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Civil Rights & Social Justice

SAILING TO GUANTANAMO

A journey examining the 1991-1994 Haitian Refugee Crisis with riveting testimonies of untold stories of resilience, survival, and the pursuit of hope against the backdrop of a coup d’état, political

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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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ONE RIVER, ONE BOAT

ONE RIVER, ONE BOAT One River follows the activities of a coalition of 30 faith based organizations, the Charleston Area Justice Ministry, as they negotiate the difficulties of finding consensus

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EVE’S GARDEN

A love story to the people of New Orleans and the Saint Roch neighborhood. While unique to St Roch, many of the stories of this area echo common histories of

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15

The Brunswick 15 (working title) is a documentary that chronicles and brings context to the experiences of fifteen young rural Blacks along the crossroads of race, education and politics and

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BLOOM

Journey with three North Carolinian parents and the doulas they partner with to achieve a safe and confident birth experience. “Bloom” explores the work doulas are doing to fill gaps

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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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The Loving Story

A racially-charged criminal trial and a heart-rending love story converge in this documentary about the Loving’s, set during the turbulent Civil Rights era. THE LOVING STORY is a story of

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Pinball

Pinball paints a portrait of contemporary immigrant suburbia in Louisville through Yosef, a 19-year old Iraqi-American boy. He is at a crossroads in his adolescence where he and his friends

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Alamance County, 2020

Set in a small North Carolina community, Alamance County, 2020 captures a single year when the ground shifted beneath everyone’s feet. As the pandemic shutters schools and storefronts, the rhythms

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Southern Doc fest

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October 10, 2026 | Durham, NC

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