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Civil Rights & Social Justice

The Final Gift

The Final Gift documents one woman’s quest to find life and meaning after the 2003 slaying of her brother. This meaning, ultimately, lies in the life of the killer who

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MADIE SUE

This is the story of the filmmaker’s grandmother, Mrs. Madie Stanley. She was born in 1939 in Greenville, North Carolina, and was the first and only child of her mother

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Always in Season

ALWAYS IN SEASON explores the lingering impact of more than a century of lynching African Americans and connects this form of historic racial terrorism to racial violence today. The film

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32 BLOCKS

When neighborhood friends from Church Hill in Richmond, VA launch their music careers as teens in the face of Jim Crow, segregation in the music industry, and the early civil

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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 Case Against 8

This documentary is a behind-the-scenes look at the key players and events involved in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the case that became the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to be decided

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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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1898 Memorial Park

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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PLEASE ASK FOR IT

Down on the Blues Alley in Holly Springs, Mississippi, you might meet David “Fox” Caldwell, the beloved owner of Aikei Pro’s Record Shop. Established in 1960 and a landmark on

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