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Civil Rights & Social Justice

FIRST VOTE

As the filmmaker contemplates becoming a first-time voter, she takes a deeply personal journey to battleground states and explores the themes of identity, race, and immigration through a series of

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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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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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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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Childless by Choice

Childless by Choice: Love, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness explores the motivations and decision-making processes of couples who have chosen or are considering a “child-free life.” Filmmaker Laura Scott,

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NASHVILLE’S SOUL

One man’s journey to discover his stolen history and the soundtrack of a city’s lost soul. This documentary feature film captures a young Black man’s journey to discover his history

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Tuscarora Nation

Tuscarora Nation explores the powerful, often overlooked history of the Indigenous Tuscarora people of eastern North Carolina—from their early resistance to Euro-Colonial forces to their ongoing fight for federal recognition

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SANTUARIO

Juana Luz Tobar Ortega came to the United States 24 years ago as an asylum seeker from Guatemala. For the last 6 years living in North Carolina, Juana has checked

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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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Pelada

Four soccer-playing filmmakers abandon jobs, renew passports, trade novels for Lonely Planets, and travel the world in search of pick-up games: impromptu scenes that arise anywhere, between anyone. As we

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