
Almost Ghost Town
In one of the smallest towns in North America, the four remaining residents of historic Thurmond, West Virginia work to keep their town afloat despite an impending demolition. Thurmond, West

In one of the smallest towns in North America, the four remaining residents of historic Thurmond, West Virginia work to keep their town afloat despite an impending demolition. Thurmond, West

This film explores the legacy of Harry Caudill, who spent his life advocating for the people of Appalachia by illuminating the ways they became impoverished at the hands of the

Director Rex Miller began searching for Althea Gibson’s story because of a photograph that hung on the wall of his childhood bedroom. Taken in 1960, it shows two brown-skinned women,

After 20 years of living in the U.S., an undocumented family decides to return home. Little do they know it will be the most difficult journey of their lives. Set

While tobacco kills, for some it’s their livelihood. Why grow this killer crop? Cynthia Hill and Curtis Gaston explore this question in their film, Tobacco Money Feeds My Family. For

Inventor of the famous “Purdie Shuffle”, the most recorded drummer of all time, Bernard Purdie’s life and legacy is explored in this feature documentary as he continues to tour internationally

REEF KEEPERS follows scientists’ journey of care, connection, and defiance as they refuse to let Florida’s Coral Reef, and the communities that depend on it, slip away. Amid record-breaking heat

The Atlanta Taekwondo Academy has been a staple in the East Point community of Atlanta, Georgia for the past 23 years. The Final Bow is a cinematic testament to the

“Thibodeauxville – The Story of the Thibodaux Massacre: Race, Riot, and Resilience” is a character-driven, archival-rich feature documentary that follows director and native daughter Christina Hill as she returns to

On an idyllic farm in rural Georgia, young parents tenderly share their knowledge of life, love, and nature with their sons while teaching them the art of beekeeping. The Boys

Lt. Wes Van Dorn was a strapping and widely revered Naval Academy graduate and pilot who flew the 53E, a Cold War-era helicopter. Used by the Navy and Marines to
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