Black officials in cities with significant black populations face a unique task. They are elected by everyone, to protect everyone, knowing all too well that the worst crimes and policies affect their own race. This feature-length film will explore those tensions, as well as the possibilities for real change, by following two black officials elected […]
Daily Archives: January 12, 2021
Madie Sue
This is the story of the filmmaker’s grandmother, Mrs. Madie Stanley. She was born in 1939 in Greenville, North Carolina, and was the first and only child of her mother and father. She didn’t know her father, but word is that he lived in New York City. She was raised by her grandmother and continued […]
Natour’s Grocery
Filmmaker Nadine Natour turns her lens on her parents and her hometown, Appomattox, VA, to capture the story of her parents’ emigration from Palestine to the United States. A view of the 2020 election from the most American of settings: a convenience store run by immigrants in the town where the Civil War ended. Director […]
These Kids This City
These Kids This City is a film about the young people of Liberty City Miami and its infamous bike culture, showcased on its unofficial Martin Luther King Day holiday; where thousands flood the streets with their dirt bikes and four wheelers riding in a form of rebellion and community. In light of a hate crime […]
The Neutral Ground
THE NEUTRAL GROUND is a feature length documentary about New Orleans’ fight over monuments and America’s centuries-long relationship with the Lost Cause. THE NEUTRAL GROUND follows writer and comedian CJ Hunt as he satirically documents the struggle to remove and the struggle to preserve New Orleans’ confederate monuments. After witnessing this fight in his adopted […]
Hollow Tree
Hollow Tree is a feature documentary that tells the interconnected stories of three young women coming of age in Louisiana during a time of rapid climate change. As they learn about where they live, they come to identify with the Mississippi River and the ways it has been restrained and controlled. Finally, they discover that […]
Socks on Fire
When the matriarch of a large Southern family passed without a written will, Bo McGuire returns home to Hokes Bluff, Alabama, to document the mounting standoff. A poet composes a cinematic love letter to his Grandmother as his homophobic aunt and drag queen uncle wage war over her estate in Hokes Bluff, Alabama. Director | […]
Roleplay
ROLEPLAY is a feature documentary that follows a year in the life of a group of American college students as they confront the sexual violence and toxicity on their campus with an artistic experiment, using their experiences to craft an original theater piece aimed at spurring dialogue, healing, and culture change. Juxtaposing cathartic rehearsal scenes, […]
Wilmington on Fire: Chapter II
A global spotlight fell on the United States in the summer of 2019, as the nation held a congressional hearing on reparations for African Americans in Washington, DC. The world watched as historians, writers, scholars, activists, and politicians testified and made the case to create a commission (H.R. 40) to study the effects of slavery, […]
The First Cut
The Black barbershop is a sanctuary. It is Saturday morning’s babysitter and Saturday night’s self esteem. The relationship between Black barbers and their clients is an intimate one, which makes the barbershop a safe haven for talking sports, talking politics, talking women, and talking shit. With Grammy-nominated, Durham-native Phonte Coleman at the helm, THE FIRST […]
