EDUARDO MONTES-BRADLEY
Documentary Film Fund + Heritage Film Project
The Documentary Film Fund is dedicated to the development, production, and dissemination of documentary films that illuminate overlooked or misunderstood chapters of American cultural history. Through rigorously researched, artistically crafted works, the Fund supports films that contribute to the public record and foster a deeper understanding of the forces that have shaped American identity.
The Fund prioritizes projects that engage with music, art, literature, and social history, particularly those that recover marginalized voices or re-examine canonical narratives with nuance and historical integrity. Its mission is not to advocate ideology, but to preserve complexity—encouraging reflection, dialogue, and informed citizenship through film.
Beyond production, the Documentary Film Fund is committed to access and educational outreach. It underwrites the costs necessary to bring completed works to public audiences through museums, universities, libraries, festivals, and public broadcasting platforms such as PBS, ensuring that these films function as tools of public memory rather than commercial artifacts.
On January 30, George Bristow’s Fifth Symphony, The Niagara,
at Carnegie Hall by the American Symphony Orchestra
under the direction of Leon Botstein.
This performance comes as work continues on the George Bristow documentary, made possible through the generous support of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
Watch the final version of The Art of Joy Brown on site and prepare yourself to enter the world of an extraordinary American ceramist and sculptor.
We are delighted to announce that our documentary films on American arts and culture are now represented worldwide by C&CO (Paris, France), under Gérard Nguyen and Catherine Chevassu, thereby expanding the international reach of our work.
arte France presents a mini-documentary on The Piccirilli Factor, with comments by John Belardo, Thayer Tolles, and director Eduardo Montes-Bradley.
Rosa Berland is our new Director of Project Development! She previously served as an Assistant Curator at MoMA and has held positions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and The Frick Collection in New York. Berland holds a Master’s degree in Fine Art History from the University of Toronto and currently teaches art history at Molloy University in Rockville Centre, New York.
AVAILABLE IN
+ 45,000 LIBRARIES
Our documentaries are available in public and academic libraries through Kanopy and Alexander Street. We value our films as stewards of knowledge—stories that deserve context, clarity,
and visibility.
From the earliest days of cinema, filmmakers have grappled with the question: how do we secure a budget, and what constitutes success? We ask a different question. What if investors became donors, and financial gain were replaced by the creation of lasting tools for learning — films that help audiences, students, and scholars deepen their understanding of the world? The answer is clear: we make films that illuminate — unapologetically built not for profit, but for understanding.
