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Civil Rights & Social Justice

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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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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PEACE IN OUR POCKETS

PEACE IN OUR POCKETS follows the inspirational Kenyan activists of Sisi ni Amani as they promote civic engagement, build democracy, and defuse violence in the time leading up to the

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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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Pit Crew

A diverse group of aspiring stock car mechanics in the South seek an opportunity to join NASCAR pit crews as the sport reckons with the pandemic and the acknowledgement of

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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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Theory of Change

Three working-class women from across North Carolina take part in a bold grassroots experiment—testing whether ordinary people, not institutions or heroes, can reclaim democracy by uniting rural communities against a

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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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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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