The Radical Experiment of Haiti

A Haitian-American filmmaker retraces her ancestral link to a 19th-century abolitionist who led free African Americans to Haiti in a radical pursuit of liberty, only to confront what the nation’s […]
Through a Bitter Struggle

It’s 1986 in Durham, NC, long a tobacco and textile town, and Mayor Wib Gulley faces a fierce campaign by Christian fundamentalists and some conservatives to throw him out of […]
The Silenced Truth Podcast

When survivors of sexual abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention and other conservative Christian groups realize their calls for reform have been buried by politics and patriarchy, they take their […]
Building Habitat

“Building Habitat” is a biopic chronicling the tumultuous life of Millard Fuller, the visionary yet controversial founder of Habitat for Humanity, whose relentless drive to provide housing for those in […]
Thibodeauxville – The Story of the Thibodaux Massacre: Race, Riot, and Resilience

“Thibodeauxville – The Story of the Thibodaux Massacre: Race, Riot, and Resilience” is a character-driven, archival-rich feature documentary that follows director and native daughter Christina Hill as she returns to […]
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 […]
Whoever Gets Fired The Most Times Wins

“Whoever Gets Fired The Most Times Wins,” a short documentary film project on the story of survival in the time of DOGE. Ordinary federal workers organized to save their agency, […]
The Donor: The Story of a Modern American Family

Nate walked into a clinic at age 19 and donated sperm for extra cash and now, at age 50, he has over 85 donor-conceived offspring. Nate’s eldest donor conceived offspring […]
Theory of Change

Three working-class women from across North Carolina take part in a bold grassroots experiment—testing whether ordinary people, not institutions or heroes, can reclaim democracy by uniting rural communities against a […]
Divided We Stand

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