Our Origin Story

Why we exist

For most of the last century, America didn’t just dominate militarily or economically, we led culturally. Our films, TV, literature, and music shaped the world’s sense of freedom, progress, and identity. We didn’t need to advertise our values. We just told great stories, and the world listened.

Our creative institutions are fractured. Hollywood chases global markets but shrinks from national meaning. The space for complex, conviction-driven storytelling is narrowing. And while we drift, authoritarian regimes are investing heavily in narrative weapons: propaganda disguised as prestige, simulations as statecraft, culture as control.

We started The Narrative Wing because we believe America can no longer afford to treat storytelling as an afterthought. Imagination is infrastructure. And if we want to remain free, we need to reinforce and protect the conditions that let imagination thrive.

What we’re building

The Narrative Wing is a nonprofit cultural coalition rebuilding America’s narrative capacity. We unite creatives, technologists, strategists, and investors to reindustrialize imagination through capital, community, and conviction.

We:

• Fund bold, freedom-rooted stories that move people without preaching to them

• Convene cross-sector leaders from entertainment, defense, tech, and policy, to align long-term narrative strategy

• Publish playbooks, briefs, and cultural intelligence that guide storytellers and decision-makers alike

• Prototype new forms of cinematic deterrence, narrative infrastructure, and civic morale