Skip to main content

The Queen Family: Appalachian Tradition and Back Porch Music (2002)

FedEx GEC Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This toe-tapping documentary listens in on the Folk’s “first family” at their Appalachian home. Singing from their own back porch in western North Carolina, the Queens embody an impressive aural tradition that finds its ancestors in England, Scotland and Ireland … Read more

The Queen Family: Appalachian Tradition and Back Porch Music (2002)

FedEx GEC Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This toe-tapping documentary listens in on the Folk’s “first family” at their Appalachian home. Singing from their own back porch in western North Carolina, the Queens embody an impressive aural tradition that finds its ancestors in England, Scotland and Ireland … Read more

Family Name (1997)

FedEx GEC Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This winner of the 1997 Sundance Freedom of Expression Award follows filmmaker Macky Alston from New York to the South, as he embarks on an excavation to unearth the history of his white slave-owning family, and explores the link to … Read more

Family Name (1997)

FedEx GEC Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This winner of the 1997 Sundance Freedom of Expression Award follows filmmaker Macky Alston from New York to the South, as he embarks on an excavation to unearth the history of his white slave-owning family, and explores the link to … Read more

North Carolina’s Dependence on Tobacco (2009) & The Guestworker (2006)

FedEx GEC Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

North Carolina's Dependence on Tobacco Tobacco has a long and evolving legacy in North Carolina. People defend the golden leaf for the economic power it brings the state. Others criticize it for the serious health problem smoking tobacco can cause. … Read more

North Carolina’s Dependence on Tobacco (2009) & The Guestworker (2006)

FedEx GEC Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

North Carolina's Dependence on Tobacco Tobacco has a long and evolving legacy in North Carolina. People defend the golden leaf for the economic power it brings the state. Others criticize it for the serious health problem smoking tobacco can cause. … Read more

Looking for Ms. Locklear (2008)

FedEx GEC Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Using only word of mouth, two lifelong best friends and Internet comedians, Rhett & Link, embark on a search for the long-lost teacher of the first grade class where they met. Their journey leads them deep into the heart of … Read more

Looking for Ms. Locklear (2008)

FedEx GEC Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Using only word of mouth, two lifelong best friends and Internet comedians, Rhett & Link, embark on a search for the long-lost teacher of the first grade class where they met. Their journey leads them deep into the heart of … Read more

The Quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend (2005)

FedEx GEC Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This Emmy-winning, high-definition film documents a group of internationally-acclaimed African-American quiltmakers from Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Their compositions have been hailed by Michael Kimmelman of The New York Times as “some of the most miraculous works of modern art America has … Read more

The Quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend (2005)

FedEx GEC Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This Emmy-winning, high-definition film documents a group of internationally-acclaimed African-American quiltmakers from Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Their compositions have been hailed by Michael Kimmelman of The New York Times as “some of the most miraculous works of modern art America has … Read more