Category: Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film

Historical Documentaries are the Key to Understanding Our Common History as Americans

May 9, 2022

Posted by: Neely Tucker

The Better Angels Society, the Library of Congress and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation established the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film in 2019 in order to help promote historical documentaries that might not otherwise have a path to sharing their work more widely. The winner receives a $200,000 finishing grant to help with the final production and distribution of the film. In addition, one runner-up receives a grant of $50,000 and three to four finalists each receive $25,000. These funds are used for finishing, marketing, distribution and outreach. Submissions for this year's prize are now open.

Posted in: Film, Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film

Citizen DJ, Noah Webster and the Value of Copyright

January 4, 2021

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

It started, the story goes, with a back-to-school jam in the Bronx in 1973. There, in a basement rec room, DJ Kool Herc — aka Clive Campbell — stood between two turntables, switching between records to extend the instrumental breaks so his sister’s friends could dance longer. His parties became so popular he had to …

Posted in: Alexander Hamilton, Copyright, Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film