The National Endowment for the Arts has selected two ITVS interactive projects to receive funding through its Arts in Media Grants.
This week, the National Endowment for the Arts announced projects selected for funding through its Arts in Media Grants Program. We’re proud to announce that two interactive projects, funded through ITVS’s Project 360 Initiative, have garnered NEA support.
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A sampling of coverage from PBS NewsHour, The Boston Herald, NPR, and more…
PBS NewsHour‘s The Rundown: We Still Live Here Traces Comeback of Wampanoag Indian Language
On Thursday’s NewsHour, we’ll feature an excerpt of the film We Still Live Here, which tells the story of the return of the Wampanoag Indian language, the first time a language with no native speakers has been revived in this country. It’s part of our series, in partnership with The Economist magazine, showcasing the art of filmmaking.
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Jennifer Weston — researcher and assistant producer of We Still Live Here – Âs Nutayuneân — discusses some engaging features on an interactive website about language reclamation projects called Our Mother Tongues. Weston helped produce the site and manages the Cultural Survival’s Endangered Languages Program. We Still Live Here – Âs Nutayuneân airs beginning Thursday, November 17 on Independent Lens (check local listings).
After providing nearly three years of research and production assistance for the documentary We Still Live Here – Âs Nutayuneân, Cultural Survival’s Endangered Languages Program, Makepeace Productions, Interactive Knowledge, and ITVS have launched a beautiful and inspiring website called Our Mother Tongues, drawing from Cultural Survival’s network of contacts among more than 300 American Indian language programs nationwide.
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Founding Series Producer of Independent Lens Lois Vossen, honors Native American Heritage Month by setting up the documentary We Still Live Here – As Nutayunean. The film, by Anne Makepeace, premieres on Thursday, November 17 on PBS.
The Wampanoag nation of southeastern Massachusetts ensured the survival of the Pilgrims in New England, and lived to regret it. We Still Live Here – Âs Nutayuneân tells the story of the return of the Wampanoag language, the first time a language with no Native speakers has been revived in this country. Spurred on by an indomitable linguist named Jessie Little Doe, the Wampanoag are bringing their language and their culture back.