Firelight Media is a non-profit filmmaking

Filmmaking

Filmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story, idea, or commission, through scriptwriting, casting, shooting, directing, editing, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a theatrical release or television program...

 company founded by filmmaker Stanley Nelson and Marcia Smith, located in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. Firelight Media began in 1998 as an independent non-profit documentary production company that produced stories on topics that are typically underrepresented in the mainstream media, with most films airing nationally on PBS. In 2008, Firelight Media transitioned to focusing on supporting emerging filmmakers, while Firelight Films was launched as the new for-profit documentary production company led by Stanley Nelson.

The Producer's Lab

The Producer’s Lab is the flagship program of Firelight Media. It is a yearly mentorship program that offers services to 15-20 emerging filmmakers to complete their films and gain national distribution. Participants receive consultation from Stanley Nelson, established producers, writers, editors, and fundraisers.

Firelight Media films

• Freedom Bags (1990)
• Schools for A New Society (1993)
• Puerto Rico: A Right to Choose (1994)
• The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (1999)
• Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
  Marcus Garvey: Look for me in the Whirlwind
  Marcus Garvey: Look for me in the Whirlwind is a 2001 television documentary. It was produced by Firelight Media for the PBS series American Experience....
  
  (2000)
• Running the Campaign for City Council (2002)
• The Murder of Emmett Till
  The Murder of Emmett Till (TV Documentary)
  The Murder of Emmett Till is a Firelight Media production for PBS American Experience, aired in 2003.The film chronicles the story of Emmett Till, a 14-year old black boy visiting relatives in Mississippi in 1955. He was brutally murdered by two white men for whistling at a white woman, unaware he...
  
  (2003)
• A Place of Our Own (2004)
• Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise (2004)
• Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice
  Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice
  Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice is a 2005 television documentary. It was produced by Firelight Media for the PBS series American Masters....
  
  (2005)
• Faces of Change (2005)
• Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
  Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
  Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, is a 2006 documentary film made by Firelight Media. The documentary reveals new footage of the incidents surrounding the Peoples Temple and its leader Jim Jones who led over 900 members of his Cult to a settlement in Guyana called Jonestown, where he...
  
  (2006)
• CNN Presents High Stakes (2006)
• Wounded Knee (2009)
• Immigration Part 1: Battleground Arizona (2009)
• Immigration Part II: Raid in New Bedford (2009)
• Immigration Part III: Guest Workers in the Gulf (2009)
• Arise: the Battle over Affirmative Action (2010)
• Freedom Riders (2010)