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The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy (2022)
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Music, Documentary

Stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground travel guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation while on the road. The...

Strange Fruit (2002)
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Music, Documentary

In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled...

Jackson (2016)
5.9 / 10

Documentary

With a single abortion clinic remaining in the state of Mississippi, the city of Jackson has become ground zero in the nation's battle over...

Shadow Zombie (2013)
4.8 / 10

Romance, Horror

Kim lives with his dad, sells weed to skaters, writes poetry, and snorts painkillers to get through the day. One evening, while strolling through the...

KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy (2015)
6 / 10

Documentary

Filmmaker Dan Murdoch meets America's most infamous supremacist group - the Ku Klux Klan - who say they are in the midst of a revival, with a surge...

Mendacity (2023)
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Drama

The 2020 U.S. election, January 6 insurrection, and transition of power are recast and retold in a radical transformation of Tennessee Williams's Cat...

Philoxenia (2021)
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Documentary

Philoxenia is a short documentary highlighting the synergy between the Greek notion of philoxenia ("friend of the stranger") and Southern...

The Battle of Marks' Mill (2005)
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Drama, War

In April 1864, 1,800 Union Army soldiers were attacked along a supply road deep in the muddy forests of South Arkansas. This is the story of those US...

Black Hearts Bleed Red (1992)
6 / 10

Horror

A stark adaptation of Flannery O’Connor’s short story A Good Man Is Hard To Find.

Graham and Zeke (2018)
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Documentary

In Tennessee, and across the South, transgender people like Graham and Zeke face a daily struggle in their pursuit of equal protection under the law....

Mentality “Girls Like Us” (2016)
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Documentary

Filmed in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, this documentary tells the stories of four twentysomethings who are living their lives under the scrutiny...

They Had It Coming (2015)
6 / 10

A movie by Jon Jost, who is the maestro of the American experimental movie world. The film tells us the strange incidents that happen in the ruined...

Susan & Leslie (2022)
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Documentary

A slice-of-life documentary following a visually-impaired married couple as they prepare for a trip to the grocery store.

Deuce and a Quarter (2012)
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Adventure, Comedy, Drama

On a road trip through the American South, two close friends experience a major radio malfunction, followed by curious encounters at an Alabama auto...

Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence (2019)
9 / 10

Documentary

Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence is a 50-minute documentary about the life and work of Georgia writer and activist Lillian Smith (1887 – 1966)....

TRANS*CEND: A Journey from Gender to Self (1969)
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Documentary

In January of 2016, a dozen members of the Memphis transgender community began meeting for a weekly story circle facilitated by Elaine Blanchard. The...

Sweet Home Alabama: The Southern Rock Saga (2012)
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Documentary, Music

How a group of rebel rock bands including the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd rose up from one of the most marginalised parts of the USA - the...

Pride & Joy (2012)
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Documentary

Spotlights the tradition-bearers of Southern foodways, presenting intimate portraits of men and women who grow, prepare and serve Southern food and...