Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
In the beginning, there was house music, and it was born in Chicago. “Move Ya Body” tells the story of how house music outsmarted the forces of Chicago’s backlash against Queer Black, Brown, and Femme dance culture through the life experience of the first person to record a house song, Vince Lawrence. This hybrid documentary mixes archival recreation and interviews with the founders of house music, casting the events of Vince’s creative life against the
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When an essential water spring has dried up, a child accompanied by an otter-like creature sets out to find a cure for the life-threatening water shortage.
My Back Pages
“My Back Pages” is a portrait of Mitch Blank, the world’s foremost collector of Bob Dylan memorabilia and recordings, all kept in his tiny New York City apartment. It is a voyage into the ephemera of one of the greatest American musicians, a study on the nature of collecting and what it means to devote your life to something—then let it go forever.
Night at the Rest Area, A
At a midnight highway rest area, the weary travelers each quietly relax their minds. A brief moment spent with complete strangers is lonely yet somehow comforting.
North Carolina Shorts 2025: Program 1: Documentaries
Celebrating stories from our own backyard, this program showcases compelling documentary films made by North Carolina filmmakers or focused on subjects that make North Carolina unique.
North Carolina Shorts 2025: Program 2: Narratives
This collection of narrative shorts highlights the creativity and talent of North Carolina filmmakers. Featuring stories with local connections, these films showcase a diverse range of voices and perspectives, celebrating the rich storytelling tradition of our region.
North Carolina Shorts 2025: Program 3: A Student Perspective
Showcasing the talent and creativity of student filmmakers from across the state, this program offers a fresh take on storytelling through the eyes of North Carolina’s emerging artists.
Order for Ben
Ben, a trans man with a bright and joyful life and community, agrees to meet his traditional father for coffee after seven years of estrangement.
Oscurecimiento, El
Lara Sholtz is a skilled assassin with dissociative amnesia who lives a double life. When you don’t remember pulling the trigger, killing is easy. At least it was, until the man in the Bunny Mask handed her the red envelope. When a routine job goes bad, the tables turn, and she becomes the target caught in the crossfire. Now she must wake up and choose between truth or deception, reality or oblivion, life or death,
Outrider
OUTRIDER is a portrait of visionary poet/performer, Grammy-nominated librettist Anne Waldman and a portal to her path of imagination. Along with collaborators Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Thurston Moore, Meredith Monk, Fast Speaking Music, and others, “Outrider” moves within the poetry communities constellating around Waldman’s life and legacy. The film trails Waldman’s investigative mind within her recent epic works, woven with activism and a broken heart, as she sings out and takes the whole ride.
Overcast
Cirro, an optimistic cloud, tries to keep the sky from raining until his first encounter with Nimbus, a jaded cloud, who is not so easily convinced.
Pack Rat
In rural New Zealand, a 15-year-old girl fights to keep her place among the pack of boys she has grown up with. As day turns to night, she falls into a power game with the pack’s alpha, but it is the wrestle within herself that proves to be her hardest challenge.
Pantone Guy, The
At 96 years old, Larry Herbert, known as “The Pantone Guy,” is a visionary whose revolutionary idea to standardize color remains largely unrecognized. Growing up in Depression-era Brooklyn, Larry entered the print and manufacturing trade during a time when color was a chaotic and subjective experience. He channeled his unique vision into creating the Pantone Matching System.
Papillon (Butterfly)
In the sea, a man swims. As he does, memories come to the surface. From his early childhood to his life as a man, all his memories are linked to water. Some are happy, some glorious, some traumatic.
Ponce de Leon
Exiled to a remote villa to spend the summer with her great aunt, a disconnected teen girl uncovers a dark secret surrounding the mysterious fountain flowing in the property’s gardens.
