Media Projects, Inc.

Media Projects, Inc., is a non-profit organization that has been producing and distributing documentary films for 40 years. Our films have aired nationwide on PBS and on both commercial and cable television. We distribute these films and videos throughout the United States, Canada and Europe to schools, libraries, museums, churches, social service organizations, youth groups and government agencies. We have won numerous national awards and have been selected for prestigious screenings in the United States and abroad.  Several of our films screen daily at museums – the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas and at the visitor center of the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, New York.

Allen Mondell allen@mediaprojects.org Allen Mondell has worked in films and television as a writer, producer and director for over 40 years. He began his career as a newspaper reporter in Baltimore in the mid-sixties and then went to work in 1968 for Westinghouse Broadcasting in Baltimore (WJZ-TV), first as a writer for a magazine program and then as a writer/director of documentary films about urban and social issues. Allen taught in the Peace Corps in West Africa after graduating from Williams College with a B.A. in American History and Literature. He serves on the boards of the Dallas Producers Association, the Texas Jewish Historical Society and 3 Stars Cinema.

Cynthia Salzman Mondell cynfilm@mediaprojects.org Cynthia Salzman Mondell is an independent filmmaker who is committed to making films and videos that she feels have something to say about the world she lives in. Her first documentary on housing and the lack of it, Promise and Practice, aired on public television in 1977. She then teamed up with her husband, Allen Mondell to form Media Projects. Together, they have created over 40 social-issue documentary films and educational videos.

FUNNY WOMEN a film celebrating women comedians, directed by Cynthia is a permanent exhibition at the Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future in Dallas. She is currently working on Sole Sisters 

Cynthia is a founding member and  past president of Women In Film – Dallas and past president of the Board of New Day Films, a nationally known independent film cooperative based in New York City. She was an artist in residence at University of Texas of Dallas, a member of the Texas Jewish Historical Society and the Dallas Producers Association.

As a non-profit organization, Media Projects finances its work through tax-deductible contributions from both corporates and individuals. 

Major contributors have included:

National Endowment of the Arts

Texas Committee for the Humanities

Hillcrest Foundation

Harold Simmons Foundation

Meadows Foundation

HRH Foundation

Zale Foundations

Ruth Carol Fund

Jeffrey Family Fund

The Hersh Foundation

Lilly Endowment, Inc.

Moody Foundation

ExxonMobil

Michael L.  Rosenberg Foundation

Target Stores

Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation

Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

The Summerlee Foundation

Xerox Corporation

Division of Cultural Affairs of the Dallas Parks and Recreation Department