Media Projects,Inc., is a non-profit organization that has
been producing and distributing documentary films for 40 years. Our films have
aired nationwide on PBS and on both commercial and cable television. We
distribute these films and videos throughout the United States, Canada and
Europe to schools, libraries, museums, churches, social service organizations,
youth groups and government agencies. We have won numerous national awards and
have been selected for prestigious screenings in the United States and abroad. Several of our films screen daily at museums –
the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas and at the visitor center of
the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, New York.
Allen Mondell allen@mediaprojects.org
Allen Mondell has worked in films and television as a writer, producer and
director for over 40 years. He began his career as a newspaper reporter in
Baltimore in the mid-sixties and then went to work in 1968 for Westinghouse
Broadcasting in Baltimore (WJZ-TV), first as a writer for a magazine program
and then as a writer/director of documentary films about urban and social
issues. Allen taught in the Peace Corps in West Africa after graduating from
Williams College with a B.A. in American History and Literature. He serves on
the boards of the Dallas Producers Association, the Texas Jewish Historical
Society and 3 Stars Cinema.
Cynthia Salzman Mondell cynfilm@mediaprojects.org Cynthia
Salzman Mondell is an independent filmmaker who is committed to making films
and videos that she feels have something to say about the world she lives in. Her
first documentary on housing and the lack of it, Promise and Practice, aired on
public television in 1977. She then teamed up with her husband, Allen Mondell
to form Media Projects. Together, they have created over 40 social-issue
documentary films and educational videos.
FUNNY WOMEN a film celebrating women comedians, directed by
Cynthia is a permanent exhibition at the Women’s Museum: An Institute for the
Future in Dallas. She is currently working on Sole Sisters
Cynthia is a founding member and past president of Women In Film – Dallas and
past president of the Board of New Day Films, a nationally known independent
film cooperative based in New York City. She was an artist in residence at
University of Texas of Dallas, a member of the Texas Jewish Historical Society
and the Dallas Producers Association.
As a non-profit organization, Media Projects finances its
work through tax-deductible contributions form both corporates and individuals.
Major contributors have included:
National Endowment of the Arts
Texas Committee for the Humanities
Hillcrest Foundation
Harold Simmons Foundation
Meadows Foundation
HRH Foundation
Zale Foundations
Ruth Carol Fund
Jeffrey Family Fund
The Hersh Foundation
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Moody Foundation
ExxonMobil
Michael L. Rosenberg
Foundation
Target Stores
Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
The Summerlee Foundation
Xerox Corporation
Division of Cultural Affairs of the Dallas Parks and
Recreation Department
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