The Ties That Bind

Time magazine has proclaimed that America is at a “Transgender Tipping Point,” spotlighted by Bruce Jenner’s recent and very public transition into her new gender identity as Caitlin. But regardless […]

The Waiting List

The Waiting List is an online multimedia storytelling project introducing the real stories of real people waiting for an organ transplant. Only 35% of licensed drivers nationally are registered to […]

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 […]

Miss Nancy Minds Their Manners

Miss Nancy Minds Their Manners is an earnest and heartfelt documentary film that follows 74 year old “Miss Nancy” Rascoe through the engaging task of teaching manners to children in […]

Farmer/Veteran

Home from three combat tours in Iraq, Alex Sutton forges a new identity as a farmer, hatching chicks and raising goats on 43 acres in rural North Carolina. He dives […]

HOTEL CLERMONT

HOTEL CLERMONT documents the last days of a storied Atlanta hotel and the lives of its residents, who occupy the fringes of Atlanta society. Until it was officially shuttered in […]

Childless by Choice

Childless by Choice: Love, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness explores the motivations and decision-making processes of couples who have chosen or are considering a “child-free life.” Filmmaker Laura Scott, […]

Change Journey: Facing Terminal Illness

Change Journey: Facing Terminal Illness follows the story of one patient, Debbie Ellington, as she reflects on her life changes from the time she discovers her cancer to her final […]

Big Charity

Big Charity is a feature-length documentary film about the tragic demise of the most important medical institution in the state of Louisiana, New Orleans’s 280-year-old Charity Hospital. This political and […]

Sport of Failure

Can stories save lives? Filmmaker and occasional superhero Dawn Dreyer bet on it. What starts as a terrible idea (making an animated documentary when you can barely get out of […]

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