We are thrilled to share that Docs has been awarded an FY26 Media Arts grant from the #NationalEndowmentfortheArts. This grant will allow us to expand Village Reels, our intergenerational filmmaking program. Right now, we are in #MontomeryCountyMD --Wheaton and Silver Spring. To other high schools in #MOCO or #WashingtonDC or #PrinceGeorgesCounty, if you are interested in participating, email us contact@docsinprogress.org. #NEA #intergenerational #documentary
Docs In Progress
Movies, Videos, and Sound
Silver Spring, Maryland 605 followers
Non-profit that educates, inspires and transforms the way people view their world through documentary films
About us
Docs In Progress is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that educates, inspires, and transforms the way people view their world through documentary film by providing individuals the tools to tell stories. These films and filmmakers call attention to moments in history by sharing highly personal stories that reflect social and cultural issues we find on the local, national and global stage.
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https://www.docsinprogress.org/
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- Movies, Videos, and Sound
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- 2-10 employees
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- Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Nonprofit
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- 2004
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8560 2nd Ave
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Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, US
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I am proud to announce that Maryland Public Television's national PBS film #BecomingThurgood has been NOMINATED for a National Emmy in the Outstanding Historical Documentary category. I was proud to work on the film as co-executive producer with Stanley Nelson, director and producer Alexis Aggrey, The Aggrey Company, and supervising producer, Troy Mosley. This film covers Justice Marshall's journey from Baltimore through historically Black colleges and universities (#HBCUs), Howard University and Lincoln University on his way to becoming the nation's first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice. This film was the anchor film for our national #HBCUWeekNOW Public Media Partnership Initiative (www.hbcuweeknow.com). Special thanks to the Marshall Family, Ms. Cecilia Marshall and the Thurgood Marshall Foundation and President Brenda Allen and the #LincolnUniversity Family for their support and tireless promotion of the film and Morgan State University for serving as the first HBCU to serve as the presenting sponsor of a national Emmy nominated film!
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Bravo Tom Clement . We are proud to have played a small role in this terrific and important film. And kudos to you for all of your efforts in making it happen.
I'm honored to share that Projecting Protest has been nominated for Outstanding Short Documentary at the 47th News & Documentary Emmy Awards. This wouldn't have been possible without the support of my colleagues at Scripps News — Executive Producer Zach Toombs, who greenlit and championed this project, and Production Manager Chad Burke, who gave me the space and support to build it alongside my other assignments. Thank you also to Matt Simon for believing in it, and to the many friends and colleagues who gave feedback along the way: I am grateful.
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It's been a few weeks since we first announced our partnership with Southern Documentary Fund and our series being co-produced by SCETV, PBS North Carolina, and Louisiana Public Broadcasting / Louisiana Educational TV Authority. “This partnership is about infrastructure. By formalizing and expanding our collaboration with SDF, we’re building something filmmakers can rely on and something funders can invest in with confidence," said Reel South series producer Nicholas Price. Read more about the partnership here: https://lnkd.in/gvhbDBV6
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READ: Our President & CEO Loira Limbal has published an urgent and timely Op-ed with Cinema Tropical on "The Battle for Our Imagination — Nonfiction and the Stories That Move Culture" https://lnkd.in/eYRyMPZt "Independent nonfiction cinema is facing a battle on every front: the defunding of public media, AI-fabricated footage, censorship, and commercial platforms’ abandonment of authentic storytelling. This is not a crisis of funding alone. It is a battle for the nation’s imagination—for who gets to shape how communities see themselves and remember their histories." As the U.S. prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, who gets to tell the story?
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UPCOMING DEADLINE: The deadline to apply to our 2026 Rough Cut Retreat collaboration with True/False Film Fest is April 3rd*! Visit the link below for more info. *Submissions are free until our regular deadline on April 3, 2026 at 6PM CST. After this deadline, submissions will be charged a $30 LATE FEE until April 17, 2026 at 6PM CST when submissions will close. Launched in 2016 by Catapult Film Fund & the True/False Film Fest, RCR unites nonfiction filmmakers and mentors in a creative, supportive, and engaged atmosphere. Rough Cut Retreat seeks work that displays ambitious, idiosyncratic approaches to nonfiction storytelling – and prioritizes filmmakers who lack strong feedback networks. Chosen mentors represent a variety of nonfiction film professionals who embody creativity and generosity of spirit. Rough Cut Retreat is presented by Catapult and True/False who have a shared passion for supporting bold and creative new nonfiction filmmaking. 📍 The 2026 retreat will take place July 19-23, venue to be announced soon. Questions? Contact lindsey@truefalse.org #RoughCutRetreat #RCR #2026RCR
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Meet Vivian G. Harsh, the librarian of the Chicago Black Renaissance 📚 In 1909, a 19-year-old Vivian G. Harsh got a job as a junior clerk at her local library branch. This was the beginning of what would become a historic career at Chicago Public Library. On Chicago’s South Side, residents waited decades for a local public library. When the George Cleveland Hall branch opened in the Bronzeville neighborhood in 1932, with Harsh at its helm, she became CPL's first Black branch manager. Harsh saw the need for a dedicated archive that documented African American life in the U.S. Traveling throughout the American South, she collected rare books and manuscripts, sometimes using her own money to purchase materials for the branch. By the late 1930s, word had spread that she was building a one-of-a-kind collection. Visual artists, writers, and activists of the Chicago Black Renaissance—a vibrant cultural and creative movement that emerged from the Great Migration—flocked to the library as a meeting spot. Harsh gathered some of these influential voices, such as Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Richard Wright, and Arna Bontemps, at her twice-monthly Book Review and Lecture Forum. Members of Chicago’s Bronzeville and nearby communities also took part in these discussions and readings. #Today, the Harsh Readers Circle continues to bring people together to read and discuss Black literature, celebrating its 40th anniversary season in 2026. The program conducts its meetings both in-person and virtually, inviting book lovers from across the globe to participate. #WomensHistoryMonth
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We're #hiring a new MPT Summer Internship in Owings Mills, Maryland. Apply today or share this post with your network.
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Thank you Andrew. I love the peace from the empty room…but then it was filled!
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to livestream Q&A sessions at the Community Stories Film Festival hosted by Docs In Progress. Always great to work with Barbara Valentino, G.T. Keplinger, M.F.A., and George Campbell.
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🎬 Join us for the 16th Community Stories Film Festival! Local Films by Local Artists. Starting March 13 through March 15 at Docs In Progress in Silver Spring. For more info and tickets go to https://lnkd.in/gcN95xHA #filmmaking #documentary #silverspring #montgomerycountymd #CommunityStories #CSFF26. Support your local artists!