The film is underwritten by the Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Central Michigan Unversity, InsideOut Literary Arts Project, and the Department of Africana Studies at Wayne State University. The exhibit is sponsored by InsideOut Literary Arts Project through a generous grant from the Erb Family Foundation, with additional support from the Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
