THE LOWCOUNTRY
Charleston’s genteel reverie was shattered by shootings that exposed the underbelly of the city’s tourist mythology. Can black and white residents arrive at conciliation or will immutable Southern politeness censor […]
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 […]
BETWEEN THE RIVERS: THE HISTORY OF THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES
More than 50 years after their family farms were forcibly taken to create the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, former residents are protesting the government’s current use of […]
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 […]
BIPOLAR GIRL RULES THE WORLD
Can stories save lives? Exhausted from her struggles with depression, filmmaker (and occasional superhero) Dawn Dreyer decides to bet on it. Her chronic depression and isolation are potentially fatal; the […]
