ORIGINS — THE CULINARY HERITAGE OF SOUTHEAST WOODLANDS
ORIGINS — THE CULINARY HERITAGE OF SOUTHEAST WOODLANDS celebrates the beginnings of the cuisine of the American South in delicious historical detail, diving plate-first into the healthy, nourishing Indigenous foods […]
THE MOTHERLODE
THE MOTHERLODE docuseries explores the world of working mothers in the arts. Each episode is a self-contained ecosystem introducing artists, telling their compelling stories as they share their views on […]
THE DAY THAT SHOOK GEORGIA
n 1971, one of the worst industrial tragedies in U.S. history shook rural Southeast Georgia. The victims were predominantly Black women, manufacturing trip flares for the Vietnam War. Over 50 […]
THE INTERSEX GAMBIT
When an African American Intersex woman makes their first Intersex friend, they must find a way to protect themselves and their intersex friends. Director | Ciara FranklinWebsite | CiaraFranklin.com/created/the-intersex-gambitInstagram | […]
HEADWATERS DOWN: THE LOWER JAMES
HEADWATERS DOWN: THE LOWER JAMES (HWD:TLJ) is a feature-length documentary that follows five friends as they attempt to finish a multi-year project: exploring every inch of Virginia’s James River, one […]
FIVE SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARIES TO WATCH FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
Southern Womanhood—the Southern Lady—is an archetype that all women from the South have had to reckon with at some point in their lives. I’ll never forget the moment when I […]
PIETRO BANDINI & THE PEOPLE: STORIES OF ASSIMILATION
I’m Lisa Di Vita, a first-time documentarian. The United States swelled with arriving Italian immigrants in the 19th century. My grandfather, Lorenzo Di Vita, was one of them. Their assimilation […]
TROUT TOURISM: THE STORY OF THE LITTLE RED RIVER
This 26:46 documentary project will use a participatory style as the director/producer Benjamin Garner moves home to Arkansas and rediscovers his home trout river and learns about the challenges facing […]
SADDEST BOY EVER
SADDEST BOY EVER is a feature-length documentary film. While digitizing his family’s home movies, filmmaker Patrick Suzuki Mitchell discovers one recorded over by an episode of the Jenny Jones Show […]
FIVE SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARIES TO WATCH FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Dive into the rich and constantly evolving world of Southern Black culture with these five powerful documentaries. Christopher Everett, SDF Program Manager, has selected each film as they shed light […]