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DEVIL TOWN (Working Title)

Donate DEVIL TOWN examines the sordid history of a now sleepy small town in the American South, Phenix City, Alabama. It was here that local officials once allowed violent murders

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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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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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NASHVILLE’S SOUL

One man’s journey to discover his stolen history and the soundtrack of a city’s lost soul. This documentary feature film captures a young Black man’s journey to discover his history

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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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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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