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Civil Rights & Social Justice

TEACH

TEACH explores the historic role of grassroots education and community schools in the Deep South of the 1950s and 60s, that were an integral part of the Southern Freedom Struggle.

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Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn?

Lt. Wes Van Dorn was a strapping and widely revered Naval Academy graduate and pilot who flew the 53E, a Cold War-era helicopter. Used by the Navy and Marines to

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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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Frying Fish in Florida

FRYING FISH IN FLORIDA

  A fish fry in Palmetto, Florida, taking place every Friday in the parking lot of an African-American church, started when a group of avid fishermen decided that their church

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Natour’s Grocery

Filmmaker Nadine Natour turns her lens on her parents and her hometown, Appomattox, VA, to capture the story of her parents’ emigration from Palestine to the United States. A view

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Saint Cloud Hill

In a hidden urban encampment on Saint Cloud Hill, a self-governed tent community unravels amidst the city’s threats of eviction and the impending destruction of the forested environment of which

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THE BENSON FIVE

A documentary about the 1968 Benson Affair, when five young black men sought to burn down their town’s KKK headquarters building in Benson, North Carolina, and the ways the memory

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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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