Video History Project

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The Film Fund

Date
1980
The Film Fund, New York City, receives New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds to administer grants program for independent film and video production, under direction of Jennifer Lawson. Grant money from individual donors and small foundations.
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"The Film Fund." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/film-fund.

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