Dishing Up The South

Dishing Up The South is a documentary television series being developed for PBS distribution that explores the American South through the food that helps define it. In each episode, three […]

Black Soil

​In the Mississippi Delta, a Black farmer and his son Trentis transform their family’s hard-won farmland through regenerative agriculture, carrying forward an 80-year legacy of resilience, stewardship, and hope for […]

State & Beale

State & Beale travels Tennessee to uncover the people, places, traditions and stories that make the state unique—celebrating the cultural treasures of Tennessee from State Street in Bristol to Beale […]

We will show you

We’ll Show You is a documentary television and web series that takes viewers inside distinctive American worlds through direct, immersive experience. Host and producer Elena Sukachova enters these environments herself […]

In Her Cleats

A granddaughter retraces her grandmother’s unlikely rise into the All‑American Girls Professional Baseball League, questioning how a southern woman’s leap of courage shaped generations of women in her family and […]

[Untitled Paperhand Documentary]

A documentary showcasing North Carolina’s Paperhand Puppet Project and the making of their 2025 show “The Gift”, released in honor of the project’s 25th anniversary. Paperhand Puppet Project has been […]

The Colour of Cannes Honours

The Colour of Cannes meets the growing demand for elevated, inclusive storytelling in community at the Marche du Film while creating visibility for the storytellers amplifying culturally forward and rooted […]

That Georgia Rhythm

That Georgia Rhythm is a cinematic journey into the soul of Southern rock, revealing the unseen legacy of visionary producer Rodney Mills—the quiet architect behind the sound of legends like […]

Who’s Afraid of Hexwood Estate?

One man risks his sanity and every cent to turn his backyard into a world-class haunted house attraction—if his obsession doesn’t break him before opening night. Against a ticking clock […]

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