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An elderly man stares out the window of his home near Tokyo, Japan.

A HELLO STORY

A HELLO STORY is a personal narrative about the biracial Davison family’s journey from North Carolina to Japan to care for Yasuo Mochizuki, their aging father, father-in-law and grandfather. Through

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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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Staring Down Fate

Diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Chris Lucash searches for meaning while the endangered species he dedicated himself to saving faces another potential extinction. Staring Down Fate is about 7.4

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Farmer/Veteran

Home from three combat tours in Iraq, Alex Sutton forges a new identity as a farmer, hatching chicks and raising goats on 43 acres in rural North Carolina. He dives

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15

The Brunswick 15 (working title) is a documentary that chronicles and brings context to the experiences of fifteen young rural Blacks along the crossroads of race, education and politics and

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Digging Them Up

This documentary is the story of Ward Sutton, a certified mortician and undertaker. Sutton has the ability and proper credentials to locate mostly unmarked graves, dig up the bodies, and

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Shrink It & Pink It

SHRINK IT & PINK IT

Industrial Design – often thought of as design for mass manufacturing – is dominated by White male designers. This lack of diversity on design teams has significant consequences for those

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