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Article: NEA grants include funds for films on female sexuality: Previous award drew fire on Hill.(Nation)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- April 22, 1999
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The National Endowment for the Arts announced $58 million in new grants yesterday, including $12,000 to Women Make Movies, a New York distributor that a Michigan congressman once likened to a "veritable taxpayer-funded peep show."
This latest grant is for "Girls Like Us," a documentary on the sexuality of girls growing up in the 1990s. It won the 1997 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury award for best documentary.
It is part of a package of four films. The others are "Jenny and Jenny," about two 17-year-olds in Israel; "Girls Still Dream," about women coming of age in Egypt; and "The Righteous Babes," about women in rock 'n roll.
The money ...