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Tobacco Money Feeds My Family

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

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Y’ALL COME SEE

Y’all Come See is a three season podcast exploring Black regions, cultures and imaginations. Y’all Come See is about culture, space, land, community, imagination and centers Black story and oral

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That Georgia Rhythm

That Georgia Rhythm is a cinematic journey into the soul of Southern rock, revealing the unseen legacy of visionary producer Rodney Mills—the quiet architect behind the sound of legends like

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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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The Ronald Searle Project

Revealing a giant of satire whose influence on western culture shaped generations of artists. Ronald Searle has been called “one of the world’s greatest satirical artists.” From his first published

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Wild Yogi

Wild Yogi is a visual ode that presents the life of young Tikaram Yogi, as he journeys through the heart of Nepal in search of the divine. Tikaram’s metamorphosis into

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ONCE UPON A WETLAND

In ‘Once Upon a Wetland’, a heartwarming and quirky documentary set in Durham, North Carolina, the nearly two-decade-old Beaver Queen Pageant shines as a beacon of hope and celebration. This

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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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Nashville Rewind

“Nashville Rewind” is a weekly PBS series that takes a behind-the-scenes look at the little known stories in Nashville music history–from R & B to Bluegrass to Country to Pop.

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THE SNATCH AWAY

On the same day two boys in the American Deep South are swept into the air by different tornadoes and survive. But for what? THE SNATCH AWAY is an epic

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