The Inkwell

The Inkwell

The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.

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Lawman Without a Gun

Lawman Without a Gun

During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent,...

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Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

At the beginning of the Civil War, Union gunboats sailed into Port Royal Sound, on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia. White plantation...

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What I Want My Words to Do to You

What I Want My Words to Do to You

An inside look at a writing workshop led by playwright and activist Eve Ensler, consisting of 15 women, most of whom were convicted of murder...

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A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this...

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Joshua's World

Joshua's World

The pilot story, set in the small town of Strawee, Arkansas in the '30s, follows the experiences of Joshua Torrance, a doctor whose practice is...

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The Killing Floor

The Killing Floor

During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the...

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Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

Ray investigates the murder of a judge.

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The Burly Man Chronicles

The Burly Man Chronicles

This mammoth documentary takes us through the making of both The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. On top of seeing many pre-production...

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The Education of Sonny Carson

The Education of Sonny Carson

A 1974 film based on the best-selling autobiography of Sonny Carson who joined a gang and committed petty crime before being sent to prison. After...

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The Mother

The Mother

Paddy Chayefsky's 1954 play set in the Bronx tells the story of a recently widowed 66-year-old woman who seeks a job after 40 years of being a...

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Just an Old Sweet Song

Just an Old Sweet Song

Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South...

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Heading Home

Heading Home

A Vietnam War–era drama chronicling the emotional journey of two unlikely friends who form a bond en route to Washington, D.C.

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Sty of the Blind Pig

Sty of the Blind Pig

After moving to Chicago from the South just as the civil rights movement takes hold, the members of an African American family led by steely...

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