Durham Civil Rights History Mural Project
Beginning in 2013, 30 diverse community members, ages 15-65, came together during a 16-week period to engage in Durham’s Civil Rights History through a series of lectures, music performances, research
Beginning in 2013, 30 diverse community members, ages 15-65, came together during a 16-week period to engage in Durham’s Civil Rights History through a series of lectures, music performances, research
YOU’RE MUSLIM? is about Najma’s upbringing, identity, and community. This story will be told from an honest, raw and reflective space. Archival footage will visualize the African American Muslim experience.
First-time filmmaker Chris Davis’ THE CONTENDERS is a documentary set on the Sea Islands of coastal South Carolina, following the lives of Charles Singleton (62) and his young family as they
It’s 1921 in the tiny rural town of Boley, Oklahoma, founded just two decades before by Creek Freedmen whose ancestors had been held as slaves during the Indian Removal of
ANONYMOUS (working title) is an experimental documentary that explores the expansive spectrum of Black masculinity through Black men and boys’ history and relationship to physical touch. The film will serve
Seven Acres and a Church is an urgent call to action following Ms. Georgia Benton, a community matriarch, as she leads the fight to preserve First Bryan Baptist Church—the oldest continuous
The untold story of Tiny Broadwick, the fearless circus performer known as “The Doll Girl,” who became the first person to make a freefall parachute jump. Never-before-seen photos reveal how
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
When neighborhood friends from Church Hill in Richmond, VA launch their music careers as teens in the face of Jim Crow, segregation in the music industry, and the early civil
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