Film Library

In 1971 the lives of two people were transformed and helped change their town in North Carolina. A white Klansman and a black sharecropper’s daughter had nothing in common except to hope for their children.

Controversial Afghan pop star and activist Aryana Sayeed mentors young hopefuls as they prepare to appear on a hit TV singing competition show. As the show’s female contestants Zahra Elham and Sadiqa Madadgar are on the verge of their dreams becoming reality, the Taliban returns to power.

Maya Angelou makes a pilgrimage to the birthplace of Robert Burns in Scotland to explore the strong parallels in their lives.

The story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson’s shutdown 2020 performance of her acclaimed play The Peculiar Patriot at Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, America’s largest prison-plantation. The documentary examines what led to the shutdown of the performance, the material that confronted a system, and how the impact of Peterson’s visit rippled through Angola long after the record of her visit was erased by prison authorities.

A short film dealing with a young woman, Alison, and her attempts to come to terms with her family – especially her mother.

Angry Man is a film about secrets that shouldn’t be secret. When the mommy-fish dies, Boj has had enough, and gets power from his own fantasy to go further.

Part of the Animated Women series of two half-hour programs exploring both the artistry and the diverse creative outlooks of two remarkably talented filmmakers: Faith Hubley and Lynn Smith.

Two actresses have made it to the final callbacks for the role of a lifetime: to play Anne Frank in an upcoming staged production. But as the topic of color-blind casting makes its way into the audition room, a controversial conversation emerges.

ANOTHER BODY follows a college student’s search for answers and justice after she discovers deepfakes of herself circulating online. Through candid video diaries, synthetic media, and 2D and 3D animation, the film takes you into Taylor’s online and offline worlds, humanizing a vast social issue in a compelling personal story.

Another Country is a Southern Gothic tale that’s partially autobiographical and fictional; it tells the story of an interracial couple raising their mixed-race child in the racially polarizing times of 1956 Mississippi.

Any Wednesday is a sensitive, delicate drama of disparate souls reaching for connection. Two people – separated by age, race, class, and even diagnoses – bond in their frail humanity.

Before 2009, Shelby Bean had never experienced Deaf culture or American Sign Language because he’s the only Hard of Hearing member of his family. In 2009, Shelby was recruited for the world’s only collegiate Deaf and Hard of Hearing football team: the Gallaudet University Bison. Eight years later, Shelby has found his community at Gallaudet, coaching for the football team and preparing to marry his college sweetheart. This is his story.