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Civil Rights & Social Justice

Casual Crabbing

Crabbing brought Tia Clark back to herself—now she’s using it to help others find belonging, healing, and a deeper love for nature and each other. Casual Crabbing tells the powerful,

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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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Look Different

A TRIANGLE DOCUMENTARY MAKERS MEETUP. LOOK DIFFERENT is a maker-focused series of in-person gatherings designed to bring together filmmakers, screen stimulating things and explore topics relevant to their current needs

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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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I, Destini

I, Destini is an animated documentary that explores the poignant and imaginative illustrations of a youth grappling with the effects of having an incarcerated loved one. Each shot of the film, each

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These Kids This City

These Kids This City is a film about the young people of Liberty City Miami and its infamous bike culture, showcased on its unofficial Martin Luther King Day holiday; where

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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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The Silenced Truth Podcast

When survivors of sexual abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention and other conservative Christian groups realize their calls for reform have been buried by politics and patriarchy, they take their

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Southern Doc fest

The South has stories to tell

October 10, 2026 | Durham, NC

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