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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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Through a Bitter Struggle

It’s 1986 in Durham, NC, long a tobacco and textile town, and Mayor Wib Gulley faces a fierce campaign by Christian fundamentalists and some conservatives to throw him out of

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I, Destini

I, Destini is an animated documentary that explores the poignant and imaginative illustrations of a youth grappling with the effects of having an incarcerated loved one. Each shot of the film, each

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BULLS AND SAINTS

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

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Ethel Mae Elliot, left, and Lena Mae Perry, right, perform at The Branchettes 23rd Anniversary in 1996, Long Branch Disciples of Christ, New Grove, North Carolina. Photo by Roland L. Freeman, from the documentary film STAY PRAYED UP.

STAY PRAYED UP

Making music and making a life are one in the same in this celebratory documentary about a legendary NC gospel group and their 82 year old matron who’s powerful testimony

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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

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A Puppet Intervention

Forget anything that comes to mind when you think of a puppet show. The documentary film A Puppet Intervention brings to the screen radical puppetry as alternative community theater –

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Mary’s Gone Wild

Mary’s Gone Wild is an 11-minute documentary film, and portrait of North Carolina visionary folk artist Mary Paulsen, and her Folk Art Garden & Doll Baby Museum to Help Feed

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