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 […]
Washerwoman – DO NOT PUBLISH
Harriet Tubman. Madame C.J. Walker. Josephine Baker. Billie Holiday. All of these women at some point were washerwomen- women who took in laundry to make a living. Once the number […]
American Reckoning
America’s recent resurgence of racist violence only scratches the surface. Buried below are hundreds, maybe thousands, of mostly black men murdered by the Klan and their sympathizers. Nearly all of […]
Thumbs Up for Mother Universe
Thumbs Up for Mother Universe is a documentary feature telling the tale of one human’s drive to succeed against all odds. Lonnie Holley, the self-taught African American visual artist, and […]
Bridging Rails to Trails: Stories of the American Tobacco Trail
The American Tobacco Trail is a rail-to-trail conversion project that stretches more than 22-miles. It is a living history of Durham, North Carolina’s tobacco boom, the D&SC rail line, lost […]
Bringing It Home
A father’s search to find the healthiest building materials leads him to the completion of the nation’s first hemp house. Hemp with lime is a non-toxic, energy-efficient, mildew-resistant, fire-resistant, and […]
Brother Joseph and the Grotto
Brother Joseph and the Grotto tells the “true fairy tale” of Brother Joseph, the tiny Bavarian hunchback monk who built Ave Maria Grotto, a miniature city of recycled materials in […]
Brother Towns/Pueblos Hermanos
Brother Towns is a story of two towns linked by immigration, family, and work: Jacaltenango, a highland Maya town in Guatemala; and Jupiter, a coastal resort town where many Jacaltecos […]
Bull City Summer
On the 25th anniversary of iconic baseball film Bull Durham, Bull City Summer aims to put together a team of writers and photographers to document the 2013 season at Durham […]
BULL DOGGIN’ – THE BILL PICKETT STORY
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 […]
