Tig
“Good evening, I have cancer,” comedian Tig Notaro famously announced in front of a stunned audience back in 2012, “Everyone having a good time? I have cancer.” In just 30 […]
I, Destini
I, Destini is an animated documentary that explores the poignant and imaginative illustrations of a youth grappling with the effects of having an incarcerated loved one. Each shot of the film, each […]
Truth Underground: 3 NC Spoken Word Poets
Three spoken word poets struggle through poverty, discrimination, PTSD and abandonment to prove the power of the word. When Kamaya Martin’s father abandons her mother with four kids and bills […]
A WEAVERLY PATH: THE TAPESTRY LIFE OF SILVIA HEYDEN
To me weaverly is totally tactile, between my hands and my eyes and my feelings – Silvia Heyden A WEAVERLY PATH offers an intimate, visually stunning portrait of Swiss-born tapestry […]
A WORLD GONE CRAZY: THE TRIALS OF JOHN GARY WILLIAMS
Forty years after his career was ruined by his mother’s murder, the Vietnam draft, the end of his record label, and a wrongful conviction, “Mad Lads” front man John Gary […]
Tobacco Money Feeds My Family
While tobacco kills, for some it’s their livelihood. Why grow this killer crop? Cynthia Hill and Curtis Gaston explore this question in their film, Tobacco Money Feeds My Family. For […]
Digging Them Up
This documentary is the story of Ward Sutton, a certified mortician and undertaker. Sutton has the ability and proper credentials to locate mostly unmarked graves, dig up the bodies, and […]
Tommy! The Dreams I Keep Inside Me
I met Tommy by pure chance a few years ago, while filming a project with autistic teenagers. I was immediately struck by his love for life and his desire to […]
Vittles
Vittles is a team of documentary filmmakers producing stories about the intersections of people and food. Culture, community and identity all revolve around our most essential need: the act of […]
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 […]
