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Rock Castle Home

In the mid-1930s, the Blue Ridge Parkway was born. As Rock Castle Gorge became part of the National Park Service’s plan to lure tourists to the Blue Ridge, farm families

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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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Pass It On

Pass It On reflects on Reynolds Price’s 50 years of teaching English literature and writing at Duke University. Through the eyes of colleagues, former students, his peers, and with Price’s own

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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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MADIE SUE

This is the story of the filmmaker’s grandmother, Mrs. Madie Stanley. She was born in 1939 in Greenville, North Carolina, and was the first and only child of her mother

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The Rise and Fall of Liberty

The Rise and Fall of Liberty examines Durham’s development and shifting economy through the lens of its last tobacco auction house. In its prime, Liberty Warehouse was a central part

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BULL CITY TURNAROUND

When convicted felons and individuals that’s experienced real-life trauma in Durham, North Carolina address drugs, guns, crime, abuse, in the top 10 fastest growing cities in the United States, when

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THE CONTENDERS

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

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The Passing On

Three professions ushered Black former slaves from poverty to the American dream: preacher, teacher, and undertaker. Now, renowned embalmer James Bryant puts his faith in a new generation to continue

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Seven Acres and a Church

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

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