Showing 1 - 10 of 14 titles with a criteria of Subject is The American South

After the Spill

The oil and gas industry has historically dominated Louisiana politics and is largely responsible for the state's rapidly disappearing coastline.

Bullfrog Films | 2016 | 62 minutes

Capturing the Flag

A tight-knit group of friends travel to Cumberland County, North Carolina — the 2016 'posterchild' for voter suppression — intent on proving that the big idea of American democracy can be defended by small acts of individual citizens.

Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 76 minutes

Come Hell or High Water

When the graves of former slaves are bulldozed in Mississippi, a Boston teacher returns home to protect the community his ancestors settled.

Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 56 minutes

The Great Flood

Filmmaker Bill Morrison and musician Bill Frisell evoke the Mississippi River Flood of 1927, and its many legacies.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 80 minutes

Guilty Until Proven Guilty

Explores Louisiana’s criminal justice system through the story of Tim Conerly, a young African-American man who was arrested in the wake of an armed robbery in New Orleans and waited 28 months for a trial for a crime he says he did not commit.

First Run Features | 2018 | 52 minutes

Home of the Brave

Short-Listed for Best Documentary Feature, Academy Awards®, examines the case of Viola Liuzzo, the only white woman murdered in the civil rights movement.

Bullfrog Films | 2005 | 75 minutes

I Am Somebody

1969 hospital workers struggle in Charleston, South Carolina.

Icarus Films | 1970 | 30 minutes

Let the Church Say Amen!

Noted filmmaker St. Clair Bourne follows an African-American minister in training as he travels through the South.

Icarus Films | 1973 | 67 minutes

The Loving Story

Oscar-shortlist selection, this is the definitive account of Loving v. Virginia, the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage. This title has one or more clips.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 77 minutes

Our Mockingbird

Harper Lee's novel, and the story of a remarkable high school production of the adapted play, are used as a lens to examine race, class, gender, and justice - then and now.

Bullfrog Films | 2016 | 65 minutes