The Case Against 8 is a behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows two famous litigators from opposite sides of the political spectrum as they join forces to argue the first federal marriage equality lawsuit before the U.S. …
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At Cal Humanities we love books! Here’s what we’re reading over the winter break: Ralph Lewin is readng At Night We Walk in Circles, by Daniel Alarcon A beautifully written, at times funny, disturbing and always compelling story set in South America. Cal Humanities selected Alarcon’s other novel Lost City Radio …
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The Grapes of Wrath, marking its 75th anniversary this year, is the story of the Joad family, who, along with other dust-bowl migrants, journey out of Oklahoma to California, searching for jobs, land, a future, and hope. Cal Humanities undertook its own journey through the “Reading the Grapes of Wrath” …
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California Humanities is pleased to welcome the newest members of our Board of Directors: CYNTHIA COTHARN Dr. Cynthia Cotharn is a Los Angeles area physician and actress. Her long history of civic endeavors includes; Past President of the Los Angeles Affiliate of the National Medical Association, and Medical Director for …
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by California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera Joanna Ramos was a 5th-grade, eleven-year-old girl who got caught up in a fight and died as a result of a hit to the head last year. When I saw her photo on TV, smiling and full of joy, I knew we’d lost …
Read More »We are pleased to announce the new grant awardees of our California Documentary Project (CDP) program. Through this competitive grants program, Cal Humanities encourages film and radio documentarians to explore issues and stories of critical importance to California. We have awarded $360,000 for production and research and development work to …
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Former California Humanities Board Chair Nancy Takahashi Hatamiya displayed a passion and enthusiasm for public service, an abiding devotion to her community, and boundless energy that touched and inspired everyone around her. Nancy, who passed away last year, dedicated her life to public service as a champion of children, civil rights, …
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This Bakersfield Eyewitness News coverage of Camp to Campus, which premiered at CSU Bakersfield in February, gives a taste of the inspirational stories featured in the documentary. Funded through a Community Stories grant to CSUB, Camp to Campus shares the experiences of first-generation college students who came from labor camp backgrounds in the Central Valley, faced …
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We are proud to announce that three new Public Engagement projects have been awarded funding through our California Documentary Project. In December 2012, grants of $10,000 were awarded to three previously supported California Documentary Project R&D and/or Production grantees: Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful (CDP 2012) to support the creation of …
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We are thrilled to announce that 20 new projects have been awarded funding through our Community Stories grants program. The slate includes projects focused on stories of refugee and immigrant communities (Japanese, Cambodian, Filipino, Afghani, Latino); Native Americans; veterans and their families; incarcerated people; sex workers; commercial fishermen; farmers and …
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