Community Arts Grant

MPV’s Community Arts Grant

MPV’s Community Arts Grant supports the development, creation, and promotion of short films, documentaries, and theatre productions that address pressing social issues experienced by the Muslim community. By providing micro-grants and mentorship to these creatives, we foster innovative, thought-provoking content that raises awareness, while simultaneously nourishing a space for marginalized people to feel safe and affirmed in their artistic journey.

It is our hope that each artistic piece created with funding from MPV’s Community Arts Grant will embed universal human experiences - love, struggle, joy, and resilience - in fostering empathy and spark dialogue on the most pressing social issues of our time including LGBTQ rights, gender and racial justice and social equity.

If you’d like to help MPV bring these artists on the margins into the mainstream, you can make a donation to our Advocacy Through the Arts fund here.

Witness

In the Fall of 2024, Muslims for Progressive Values awarded its first ever Community Arts Grant to Witness, a short fiction film about spiritual dignity. Witness tells the story of a revered small-town imam faces a crisis of faith when he must choose between upholding the values of his mosque or protecting the safety and spiritual belonging of a male congregant. Since its debut, “Witness” has been accepted at the Tasveer Film Festival, the Slamdance Festival, Muslim House with Sundance, and Florida Film Festival.