Bridging Rails to Trails: Stories of the American Tobacco Trail
The American Tobacco Trail is a rail-to-trail conversion project that stretches more than 22-miles. It is a living history of Durham, North Carolina’s tobacco boom, the D&SC rail line, lost […]
Concerto
Concerto is a documentary that tells the story of two gifted classical instrumentalists who endured a difficult childhood to become the accomplished symphony musicians they are today. Christopher Rex is the […]
Bringing It Home
A father’s search to find the healthiest building materials leads him to the completion of the nation’s first hemp house. Hemp with lime is a non-toxic, energy-efficient, mildew-resistant, fire-resistant, and […]
Brother Joseph and the Grotto
Brother Joseph and the Grotto tells the “true fairy tale” of Brother Joseph, the tiny Bavarian hunchback monk who built Ave Maria Grotto, a miniature city of recycled materials in […]
Big Charity
Big Charity is a feature-length documentary film about the tragic demise of the most important medical institution in the state of Louisiana, New Orleans’s 280-year-old Charity Hospital. This political and […]
The Big Ears Project
Knoxville, a city of about 200,000 at the base of the Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee, is an unlikely venue for The Big Ears Festival—“America’s (the world’s?) most thrillingly diverse festival,” […]
Brother Towns/Pueblos Hermanos
Brother Towns is a story of two towns linked by immigration, family, and work: Jacaltenango, a highland Maya town in Guatemala; and Jupiter, a coastal resort town where many Jacaltecos […]
Curious Worlds: The Art & Imagination of David Beck
Curious Worlds: The Art & Imagination of David Beck is an intimate portrait of an elusive genius. David Beck is an artist who combines sculpture, painting, textiles, and mechanics on […]
Durham Civil Rights History Mural Project
Beginning in 2013, 30 diverse community members, ages 15-65, came together during a 16-week period to engage in Durham’s Civil Rights History through a series of lectures, music performances, research […]
Can’t Stop the Water
For 170 years, a Native American Cajun community has occupied Isle de Jean Charles, a tiny island deep in the bayous of South Louisiana. For these Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians, their land […]
