Headshots of the six grant receipients. Pallav Kumar, Courtney Cochran, Joua Lee Grande, Pallav Kumar, Destiny Roberts, Francisco Sanchez, Yasmin yassin

  • a white background with a still image from the film. Courtney Cochran in yellow letters

    Courtney Cochran

    Film Title: Never Homeless Before 1492

    Logline: The Wall of Forgotten Natives addresses the multifaceted conversations and issues that our unsheltered relatives face, and why Indigenous people are homeless on their own homeland.

  • a white background with a still image from the film. Joua Lee Grande in yellow letters

    Joua Lee Grande

    Film Title: Spirited 

    Logline: A Hmong American filmmaker searches to reconnect with her community’s shamanic traditions while working to build connections across racial, cultural and generational lines.

  • a sand colored background with a still image from the film. Pallav Kumar in White letters

    Pallav Kumar

    Film Title: Second Opinion

    Logline: When a life-threatening misdiagnosis sends filmmaker Pallav Kumar to the hospital, their experience as a subject of prejudice sparks a journey to connect with other victims of medical racism--and to unveil the white supremacist foundations of the US healthcare system.

  • a sand colored background with a still image from the film. Destiny Roberts in White letters

    Destiny Roberts

    Title: Steadfast

    Logline: Minnesota's own Terrance “Big T” Walker was a good kid that made some bad decisions growing up that ultimately led him to his Destiny… A professional boxer from Saint Paul with so much to fight for and fight through as a black man. This documentary follows his journey alongside getting to know his personal story as he gets ready for his very first professional hometown Match.

  • a sand ca white background with a still image from the film. Francisco Sanchez in yellow letters

    Francisco Sanchez

    Film title: Beneath the Foundation

    Logline: Beginning young as grassroots organizers immigrants from opposite sides of the world turn their love for each other and their community into a thriving cultural arts center in the heart of St. Paul's East Side after overcoming adversity in building a family, taking back space for cultural practice and purchasing a building.

     

  • a white background with a still image from the film. Yasmin Yassin in yellow letters

    Yasmin Yassin

    Film Title: Dhaanto

    Logline: This is a story about a hidden culture-bearer living in the community. Mahmoud is a dance troupe coach who holds the knowledge of traditional Somali dances and is passing it along to waves of young Somali Americans