Black Mountain Spaces
From the 1940’s to the 1970’s, Central Appalachia lost, in some cases 75% of it’s Black population due to out-migration. The patterns of the Great Migration saw the abandonment of […]
CAPTAIN SCOTT B AND THE GREAT ADVENTURE
MOMMA
THE DAUFUSKIE ISLAND PROJECT
Originally shot between 1977 and 1982, the project focuses on utilizing images
taken on Daufuskie Island to promote the unique and valuable story of the Gullah
people. This
GENX: THE SAGA OF FOREVER CHEMICALS
Told from a first-person account, this film targets the inadequacies of taking the “safe until proven dangerous” method of regulating environmental pollutants. The documentary—a synthesis of expert knowledge, first-person accounts, […]
BETWEEN THE RAINS
As a prolonged drought intensifies the conflict between two pastoral tribes over grazing lands in Kenya’s northern rangelands, an orphaned shepherd boy searches for a path forward while his village […]
Rock Castle Home
In the mid-1930s, the Blue Ridge Parkway was born. As Rock Castle Gorge became part of the National Park Service’s plan to lure tourists to the Blue Ridge, farm families […]
STRAWS
Used once and tossed, billions of plastic straws wind up in landfills and streets finding their way to oceans. Oscar winner Tim Robbins narrates the history and story of STRAWS, […]
GULLAH GONE: PRESERVING THE LAND, WATER AND CULTURE OF THE SEA ISLANDS
St. Helena Island is a rare gem on the South Carolina coastline. African Americans have farmed and fished here for centuries: first as plantation slaves, then as freedmen owning small […]
Mossville
There once was a town called Mossville; a community rich in natural resources and history, founded by former slaves and free people of color, where neighbors took care of one […]
