
  • Eastern Bank
  • Fort Point Neighborhood Association

Kickstarter Backers • Online Donors • Individual Supporters

  • Jamil Abo-Shaeer
  • Nicole Cottles Adams
  • Dan Adams
  • Gauri Adelkar
  • Larry Adelman
  • Majeed Al-Mateen & Lillian Koblenz
  • Tseday Alehegn
  • Barbara E. Allen
  • Elizabeth G. Allen
  • Maureen Rothenberg Anderson
  • David Andreasen
  • George Araneo
  • Janet Axelrod
  • Bill Ayers
  • Foli Ayivoh
  • Tatiana Bacchus
  • Damani Baker
  • Mya Baker
  • Ellen Bar
  • Joan Barnes
  • Mike Baron
  • Carol Bash
  • Alison Bassett
  • Erika Batdorf
  • Lillian Baulding
  • Frances M. Beal
  • Constance & George T. Beasley
  • Angie Beauchamp
  • Gail Beaudain & Jed Baumwell
  • Michael Beckett
  • Sheila Strain-Bell & Edwin D. Bell
  • Susan Bellows
  • Joel Benjamin
  • Geoff Bennett
  • Marilyn Bennett
  • Lillian Benson
  • Leslie Berlin
  • S.C. Bernard
  • Jeff Bernstein
  • Daniel Bethencourt
  • Carole Bilson
  • Kathleen Bitetti
  • Kate Black
  • Evelyn Booth
  • Marcus Walker & Franziska Blome
  • Carolyn Blum
  • Lawrence Blum
  • Patty Blum
  • Laura Blum-Smith
  • Tersh Boasberg
  • Mord Bogie
  • Sara Bookin-Weiner
  • Shanay Boone
  • John Booth
  • Joyce Borthwick
  • Suprotim Bose
  • Kay Bourne
  • Blanche McCrary Boyd
  • Valerie Boyd
  • Anita Bradford
  • Nikki Bramley
  • Eileen Brener
  • Jacob Bricca
  • Bing Broderick
  • Ellen Brodsky
  • Alan Brody
  • Khalila Brown
  • Seth C. Brown
  • Ed Bullins
  • Karen Burdick
  • Christina E. Burke
  • Jean E. Burke
  • Graeme Butler
  • Lise Buyer
  • H. Zahra Caldwell
  • Hippolyte Calemar
  • Kemah Camara
  • Jim Campen & Phyllis Ewen
  • Frank Capria
  • Jack Carson
  • Bithiah Carter
  • Maria Agui Carter
  • Ellen Cassedy
  • Erin D. Chapman
  • Barbara Cassidy
  • Chia-wen
  • Giovanna Chesler
  • Natasha Chisdes
  • Maggie Christ
  • Jus Christian
  • Ed Ciaccio
  • Andrew Ari Clibanoff
  • Dick Cluster
  • Jelani Cobb
  • Fai Coffin
  • Cindy Cogen-Goldberg
  • Gil Cohen
  • Cheri D. Coleman
  • Dani Coleman
  • Jane D. Coleman
  • Pamela Coleman-Davis
  • Elizabeth Colt
  • Sarah Colt
  • Angela Coombs
  • Cynthia Coppage
  • Barbara Costa & Eric Stange
  • Nancy Cott
  • Patricia Coupard
  • Laura Coverson
  • Karilyn Crockett
  • Amy Cross
  • Ellen Cross
  • Catherine Cusic
  • Julie Dash
  • Richard David
  • DeMane Davis
  • Kenya E. Davis
  • Jerry Day
  • Austin de Besche
  • Elizabeth Deane
  • Jason DeBose
  • Dwayne DeFoor
  • Jessica Dennis
  • Catherine Dent
  • Christine Destrempes
  • Cheryl Devall
  • Lorraine B. Diehl
  • Kathryn Dietz
  • Kathryn Digby & Bruce Grover
  • Diane Carasik Dion
  • Alexis Ditkowsky
  • Helen Ryan Dobrowski
  • Heather Donald
  • Amanda Doss & Bo Mehrad
  • Laurelyn Dossett
  • Ariel Dougherty
  • Sheila Dow
  • Justin Drummond
  • Derek Duff
  • Kate Eales
  • J. D. Eames
  • LaToya Eaves
  • Catherine Edelman
  • Barbara Edelstein
  • Vee Edwards
  • Ellen Eisenman & E. Frances White
  • Scott Elliot
  • Julia Elliott
  • Ken Emerson
  • Julie Englander
  • Chad Ervin
  • Sara M. Evans
  • Susan Evans
  • Ashley Evens
  • Eliza Fabillar
  • Jack & Reva Falk
  • Nancy Falk
  • Penelope Falk
  • Lois Feinblatt
  • Michelle Ferrari
  • R. Michael Fierro
  • Mary Flatley
  • Bill Fogarty
  • Joan Foley & Per Jarnberg
  • Peter C. Foltz
  • Fort Point Theatre Channel
  • Thomas A. Foster
  • Rita Francine
  • Aisha Francis-Samuels
  • Richard Frank
  • Alyssa Frankel
  • Rhone Fraser
  • Estelle Freedman
  • Jaclyn Friedman
  • Susan Friedman
  • Alisa Placas Frutman
  • Patricia Garcia-Rios
  • Robert Garfinkle
  • Matt Gavin
  • Heather Gay
  • Amy Geller
  • Megan Gelstein
  • Wilhelmina Gibb
  • Geoffrey Gibbons
  • Atticus Gifford
  • Marlyn Gillis
  • Gitgo Productions
  • Lesley Asako Gladsjo
  • Anne Goddard
  • Lyn Goldfard
  • Stephen Goldfinger
  • Michal Goldman
  • Gillien Goll
  • Ivan Fernandez Gonzalez
  • Brendalynn Goodall
  • Gloria & David Gostnell
  • Raymond Grandon
  • Jim Green
  • Ernest & Phyllis Green
  • Denise A. Greene
  • Charles Greenwood
  • D. J. Gribbin
  • Margo Guernsey
  • Davis Guggenheim
  • Hazel Gurland-Pooler
  • Margaret Guroff
  • May Haduong
  • Beth Hager
  • Jacob Haller
  • Elisa H. Hamilton
  • Mick & Anne Ryan Hanafin
  • Kate & Fred Hancock
  • Monica A. Hand
  • The Hansberry Project
  • Linda Harrar
  • Elizabeth Harrington
  • Paulette D. Harris
  • Tucker Ayers Harris
  • W. Michelle Harris
  • Julie Hartle
  • Jasz Harvey
  • Courtney Hayes
  • Marilyn Hayward
  • Bronnie Hazelwood
  • Tom Head
  • Brian Eugenio Herrera
  • Darcy Heusel
  • Lee Hinde
  • Nancy M. Hinds
  • Chip Hitchcock
  • The Hlavacek Family
  • Emily Long Hoffman
  • Katie Hoffman
  • Ann Holder
  • Tracie Holder
  • Travis Hollaway
  • Steve Hollinger
  • Wyllona M. Homan
  • Henry Horenstein
  • Daniel Horowitz
  • Gina Hough
  • Catherine A. Howard
  • Jasmin Howard
  • Austin Hoyt
  • The HUBRIS Tour
  • Allie Humenuk
  • David Huntley
  • Eleanor Zurn Hutt
  • Peter Barton Hutt
  • Lawrence Intenzo
  • It Is What It Is Productions, Inc.
  • Auban Jackson
  • Cheryle Robinson Jackson
  • Donna M. Jackson
  • Fleda Mask Jackson
  • Steve & Lynn Jenner
  • Teresa Jennings
  • Madeleine Johnson
  • Rosalind Joyce Johnson
  • Jasmine Jones
  • Michael Jones
  • Kathleen Judge
  • Laurie Kahn
  • Deborah Kalin
  • Joanne Kaliontzis
  • Jen Kaplan
  • William Karnasiewicz & Katherine Doyle
  • Kathryn Kasch
  • Kim Kaselionis
  • Jen Kates & Chloe Cooney
  • Lenny Kates
  • Wendy Kates & Marty Schain
  • William Keane
  • Tami Kellogg
  • Kevin
  • Kiamsha.com, LLC
  • Sean Francis Kilby
  • Helen Kim
  • Louise King
  • Janis Klein
  • Lin & Ann Knight
  • Anson Koch-Rein
  • Diane Kolyer & Phil Abraham
  • Robert Kuhns
  • John M. Kulicki
  • Adam Kurnitz
  • John Kusiak
  • Damballah La Flambeau
  • Ruth Landy
  • Julie Langsdorf
  • Emma Lathan & Ken Callahan
  • Mary C. Lathan
  • Ellen LaVeyra
  • Leslie Lawrence
  • Wayne Lawson
  • Beth Lebwohl
  • Ellie Lee
  • Spike Lee
  • Susan Levene
  • Claire Levi
  • Jim Levi
  • Susan Levine
  • Aida Levy-Hussen
  • Barbara Lewis, Ph.D.
  • DeAara Lewis
  • Ludella Lewis
  • Janel Leymeister & David Marchese
  • Suzana Lisanti
  • Karen R. Long
  • Laura Long
  • Madeleine Lopez
  • Christopher (Kit) Lukas
  • Monica Mackey
  • Eva & James MacLowry
  • Donald & Enid MacLowry
  • Kyle MacLowry
  • Lilah, Guin, Kira, Aidan MacLowry
  • Scott MacLowry
  • Seth & Stacy MacLowry
  • Katia Maguire
  • Paula Mahon
  • Sarah S. Malino
  • Shibly & Laura Malouf
  • Juan Mandelbaum
  • David Mann & Eugenio Mollo Jr.
  • Linda Mannheim
  • Joani Marinoff
  • Christopher Marlon
  • James E. Marquardt
  • Katherine Martinez & Aundre Herron
  • Frank M. Masters
  • Elaine May
  • Becky Mayer
  • Elizabeth Mayer & Mike Kane
  • Margaret Mayer
  • Lexy Mayers
  • Diane Mayr
  • Karen McArthur
  • Dan McCabe
  • Laurie McCants
  • Stephen McCarthy
  • Garrard McClendon
  • William McClung
  • Betty McCoy
  • Frances McElroy
  • Jade McGleughlin
  • Daniel McGuire
  • Cynthia McKeown
  • Eric T. McKissack
  • Talleah Bridges McMahon
  • Joe McMaster
  • Jennifer R. McZier
  • J. Mecca
  • Patrice Merzanis
  • MidwestMovieMaven
  • Ruth Milkman
  • Edward “Tex” Miller
  • Sabrina L. Miller
  • Michael Minard & Phyllis Ross
  • Michael Miraula
  • Lisa Mirowitz
  • Kristen Moe
  • Shean, Semeicha & Sapphira Mohammed
  • George B. & Elinor Bunin Munroe
  • Cornelius Moore
  • Brian Morgan
  • Ann Moritz
  • Libby & Saul Moroff
  • Deb Morris
  • Julia Morrison
  • Leslie Morrison
  • Sharon Morrissette
  • Rhonda Moskowitz
  • Jacqueline Mow
  • Susan Gahagan Mueller
  • Kathleen Mulvaney
  • Zola Mumford
  • Carolyn Munn
  • Bill & Mary Musick
  • Mohan Nadkarni
  • John Nakashima
  • Amanda Nash
  • Monika Navarro
  • Margaret Neerhout
  • Shaari Neretin
  • Rita Poussaint Nethersole
  • Jon Neuburger
  • Doreen Newhouse
  • James W. Newkirk
  • Valerie Curtis Newton
  • Tom Nicholson
  • Tom Nissley
  • Lynn Nottage
  • Cathleen O’Connell
  • Afton Ojuri
  • J.R. Olch
  • Mary B. Olch
  • Stefanie Old
  • Michael A. Olden
  • Joseph A. Oless Jr.
  • Jaqueline M. Olivier
  • Jenni Olson
  • Sheila & Eric Orwoll
  • Marty Ostrow
  • Jerry & Elisabeth Ouellette
  • Evan Ozimek-Maier
  • Georgia Parker
  • Linda Nemiroff Parker
  • Lolita B. Parker, Jr.
  • Gail Parrish
  • Partisan Pictures
  • Chase Pashkowich
  • Leigh Patel
  • Terri Ellen Pease
  • Kelly Pecak
  • Ben Pender-Cudlip
  • Faith Pennick
  • Sue Gerrity
  • Alvin Perlmutter & Joan Konner
  • Imani Perry
  • Christopher Persley
  • Karen Altree Piemme
  • Jason Pollard
  • Helen Poon
  • Dawn Porter
  • Nancy Porter
  • Claire Potter
  • Joseph Powell
  • Arleigh Prelow
  • Felicia Pride
  • Carlyn Prouty
  • Eleanor Prouty
  • Katie Rose Guest Pryal
  • Nina Raff
  • Kate Raisz
  • Cheryl Ramette
  • Robert Rapley
  • Sarah Raskin
  • Hannah Reeves
  • Neil Reichline
  • Leslie Reinherz
  • Ann Peck Reisen
  • Delvin Reynolds
  • Peter Rhodes & Shelley Reed
  • Sandra & Lynn Ricciardella
  • Judy Richardson
  • Wesley Issac Richardson
  • Dr. June Ridley
  • Renee Ridzon
  • Right Down Broadway Productions
  • Sandina Robbins
  • Andrea Roberts
  • Carey Roberts
  • Blythe Robertson
  • Brenda Robinson
  • Stephen & Leslie Robinson
  • Amanda Roe
  • Christopher Rose
  • James Rose
  • Lewis Rosenberg & JoAnn Rothschild
  • Susan J. Ross
  • Michael Rossi
  • Christopher Rothko
  • Stanley Rowin
  • John Rubin
  • Andrea Rudert
  • John Rule
  • Gail Rush & Alvan Long
  • Moyra Rushby
  • Cameron Russell
  • James Rutenbeck
  • Renee Ruthel
  • Bill & Susan Sack
  • Robert Sack
  • Jonathan Sahula
  • Barbara & Donald Saidel
  • Beverly Guy Sheftall
  • Eric Saidel & Heidi Sheppard
  • Jane M. Hussein Saks
  • Jennifer Sammons
  • Morani Sanchez
  • Aimee Molly Sands
  • Diana Sands
  • Cass Sapir
  • Eddy Scarlatti
  • Don Schaefer
  • Gabrielle Schaffner
  • Naomi Scheman
  • Molly Schen
  • Bernice Schneider
  • Stephen Scholle
  • Chiz Schultz
  • Margaret Schultz
  • Ron & Susan Schwartz
  • Jeffrey Schwarz
  • Daryl Scott
  • Beldan Sezen
  • Laurie Gwen Shapiro
  • Lynne Shapiro
  • Joan Sharp
  • Beth Sherouse
  • Catherine Shields
  • Rob Sieczkiewicz
  • Claudia Siegel
  • Kyle Silliman-Smith
  • Martha Simmons
  • Phoebe Sinclair
  • Janey Skinner
  • Salome Skvirsky
  • Jennifer Smallwood
  • Gerianne Smith
  • Judith E. Smith
  • Leo A. Smith
  • Llewellyn Smith
  • Mary L. Smith
  • Shelley Smith
  • Pauline & Mark Solomon
  • Susan Sommer
  • Pennell Somsen
  • Ron Starr
  • Anne Marie Stein
  • Stephanie Stewart
  • Jennifer Lynn Stoever
  • Alice Stone
  • Precious B. Stone
  • Roberta Stone & Amy Hoffman
  • Boyd Paul Strain Jr.
  • Leslie Strain
  • C. D. Strain
  • Saul S. Strain
  • Hermie Strain-Bey
  • L. Stroud
  • Jim Odell Stuckey
  • Ned Stuckey-French
  • Dan Sturman
  • Ilene Swartz
  • Stephen Sweigart
  • David Tamés
  • Tasneem
  • Larry Taylor & Shannon Stringer
  • Lori Taylor
  • Nancy Taylor
  • Rebecca Taylor
  • Steven Taylor
  • Richard Teller
  • Chris Teubner
  • Gwen Mister
  • Chris Thompson
  • Kelly Thomson
  • Nick Thorkelson
  • Venus Thrash
  • Derron Thweatt
  • Susan Tomlinson
  • Randi Triant
  • Christine Turner
  • Rodney Turner
  • Minka VanBeuzekom
  • The Vance Family
  • Judith Vecchione
  • Caroline von Kuhn
  • Justina Waid
  • Tom Waldrop
  • Susan Walker
  • Melanie Wallace
  • Bonnie Waltch & Paul Rocklin
  • Eric Damon Walters
  • Lawrence Wang
  • Maaja Washington
  • Sharon Washington
  • Jennifer D. Wattley
  • Joshua Z. Weinstein
  • Yvonne Welbon
  • Evan Westerfield
  • Stephen J. Whitfield, Ph. D.
  • Zahara Wignot
  • Jayne Williams
  • P. Andrew Willis
  • Steve Willis
  • Ronald Wimberly
  • Ken Winikur & Ben Avishai
  • Benjamin & Nicole Wolf
  • Sarah Wolozin
  • E. Thomas Wood
  • Arlington E. Wright
  • Camille Yarbrough
  • Yoruba
  • Ellen Zaltzberg
  • Natasha Zaretsky
  • Laura Zeller
  • Jeannie Zusy & John Cote
  • Evan Ziporyn & Christine Southworth