Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Media

Period of Performance

4/1/1994 - 4/30/1999

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$585,400.00 (approved)
$535,079.00 (awarded)


Challenging Art: A One-hour Film Examining the Criticism of Huckleberry Finn

FAIN: GN-24872-94

WGBH Educational Foundation (Boston, MA 02135-2016)
Peter S. McGhee (Project Director: September 1993 to September 2000)

To support production of a one-hour television documentary about the history of Huckleberry Finn and censorship, as a pilot for a four-part series on art controversies.