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RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2024 BETTER ANGELS LAVINE FELLOWSHIP Mentorship Program Recognizes Five Documentaries About Underrepresented American History Washington, DC – April 4, 2024 – The Better Angels Society, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging

Awards honor six short documentaries about history made by middle and high school students, which will be showcased at the 5th Annual Student History Film Festival on November 30 in Philadelphia, PA  Washington, D.C.

FIFTH ANNUAL LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LAVINE/KEN BURNS PRIZE FOR FILM AWARDED TO “DROP DEAD CITY – NEW YORK ON THE BRINK IN 1975” Directors Michael Rohatyn and Peter Yost win a $200,000 prize Runner-Up

$200,000 Prize to be Awarded to One of Six Film Finalists Washington, DC – July 20, 2023 – The Better Angels Society, the Library of Congress, and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation today announced

KATHERINE MALONE-FRANCE APPOINTED PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY To Build Out Funding, Civic Outreach, and Education for American History Documentary Films Washington, DC – June 29, 2023 – The Board of

JANUARY 31, 2023: Today, The Better Angels Society announced the recipients of this year’s Better Angels Lavine Fellowship, a component of The Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, which provides funding to

In partnership with The Philadelphia Film Society, The Better Angels Society was delighted to host the 2022 Student History Documentary Film Festival virtually and in person for nearly 900 Philadelphia middle and high students