The Dart Center has announced the 15 recipients of its second annual fellowship for documentary filmmakers. The 2025 fellows include outstanding filmmakers from four continents.
Entry guidelines are now available for the 2025 Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma. We will be accepting submissions until January 28, 2025 at 5:00 pm EST.
This powerful, nuanced and sensitive piece offers a rare look into one case taken up by a little-known group of mitigation specialists, who have been working for three decades to save the lives of death-penalty defendants by documenting their childhood traumas.
This gripping, beautifully written and deeply-reported investigation tells the story of the 1989 murder of Carol Stuart, and the people caught up in it who never managed to get free.
This haunting and illuminating piece bravely side-steps the expected narrative, telling the story of Kristen Kinkel as she reckons with the crimes committed by her brother Kip. Twenty-five years ago, he killed their parents and opened fire at their high school.
This brilliant, enraging five-part series exposes the astonishing resurgence of child labor in the United States, and reveals the profound failures that have led to this shadow workforce.
Since 1994, the Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma have recognized exemplary reporting on the impact of trauma on individuals, families and communities. Below please find a complete list of our honorees.