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Civil Rights & Social Justice

Summer Headstones

Abandoned and repurposed public pools litter the Southern landscape, silent monuments to a time when white officials abruptly closed pools down, instead of allowing African Americans to swim in them.

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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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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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BULL CITY TURNAROUND

When convicted felons and individuals that’s experienced real-life trauma in Durham, North Carolina address drugs, guns, crime, abuse, in the top 10 fastest growing cities in the United States, when

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Mama Bears

Did you know there are over 4,000 conservative, Christian mothers who accept their LGBTQ children? Connected through private Facebook groups—a lifeline for those struggling to reconcile their hearts with their

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Monsoon Modern

MONSOON MODERN

Monsoon Modern: A Place for Peace is an architecture documentary about much more than buildings. It tells the story of a group of architects in Sri Lanka that successfully devised

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BLACK BEACH / WHITE BEACH

In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, two national motorcycle festivals are held over the weeks around the Memorial Day holiday. One festival is primarily white, the other is predominantly black. While

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