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 […]

Carter Country

Set in the small town of Plains, Georgia, “Carter Country” follows the unlikely rise of Jimmy Carter from a one-term governor to President, as seen through the eyes of his […]

Energizing Knoxville

Before America forgot how to agree, Knoxville showed the world what is possible when we come together. In the spring of 1982, on a scrubby stretch of former railroad yard […]

The Hitmaker: Bernard Purdie

Inventor of the famous “Purdie Shuffle”, the most recorded drummer of all time, Bernard Purdie’s life and legacy is explored in this feature documentary as he continues to tour internationally […]

THE SNATCH AWAY

On the same day two boys in the American Deep South are swept into the air by different tornadoes and survive. But for what? THE SNATCH AWAY is an epic […]

Papertown

When the paper mill that sustained a small Appalachian town for over a century shuts down, its people face not only economic collapse, but a deeper question—who are they without […]

Where Soul Lives On

​A short film documentary in partnership with Mercer University about the history of Capricorn Studios and its musical impact in Macon, Georgia.​ Our documentary, narrated from the perspective of the […]

The Hidden History of HBCUs

​A research‑driven archive reconstructing the overlooked athletic and cultural histories of HBCUs through scattered documents, photographs, and non‑digitized records.​ The Hidden History of HBCUs is a multi‑chapter archival initiative that […]

Loving Opera Project

​A feature documentary at the intersection of creativity, history, representation and race. In Virginia, embed with a dynamic team of artists as they collaborate on a new opera about Richard […]

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