
By Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet is hailed as one of American cinema’s most socially conscious directors. When he passed away in 2011 at the age of 86, he left behind an impressive canon

Sidney Lumet is hailed as one of American cinema’s most socially conscious directors. When he passed away in 2011 at the age of 86, he left behind an impressive canon

In Appalachia’s mountains, fiddlers carry forward a centuries-old sound born from the meeting of unlikely traditions—the foundation of what would become America’s musical identity. Before radio, before records—there was the

A FINE GIRL is a documentary short following Brandi Jarrow, a transgender woman of color in New Orleans. At 27 years old, Brandi is a successful hairstylist, a woman of

Chef Vivian Howard was making a name for herself in the New York City restaurant world when her father, a hog farmer from Eastern North Carolina, made her an offer

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

REFUGE is a story about fear and love in the American South. A leader in a white nationalist hate group finds healing from the people he once hated – a

There once was a town called Mossville; a community rich in natural resources and history, founded by former slaves and free people of color, where neighbors took care of one

Forty years after his career was ruined by his mother’s murder, the Vietnam draft, the end of his record label, and a wrongful conviction, “Mad Lads” front man John Gary

Queer, Rad, Asian: three southern activists organize with the intersectional resistance against white supremacy and the cis-hetero-patriarchy. Asian Pacific Americans are the fastest growing ethnic group in the South, with

Granting access to a sport that most families with disabled children couldn’t fathom their kids playing, the Hurricanes Sled Hockey program does more than enrich the lives of countless families

Working out of a repurposed warehouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, artist and designer Thomas Sayre has been creating public art installations for decades in sites around the world. From Thailand
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