OASIS in Atlanta

OASIS in Atlanta addresses the reasons Atlanta, GA did not experience the amount of racial unrest as in other Southern cities like Little Rock, AR; Birmingham, Al; and Augusta, GA. […]

Signs & Wonders

Valerie McMillan, one of only four Black certified ASL interpreters in North Carolina, has been voicing for others since she first learned to speak. Now at midlife, she must decide […]

Alamance County, 2020

Set in a small North Carolina community, Alamance County, 2020 captures a single year when the ground shifted beneath everyone’s feet. As the pandemic shutters schools and storefronts, the rhythms […]

Almost Ghost Town

In one of the smallest towns in North America, the four remaining residents of historic Thurmond, West Virginia work to keep their town afloat despite an impending demolition. Thurmond, West […]

GW: The Cultivator, George Wilson Documentary

GW: The Cultivator follows retired NFL captain George Wilson (TN Titans & Buffalo Bills) as he returns to Paducah, Kentucky, revitalizing his family farm into a modern agritourism venture that […]

Trails of Rosin Dust / Episode 1: Appalachian Dawn

In Appalachia’s mountains, fiddlers carry forward a centuries-old sound born from the meeting of unlikely traditions—the foundation of what would become America’s musical identity. Before radio, before records—there was the […]

Look Different

A TRIANGLE DOCUMENTARY MAKERS MEETUP. LOOK DIFFERENT is a maker-focused series of in-person gatherings designed to bring together filmmakers, screen stimulating things and explore topics relevant to their current needs […]

Martin F. Jue Documentary

Martin F. Jue, a reserved Chinese American engineer from the Mississippi Delta, built a global ham radio empire from brilliance and grit. Now, in his final years, he faces an […]

Tuscarora Nation

Tuscarora Nation explores the powerful, often overlooked history of the Indigenous Tuscarora people of eastern North Carolina—from their early resistance to Euro-Colonial forces to their ongoing fight for federal recognition […]

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