How a lynching and police killing 78 years apart haunt the rural community of Sikeston, Missouri.
Silence in Sikeston
The story of how the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright - and the subsequent failure of the first federal attempt to prosecute a lynching - continues to haunt the small city of Sikeston, Missouri. Then, in 2020, the community is faced with the police killing of a young Black father. The film SILENCE IN SIKESTON explores the necessary questions about history, trauma, silence and resilience over 78 years.
Against the Current: Life on the Eastern Shore
AGAINST THE CURRENT provides a powerful look at how residents of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, like many coastal towns, are subject to rising sea waters and the challenges it has on their lives and livelihood. Through resilience and perseverance, they learn to co-exist and celebrate their rural home. How can this community shed light on conversations happening around these issues of climate change?
Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution
As the demand for plant-based alternatives to meat grows, so does the demand for new methods of farming and food production. In Dawson, MN, “alt-meat” is not new - soybean processing dates back to the '50s. Now, PURIS, one of the largest manufacturers of pea protein, has moved in to revolutionize the agricultural system. What impact will it have on the town's residents and surrounding communities?
My Home Is Here
"If you've been to one small town, you've been to one small town." Oftentimes, the stories shared about America are born out of urban landscapes, but rural America can be just as vibrant as its metropolitan counterparts. Through narratives from communities striving to be seen, My Home Is Here explores the economic, environmental and social issues that affect rural ways of life across the nation. From the heartland of America to Native lands, from the unacknowledged to the underserved, who are the people facing critical challenges and changes while leading with pride in their homes?
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Films & Features
California farmworker housing rules force seasonal moves, upending Latinx students' education.
A look at the rising waters on Virginia's Eastern Shore and challenges for its residents.
In Dawson, MN, PURIS promises to revolutionize "alt-meat" and the agricultural system.
In a divided New England town, an unexpected leader emerges to heal her community.
How are the lives of mobile home park residents impacted by class and economic injustice?
A Chinese American family’s search for their roots leads them to the Mississippi Delta.
An entire community is upended when Lordstown Ohio's auto plant is idled.
Off the Georgia coast, two brothers grow up in an enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people.
A young woman's quest to find a place in her Native American community in Louisiana.
Exploring the causes and costs of addiction, poverty and incarceration plaguing America.
The rarely seen lives of an Arctic tribe who try to continue to honor their way of life.
Exploring what it means to be from a place and how where we live help form our identities.
Looking at the bonds of community and what makes us feel rooted to a place and its people.
