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Lost Bomber

The Tulsamerican, American WW2 bomber vanished from the face of the earth 68 years ago. It was not just any bomber. It was the very last B-24 Liberator produced in

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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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SOUTHMONT DRIVE

SOUTHMONT DRIVE reflects on the life and legacy of filmmaker Ashley O’Shay’s grandfather, Pop Lewis, a proud father of 17. By traveling back in time, this docu-series acts to reimagine

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They Tried to Bury Us

Directed by Bree Newsome Bass, THEY TRIED TO BURY US highlights the evolution of Bree’s activist organizing since 2015 when she scaled the flagpole at South Carolina’s capital and removed

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Gee's Bend: Welcome to the Hole

GEE’S BEND: WELCOME TO THE HOLE

Gee’s Bend, Alabama, also known as Boykin, is an African-American majority community in the rural American South most notably known for its rich, intergenerational legacy of quilting. “Gee’s Bend: Welcome

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32 BLOCKS

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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A Fine Girl

A FINE GIRL is a documentary short following Brandi Jarrow, a transgender woman of color in New Orleans. At 27 years old, Brandi is a successful hairstylist, a woman of

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Gone to the Poorhouse

Gone to the Poorhouse is the story of how the poor and downtrodden were once cared for in North Carolina. Set in several North Carolina Counties, the story of the

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The REAL Mayberry

The REAL Mayberry is a portrait of the past, present, and future of Andy Griffith’s hometown of Mt. Airy, NC. In some ways, Mt. Airy is still the quaint, beautiful

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