Bay Area independent filmmakers see federal funding get slashed
KCRA 3
[{'start': '1.468', 'end': '5.237', 'text': "HAD TO STOP THEIR WORK.  HE WAS A WORKAHOLIC.  THE QUICK MOVING CLICKS OF  SOMEONE HARD AT WORK EDITING THE  FIRST PARTS OF A TIMELINE  ALREADY LAID OUT FOR JASON  COEN'S NEXT DOCUMENTARY.  MY PROJECT IS ABOUT A GUY NAMED  OSAMU TEZUKA, WHO'S A JAPANESE.  ANIMATION AND COMICS ARTIST,  SORT OF LIKE THE WALT DISNEY.  BUT HE WAS HE WAS BIGGER IN  JAPAN THAN EVEN THE WALT DISNEY.  HE WAS HERE.  THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY TEZUKA  WAS.  HE SLEPT LIKE FOUR, MAYBE FIVE  HOURS A NIGHT.  A PROJECT HE'S EXCITED TO FINISH  ONE DAY, ESPECIALLY SINCE MANY  IN AMERICA WATCH JAPANESE  ANIMATION.  BUT RIGHT NOW, HE DOESN'T KNOW  WHEN THAT DAY WILL COME.  ABOUT HALF OF THE FUNDING FOR  THIS PROJECT HAS JUST BEEN  PULLED.  IT FELT LIKE A STREET MUGGING.  THE CULPRIT HE BLAMES IS THE  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.  THE MONEY HE WAS USING CAME FROM  THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE  HUMANITIES.  BUT UNDER THE NEW  ADMINISTRATION, THAT FUNDING IS  NO LONGER COMING.  WE GOT THE EMAIL SAYING YOUR  GRANT HAS BEEN TERMINATED FOR  CAUSE BECAUSE THE THE PRESIDENT  HAS DETERMINED THAT DOESN'T FIT  INTO HIS AGENDA.  SO YOU CAN SEE THESE QUESTIONS  HERE.  WHY IS NEA CANCELING AWARDS?  A SIMILAR STORY FOR ARWEN CURRY,  WHO HELPS FILMMAKERS GET GRANT  FUNDING.  SOMETIMES THEY WERE IN THE  MIDDLE OF FILMING AND HAD, YOU  KNOW, INTERVIEWS SET UP AND  FUNDING JUST, YOU KNOW, THE TAP  JUST COMPLETELY SHUT OFF.  THE NEA WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN  THE 1960S BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT  THOUGHT THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES  WERE IMPORTANT TO THE AMERICAN  PUBLIC, AND THE ARTISTS RELY ON  THE MONEY SO THEY CAN WORK.  IT'S THE WAY THAT I KNOW HOW TO  TO MAKE FILMS.  IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD TO  ADJUST IF IF WE CAN NO LONGER  RELY ON THE NEA.  WHAT HURTS THEM MOST IS THE  BROADER IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE.  WHAT ABOUT THE ARTS IS SO  IMPORTANT TO JUST THE AMERICAN  SOCIETY THAT THE GOVERNMENT  SHOULD CONTINUE TO FUND IT?  THOSE STORIES NEED TO BE TOLD BY  SOMEONE, AND THOSE STORIES NEED  TO BE TOLD BY, YOU KNOW, THE  PEOPLE WHO ARE THE BEST SUITED  TO DO THAT JOB.  BUT WITHOUT FUNDING, THEY FEAR  NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL  THEM.  IN SAN FRANCISCO, RYAN CURRY,  KCRA THREE NEWS.  THE NEA PUT OUT A NOTICE LAST  WEEK SAYING IT'S HALTING ALL  FUNDING TO PROJECTS FOCUSING ON  DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION,  AND PROJECTS THAT MAY N"}]