founded 1998 founder stanley nelson marcia smith headquarters new york ny u.s.a. website www.firelightmedia.org firelight media is a non profit filmmaking company founded by filmmaker stanley nelson and marcia smith located in new york city . firelight media began in 1998 as an independent non profit documentary production company that produced stories on topics that are typically underrepresented in the mainstream media with most films airing nationally on pbs . in 2008 firelight media transitioned to focusing on supporting emerging filmmakers while firelight films was launched as the new for profit documentary production company led by stanley nelson . the producer s lab edit the producer s lab is the flagship program of firelight media . it is a yearly mentorship program that offers services to 15 20 emerging filmmakers to complete their films and gain national distribution . participants receive consultation from stanley nelson established producers writers editors and fundraisers . firelight media films edit freedom bags 1990 schools for a new society 1993 puerto rico a right to choose 1994 the black press soldiers without swords 1999 marcus garvey look for me in the whirlwind 2000 running the campaign for city council 2002 the murder of emmett till 2003 a place of our own 2004 beyond brown pursuing the promise 2004 sweet honey in the rock raise your voice 2005 faces of change 2005 jonestown the life and death of peoples temple 2006 cnn presents high stakes 2006 wounded knee 2009 immigration part 1 battleground arizona 2009 immigration part ii raid in new bedford 2009 immigration part iii guest workers in the gulf 2009 arise the battle over affirmative action 2010 freedom riders 2010 external links edit official website firelight media holds community engagement media conference . open society foundations . 31 march 2011 . retrieved 7 july 2011 . almo laura january 2007 . outreach not out of reach firelight media illuminates the under represented . international documentary association . retrieved 7 july 2011 . cruz rosana june 2011 . 50 years later youth and elders keep the spirit of the freedom rides alive . facing south . retrieved 7 july 2011 . leydon joe 16 january 2003 . the murder of emmett till review . variety . retrieved 7 july 2011 . stanley nelson . new york times . retrieved 7 july 2011 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title firelight media & oldid 664776605 categories film production companies of the united statesdocumentary film production companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 may 2015 at 23 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view