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Randomly selected films from the Hoodox library.

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  • Third Space: Global Preparatory Academy & Beatriz Vasquez

  • Not Pictured

    From the Quarry, to the Fieldhouse, to the battlefield: a lost Hoosier name comes home to Assembly Hall.

  • Bike Story

    When a bike shop owner and a filmmaker discover four vintage bicycles tucked away like time capsules in a dark corner of an old building, they take on the challenge of bringing them into the present while exploring the gripping nostalgia of bikes in the past.

  • Spring Slow Moments: Blatchley Nature Preserve & Meltzer Woods

    This short slow moment film takes you to Blatchley Nature Study Club, a private preserve along the banks of the White River in Hamilton County and Meltzer Woods, one of Indiana's last remaining fragments of old growth forest. It’s an early spring day: you’ll hear the cacophony of birds, creaks of...

  • In The Present

    Nationally renowned glassblower Kiva Ford lives in two worlds. By day, he blows custom scientific glass for the University of Notre Dame. By night, he creates breathtaking artistic pieces in his studio.

  • Indy Creatives: Elle Roberts

    Elle Roberts is a Near-Eastside resident and artist in Indianapolis.

    Find out more about her work at shehive.org.

    by Kurtis Bowersock

  • Time to Heal

    Jeri Hall sent a message to her daughter one evening stating “I’m going on a vent. I love you.” As of June 2021, there have been over 30 million cases of COVID in the United States. Time to Heal tells a story of just one of those cases.

  • Not Pictured - Trailer

    From the quarry, to the field house, to the battlefield: a lost Hoosier name comes home to Assembly Hall. In 1940, the Indiana University [men's] basketball team won their first
    national championship, but not every member of the team got to play in the championship tournament. For decades, the na...

  • LaPorte Indiana - Extra: Dunk Featurette

  • Our Wetlands: Working to Protect Us Trailer

  • Feel of Vision

    Lonnie Bedwell was raised in the small town of Dugger Indiana. It’s where he learned to hunt and fish with his brother, where he signed up for the Navy, where he raised his three daughters and where his life changed forever.

    In 1997, Lonnie, a US Navy veteran, was shot in a brutal hunting accid...

  • Last Man Fishing

    A cinematic look at a vastly changing seafood system through the lens of small-boat fishermen and experts around the United States. Narrated by best-selling author Mark Bittman, the film explores the dichotomy between the industrial fishing model and sustainable fishing methods that focus on cons...

  • Worth The Wait

    Coach Yeagley turns the Indiana University Intramural Soccer team into the power house it is today.

  • Third Space: West Newton Elementary & Jackie Head

  • Welcome to the Dollhouse - Trailer

    Welcome to the Dollhouse explores the societal rules and expectations of how women celebrate their bodies and how they use them to show love and power. As the Disdress Dolls shimmy, shake, and strip their way across the stage, they challenge concepts of power and femininity. By offering a vulnera...

  • When We Were Syrian: Early Lebanese in Indianapolis

    In a self-narrative search, filmmaker Josh Chitwood pieces together his fragmented Syrian-Lebanese heritage in Indianapolis. In his findings, he explores the ingredients of his own family’s identity and discovers the assimilating tale of early Arabs in America.

    Written and directed by Josh Chitw...

  • Driven to Save Lives - Trailer

    Stories of families in frightening and inspiring circumstances, communities bound by hope and lives hanging in the balance.

  • Snag in the Plan

    10 to 15 years ago when biologists caught and tracked bats in Southern Indiana, for every three bats captured, one was a northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis). Now, scientists are lucky to find one or two during a week-long search. In July 2019, researchers went looking for the norther...

  • Cos Wars: More Than a Hobby

    Two avid Star Wars fans live out their love of the franchise through costuming.

    Winner of the Crystal Pillar for student production from the Lower Great Lakes Emmy organization. Also screened at the Lake George Film Festival and Hoosierdance Film Festival.

  • Behind-the-Scenes with Rachel Hardy - Black Unscripted

    A behind-the-scenes look at Black Unscripted with director Rachel Hardy.

  • Glass Breakfast: Featuring Esteban Garcia Bravo

    An Interview with Esteban Garcia Bravo for Glass Breakfast.

    Directed and edited by Ian Carstens. Produced by Danile Luis Martinez and Ian Carstens. Starring Esteban Garcia Bravo.

  • Teacher of Patience

    Over 20 years after Emily Felter is diagnosed with Down syndrome, paramedic (and Emily's father) Tom develops a presentation to share her story with other first responders. As the Felters work to raise disability awareness, they come face-to-face with the struggles and joys of their daily lives.​

  • LaPorte Indiana - Extra: Jeri Featurette

  • Glass Breakfast: Featuring Sean Starowitz

    Glass Breakfast is an online archive project serving as an alternative space for the appreciation and conversation of contemporary art.