Post by: AngelOfThyNight on August 19, 2025, 11:14:11 AM
PBS has been a home for independent documentaries for more than 50 years. But with the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, nonfiction storytellers have to figure out a way forward.
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band. The documentary was? made with the help of funding from public media.'/>PBS has been a home for independent documentaries for more than 50 years. But with the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, nonfiction storytellers have to figure out a way forward.
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Source: 'Can't stop. Won't stop': Documentary filmmakers face federal funding shortfall (https://www.npr.org/2025/08/18/nx-s1-5490964/documentary-funding-cpb-pbs)