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This Baltimore high school student’s award winning documentary showcases the history of segregated recreation
Read this article in The Baltimore Sun. January 30, 2024.
The Better Angels Society Announces 2023 Next Generation Angels Award Winners, Recognizing The Best In Student Filmmaking
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”
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
The Better Angels Society Announces Finalists for Fifth Annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize For Film
$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
Documentary non-profit Better Angels Society appoints new CEO
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
2023 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film Opens for Submissions!
Annual Award, Supported by The Better Angels Society and The Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation, Recognizes Exemplary Accomplishment in Historical Documentaries $1.45 Million Awarded Through Prize Since 2019 Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed, Sam Pollard, Dawn Porter,
Recipients of the 2023 Better Angels Lavine Fellowship
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
Fourth Annual Student History Documentary Film Festival Takes Place in Philadelphia
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
