LILLIAN SMITH: BREAKING THE SILENCE
Not enough people remember Lillian Smith. She was one of the first white southern authors to crusade against the evils of segregation. Her novel “Strange Fruit” (1944) explored an interracial […]
We All Die (working title)
Americans have had a fluid relationship with death. In the 19th century it was romanticized and even embraced. Today death is a forbidden topic – something relegated to sterile hospital […]
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 […]
YOU GAVE ME A SONG: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF ALICE GERRARD
At 84, old-time music pioneer Alice Gerrard performs, teaches, and inspires the next generation while safeguarding memories from her groundbreaking past. YOU GAVE ME A SONG offers an intimate portrait […]
BLACK BEACH / WHITE BEACH
In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, two national motorcycle festivals are held over the weeks around the Memorial Day holiday. One festival is primarily white, the other is predominantly black. While […]
A TASTE OF HEAVEN: THE ECSTATIC SONG & GOSPEL OF MAESTRO RAYMOND ANTHONY MYLES
Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles was like a comet shooting across the sky. He was here one minute – brilliant, incandescent and unmistakably unique. And then, just as quickly, he was […]
MOMMA & ME
MOMMA & ME makes use of Nettie’s and Natalie’s loving, yet complicated mother/daughter relationship to explore the beauty standard – and how it’s complicated by aging – to better understand […]
Don’t Get Trouble in Your Mind: the Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Story
Don’t Get Trouble in Your Mind: The Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Story is a documentary portrait of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an African-American string band from Raleigh, North Carolina, and their […]
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 […]
