This year, NOVAC’s GiveNOLA Day campaign is dedicated to our Black Maternal Health Cohort — a group of brilliant, emerging filmmakers telling vital stories about life, care, struggle, and joy in our communities. These are stories that save lives. Stories that heal.

NOVAC empowers storytellers and communities by providing education, training, and resources in film, TV, and digital media. Our vision is that storytellers in Southeast Louisiana have equitable access to creative and economic opportunities in film and digital media, and the agency, voice, and vision to tell their own stories. We seek to have community stories represented by community storytellers at the highest level of practice.