BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Southern Documentary Fund - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://southerndocumentaryfund.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Southern Documentary Fund REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20250309T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20251102T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20260308T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20261101T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20270314T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20271107T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260606T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260606T220000 DTSTAMP:20260608T190116 CREATED:20260511T195613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T195613Z UID:21896-1780777800-1780783200@southerndocumentaryfund.org SUMMARY:Southern Documentary Convening Reception DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the mighty spirit of Lena Mae Perry and her church gospel noisy crew with a special hometown premiere of this award-winning\, soul-lifting documentary film experience. Perry is the steadfast bandleader of The Branchettes\, a legendary North Carolina gospel group that has packed churches throughout the South and as far away as Ireland over the past 50 years. The film\, which enjoyed a raucous world premiere at the prestigious Telluride Film Festival\, presents an expansive vision of spirituality and the power of creative community as Perry\, 83\, records her first live concert album with Phil Cook\, a white Wisconsin-born gospel enthusiast and musical polyglot half her age. Bring your mothers and your grandmothers out to this sacred Mother’s Day gathering as we rejoice in community and give our matriarchs the flowers they deserve with a special post-screening performance by The Branchettes. Directed by D.L. Anderson & Matt Durning (72 min.) TIMELINE3:30pm – Doors Open4:00pm – 5:30pm – Show Start | Invocation + Film Screening5:30pm – 6:15pm – Q&A + Performance6:15pm – 8:00pm – Meet & Greet \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BUY TICKETS URL:https://southerndocumentaryfund.org/event/southern-documentary-convening-reception/ LOCATION:Durham Arts Council\, 120 Morris St\, Durham\, NC\, United States CATEGORIES:2026 Southern Documentary Convening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://southerndocumentaryfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/PIC32-2-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Southern Documentary Fund":MAILTO:chris@southerndocumentaryfund.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260607T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260607T100000 DTSTAMP:20260608T190117 CREATED:20260423T193227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T162107Z UID:21684-1780822800-1780826400@southerndocumentaryfund.org SUMMARY:Activism\, Meet Doc: At The Intersection of Social Justice Organizing and Documentary Filmmaking DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the mighty spirit of Lena Mae Perry and her church gospel noisy crew with a special hometown premiere of this award-winning\, soul-lifting documentary film experience. Perry is the steadfast bandleader of The Branchettes\, a legendary North Carolina gospel group that has packed churches throughout the South and as far away as Ireland over the past 50 years. The film\, which enjoyed a raucous world premiere at the prestigious Telluride Film Festival\, presents an expansive vision of spirituality and the power of creative community as Perry\, 83\, records her first live concert album with Phil Cook\, a white Wisconsin-born gospel enthusiast and musical polyglot half her age. Bring your mothers and your grandmothers out to this sacred Mother’s Day gathering as we rejoice in community and give our matriarchs the flowers they deserve with a special post-screening performance by The Branchettes. Directed by D.L. Anderson & Matt Durning (72 min.) TIMELINE3:30pm – Doors Open4:00pm – 5:30pm – Show Start | Invocation + Film Screening5:30pm – 6:15pm – Q&A + Performance6:15pm – 8:00pm – Meet & Greet \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BUY TICKETS URL:https://southerndocumentaryfund.org/event/activism-meet-doc-at-the-intersection-of-social-justice-organizing-and-documentary-filmmaking/ LOCATION:The Fruit\, 305 S Dillard St\, Durham\, NC\, 27701\, United States CATEGORIES:2026 Southern Documentary Convening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://southerndocumentaryfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Convening-2026-35.png ORGANIZER;CN="Southern Documentary Fund":MAILTO:chris@southerndocumentaryfund.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260607T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260607T111500 DTSTAMP:20260608T190117 CREATED:20260428T161905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T162008Z UID:21786-1780827300-1780830900@southerndocumentaryfund.org SUMMARY:Safety\, Free Expression\, and Access in Uncertain Times DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the mighty spirit of Lena Mae Perry and her church gospel noisy crew with a special hometown premiere of this award-winning\, soul-lifting documentary film experience. Perry is the steadfast bandleader of The Branchettes\, a legendary North Carolina gospel group that has packed churches throughout the South and as far away as Ireland over the past 50 years. The film\, which enjoyed a raucous world premiere at the prestigious Telluride Film Festival\, presents an expansive vision of spirituality and the power of creative community as Perry\, 83\, records her first live concert album with Phil Cook\, a white Wisconsin-born gospel enthusiast and musical polyglot half her age. Bring your mothers and your grandmothers out to this sacred Mother’s Day gathering as we rejoice in community and give our matriarchs the flowers they deserve with a special post-screening performance by The Branchettes. Directed by D.L. Anderson & Matt Durning (72 min.) TIMELINE3:30pm – Doors Open4:00pm – 5:30pm – Show Start | Invocation + Film Screening5:30pm – 6:15pm – Q&A + Performance6:15pm – 8:00pm – Meet & Greet \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BUY TICKETS URL:https://southerndocumentaryfund.org/event/safety-free-expression-and-access-in-uncertain-times/ LOCATION:NC CATEGORIES:2026 Southern Documentary Convening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://southerndocumentaryfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Convening-2026-56.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260624T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260624T133000 DTSTAMP:20260608T190117 CREATED:20260507T145350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T145350Z UID:21848-1782302400-1782307800@southerndocumentaryfund.org SUMMARY:Mentorship Webinar: How to Make Films at the End of the World with Resita Cox DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the mighty spirit of Lena Mae Perry and her church gospel noisy crew with a special hometown premiere of this award-winning\, soul-lifting documentary film experience. Perry is the steadfast bandleader of The Branchettes\, a legendary North Carolina gospel group that has packed churches throughout the South and as far away as Ireland over the past 50 years. The film\, which enjoyed a raucous world premiere at the prestigious Telluride Film Festival\, presents an expansive vision of spirituality and the power of creative community as Perry\, 83\, records her first live concert album with Phil Cook\, a white Wisconsin-born gospel enthusiast and musical polyglot half her age. Bring your mothers and your grandmothers out to this sacred Mother’s Day gathering as we rejoice in community and give our matriarchs the flowers they deserve with a special post-screening performance by The Branchettes. Directed by D.L. Anderson & Matt Durning (72 min.) TIMELINE3:30pm – Doors Open4:00pm – 5:30pm – Show Start | Invocation + Film Screening5:30pm – 6:15pm – Q&A + Performance6:15pm – 8:00pm – Meet & Greet \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BUY TICKETS URL:https://southerndocumentaryfund.org/event/mentorship-webinar-how-to-make-films-at-the-end-of-the-world-with-resita-cox/ LOCATION:Virtural Webinar CATEGORIES:Mentorship Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://southerndocumentaryfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Mentorship-Webinars-2026-44.png ORGANIZER;CN="Southern Documentary Fund":MAILTO:chris@southerndocumentaryfund.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR