Announcing the 2018 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund Grantees

We're thrilled to announce the 2018 grant recipients for the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund. The program, now in its eleventh year, is funded by Gucci with additional support from Oath Foundation, providing production and finishing finances, along with year-round support and guidance from TFI.

This year, the supported projects spotlight a range of diverse issues including: the resolve of three female political candidates who are challenging powerful incumbents in Congress; the opioid crisis across the United States; the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico; an unlikely alliance formed during a religious war; and the story of three women officers who are fighting to transform and restore a community’s trust in the police department.

In addition to funding the production and post-production of select projects, Oath Foundation will also support the impact distribution and strategy campaign work for two projects, with the objective of having those films attain maximum reach and achieve social change. Leading industry marketing and advocacy firm Picture Motion will implement the impact work for these selected projects.

The 2018 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund Grantees

KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE
Directed by Rachel Lears
Produced by Robin Blotnick & Sarah Olson
In 2018, a young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri join a movement of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. Without political experience or corporate money, these women are attempting to do what many consider impossible — until one of them pulls off the most shocking political upset in recent American history.

MIDWIVES
Directed by Hnin Ei Hlaing (Snow)
Produced by Ulla Lehmann and Mila Aung-Thwin
MIDWIVES tells the story of two midwives who work side-by-side in a makeshift medical clinic in Myanmar.

A PLACE OF ABSENCE
Directed and Produced by Marialuisa Ernst
A Place of Absence follows the “Caravan of Women,” a group of 40 brave women from Central America who embark on an epic annual bus journey in a desperate search for their children. Their children, like 70,000 others, have disappeared without a trace while attempting to cross the US-Mexico border.

REENTRY (Impact Distribution Award recipient)
Directed by Jennifer Redfearn
Produced by Tim Metzger
In a midwestern state, battered by both the opioid crisis and high incarceration rates, three mothers prepare to return from prison to their communities and families. As they struggle to mend relationships with their children after years of separation, their stories show how poverty, drugs, and incarceration are destroying family ties, and how women working together can help each other rebuild their lives.

UNTITLED PUERTO RICO DOCUMENTARY
Directed and Produced by Cecilia Aldarondo
Produced by Ines Hofmann Kanna
Executive Produced by Laura Poitras and Charlotte Cook
UNTITLED PUERTO RICO DOCUMENTARY is a kaleidoscopic portrait of the aftermath of Hurricane María in Puerto Rico.

WOMEN IN BLUE (Impact Distribution Award recipient)
Directed and Produced by Deirdre Fishel
Produced by Beth Levison
Executive Produced by Abigail Disney and Gini Reticker
A high-profile police shooting rocks the Minneapolis Police Department, and its reform-minded first female chief is forced to resign. Following three women officers who carry on the fight to transform the MPD and restore community trust — Women in Blue explores gender, violence and policing in America.

Huge thanks to our jury: filmmaker DAWN PORTER (Gideon’s Army, Trapped, Bobby Kennedy for President); TILANE JONES, Vice President of ARRAY Releasing; SUE KROLL, Producer, A Star Is Born (2018); KATHERINE KEATING, Publisher at VICE Impact; BRYN MOOSER, Academy Award-nominated & Emmy-winning filmmaker and co-founder of RYOT; and Actress YARA SHAHIDI (Black-ish, Grown-ish).