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Thumbs Up for Mother Universe

Thumbs Up for Mother Universe is a documentary feature telling the tale of one human’s drive to succeed against all odds. Lonnie Holley, the self-taught African American visual artist, and

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Brother Joseph and the Grotto

Brother Joseph and the Grotto tells the “true fairy tale” of Brother Joseph, the tiny Bavarian hunchback monk who built Ave Maria Grotto, a miniature city of recycled materials in

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The Hitmaker: Bernard Purdie

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

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Musings of an Iraqi Patriot

Musings of an Iraqi Patriot chronicles one man’s journey from accomplished artist and journalist to reluctant refugee and a voice for the millions of ordinary Iraqis whose lives have been

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Loving Opera Project

​A feature documentary at the intersection of creativity, history, representation and race. In Virginia, embed with a dynamic team of artists as they collaborate on a new opera about Richard

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