Gone to the Poorhouse
Gone to the Poorhouse is the story of how the poor and downtrodden were once cared for in North Carolina. Set in several North Carolina Counties, the story of the
Gone to the Poorhouse is the story of how the poor and downtrodden were once cared for in North Carolina. Set in several North Carolina Counties, the story of the
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
Family man Miguel Cortes could be forced to leave the country in four months as a result of his immigration status. In exchange for Miguel agreeing to leave the country
Miss Nancy Minds Their Manners is an earnest and heartfelt documentary film that follows 74 year old “Miss Nancy” Rascoe through the engaging task of teaching manners to children in
The Civil War and the Fight for the Soul of America reveals how enslaved people actually freed themselves. Through revolt, escape, enlistment in the Union Army, and participation in the
The Searchers is a 90-minute, color, SD documentary portrait of researchers of the assassination of JFK. The film uses archival footage, photographs, documents, verite live-action footage and sit-down interviews to
Over 400 years ago, the first attempt at an English colony in the “New World” mysteriously disappeared off Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Now known as the “Lost Colony,” the tragic
If you closed your eyes and were asked to see an apple, could you do it? Could you visualize an apple, or your home, or a family member’s face? THE
In September 2012, filmmaker Rebecca Kenyon vacated her London apartment to fund a yearlong journey spending time with homeless people in North Carolina. She was drawn to the coastal city
Pass It On reflects on Reynolds Price’s 50 years of teaching English literature and writing at Duke University. Through the eyes of colleagues, former students, his peers, and with Price’s own
Directed by Bree Newsome Bass, THEY TRIED TO BURY US highlights the evolution of Bree’s activist organizing since 2015 when she scaled the flagpole at South Carolina’s capital and removed
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