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The independent documentary Raising Bertie was filmed in Bertie County of eastern North Carolina. Shot over six years, the film tracks the lives of three young African American men as they grow from their teenage years into adulthood. The result is an intimate chronicle of growing up in a small, impoverished rural community, while facing racism.
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10547
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Fellerath discusses the eleventh annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, which was held in Durham.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 25 Issue 15, Apr 2008,
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27785
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Bending Sticks: The Sculpture of Patrick Dougherty, is a new documentary film by Penelope Maunsell and Kenny Dalsheimer on North Carolina artist Patrick Dougherty. Dougherty is an internationally known contemporary artist, and the film takes a look into Dougherty's creative process from before the idea stage through the final execution of the work. The film also examines the artist’s life and career which he has spent creating sculptures by interweaving thousands of locally culled tree saplings into giant windblown forms and figures.
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The Ku Klux Klan of the 1960s, which was alive and well in North Carolina and has been documented in a new film 'Klansville U.S.A.' by UNC- Chapel Hill graduate Callie T. Wiser, bears a striking similarity to the Tea Party faction of today's Republican Party.
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27800
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Raising Renee is a documentary film that will feature at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham. The film profiles nationally known Durham painter Beverly McIver who teaches art at North Carolina Central University. The subject of the film is about McIver’s decision to care for her mentally handicapped sister after her mother’s death. The article discusses major points in the film and McIver’s life after the decision.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 15, April 2011,
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28005
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Filmmaker and journalist Cash Michaels, wrote, directed, and produced Obama in NC: The Path to History. Michael’s documentary is about North Carolina’s racial issues from Reconstruction through the election of Barack Obama. Michaels shares his thoughts on the anti-diversity stance by the Wake County Schools Board of Education, President Obama, and issues of race in North Carolina.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 34, August 2010,
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27599
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Los Jets is a documentary television series airing on NUVOtv about Jordan Mathews High School’s soccer team. The series follows Paul Cuadros, a UNC professor of journalism and the team’s coach, the players, and the Latino community in Siler City, NC. Billed as an “underdog story,” the series chronicles the teams rise to state champion and its struggles along the way.
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29826
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The Center for Cultural Preservation presents a film documentary on the 1916 flood that devastated Asheville and Western North Carolina. The film features oral histories of survivors and tells the story of how communities were able to overcome flooding impacts and rebuild their lives.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 5, May 2017,
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23234
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Angie Scioli, a teacher in Raleigh, is the subject of a documentary that covers the triumphs and travails of the teaching profession.
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26008
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UNC undergraduate students and community members premiered Stewards of the Land, a multimedia documentary project presenting portraits of six local farmers through photographs, text, and short audio documentaries.
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26022
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Researchers from Carolina’s Southern Oral History Program made a documentary of Grifton, a town devastated by Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Residents were interviewed about their recovery and coping experiences.
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Thomas Morgan’s journey from real estate and green energy to indie filmmaking is itself a film-worthy story. Morgan became a filmmaker by chance after meeting Morgan Spurlock and Susan Sarandon at a party, with whom he discussed the idea of documenting homelessness. The Charlotte producer’s latest film, Soufra, was screened in May as an official selection for the Positive Cinema Week at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
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The winter/spring issue of the North Carolina Folklore Journal contains folklore and historical materials dealing with aspects of the documentary film \"The Ballad of Frankie Silver.\" Frankie Silver was executed on July 12, 1833, and is the only woman ever hanged in Burke County.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 47 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 2000,
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29857
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David Weintraub, filmmaker and executive director of The Center for Cultural Preservation, has a new film documentary unearthing Western North Carolina’s musical roots. Weintraub says the film reveals a textured history of Scots-Irish, African, and Cherokee influences on Appalachian mountain music.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 6, June 2017,
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30482
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A new documentary film entitled, Making Bank, covers North Carolina’s rich banking history and economies, and how the state became a leader in the financial services industry. The film features visionary government and business leaders, and examines the current state of the commercial banking industry.
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