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WILMINGTON ON FIRE: CHAPTER II

Directed and produced by Christopher Everett, WILMINGTON ON FIRE: CHAPTER II documents a community’s fight for justice and equality in a city that is still affected by an insurrection that

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Moving Midway

In Moving Midway, award-winning Southern film critic Godfrey Cheshire uses the relocation of his family’s North Carolina plantation as an occasion to examine the Southern plantation in American history and culture,

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SISTER SENATORS

In Ruby Red South Carolina, the only five women in an overwhelmingly male and conservative State Senate defy party lines and fight for women’s rights. Their bipartisan unity becomes a

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REFUGE

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

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Raising Bertie

Bertie County, North Carolina is like many rural counties struggling economically due to the closures of manufacturing plants. Bertie’s second largest employer, Wrangler, closed in 2003. The largest employers now

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The Keepers

The Keepers is a seven-part documentary series about the unsolved murder of Cathy Cesnik, a beloved nun and Catholic high school teacher in Baltimore. After disappearing on Nov. 7, 1969, Cesnik’s

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Private Violence

This feature-length documentary film and audience engagement campaign explores a simple but deeply disturbing fact of American life: the most dangerous place for a woman in America is her own

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Philadelphia Alley in Charleston

THE LOWCOUNTRY

Charleston’s genteel reverie was shattered by shootings that exposed the underbelly of the city’s tourist mythology. Can black and white residents arrive at conciliation or will immutable Southern politeness censor

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Childless by Choice

Childless by Choice: Love, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness explores the motivations and decision-making processes of couples who have chosen or are considering a “child-free life.” Filmmaker Laura Scott,

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