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Randomly selected films from the Hoodox library.

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  • Glass Breakfast: Featuring Im-ple-ment Archive

    The Im-ple-ment Archive is a union of craft and tool, metal and earth, marrying the skills of Linda Tien and Ellen Kleckner playfully in the landscape of the uncanny valley. The archive is colored by a reinforcement of the perseverance and fluidity of individual and collective identity. One hesit...

  • PreEnact: A Neighborhood That Ought To Be

    Neighbors on the near northside of Indianapolis gather to share the stories of their past and dreams for the future, culminating in a massive, immersive theater event with the hope of strengthening their neighborhoods without gentrifying them.

  • Hoodox Filmmaker Trailer

    The work of dozens of filmmakers from all over Indiana use their storytelling talents to help us connect to our communities and create positive change.

  • Subtle Notes - Teaser

    Subtle Notes is an event featuring Indianapolis-based ambient/left field artists performing live at the Blind Tiger, accompanied by craft cocktails. This film highlights the three friends behind this event and their passion for the ambient music community of Indianapolis.

  • Fleeing Silesia

    By the end of World War II, nearly all the 4.5 million people from the state of Silesia, Germany were interned in camps, had fled, or were expelled from their home, which today only exists in the memories of those who survived.

  • Glass Breakfast: Featuring Peter Shear

    An Interview with Peter Shear for Glass Breakfast.
    Directed, produced and edited by Ian Carstens. Starring Peter Shear.

  • Third Space: Center for Inquiry & Anila Agha

  • The Net Makers

    In rural Southern Indiana, two men carry on the tradition of crafting hoopnets and commercially fishing in the White and Wabash Rivers. Despite the threat of invasive species, climate change impacts and the shifting dynamics of commercial fishing and social norms, Larry and Danny spend countless ...

  • IMBPREZ

    Brian Presnell, artist, designer, and proprietor of an urban lumber company, is well-known as a prolific connector in his local community who uses his artistic talents and passion for recycling to make a positive impact on the city of Indianapolis. As he works to make his city better while combat...

  • Instrument of Peace: The Brother Gabriel Story - Trailer

    Brother Gabriel, a friar based in Bloomington, IL, shares how his love of skateboarding supports his faith.

  • Our Story: Once The Doors Were Opened - Trailer

    "Our Story" chronicles the first Black students admitted to the University of Evansville from 1934-1949 after Black students were forbidden to attend the college for 80 years. Prior to 1934, the University of Evansville (UE) along with many other colleges in the United States, did not admit black...

  • 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...

  • Last Man Fishing - Trailer

    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...

  • The Aviators: A Father/Son Story

    After tragedy strikes, a son seeks to connect with his father through the joy of flight.

  • MTXE: Mental Toughness Xtra Effort

    Two Warren Central high school wrestlers talk about their lives and the challenges they face beyond the mat that have made them the men they are today.

  • 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.

  • The Amateur Circus

    Tucked away in northern Indiana, the city of Peru, Indiana is the circus capitol of the world. Thousands of visitors and townspeople come to this town for two weeks to see the annual amateur circus.

  • Black Baseball in Indiana

    Black Baseball in Indiana is a documentary film celebrating the history of African American involvement in segregated professional baseball (1880s-1950s).

    The film features interviews with Negro Leagues players and historians telling the unsung stories of the Indianapolis ABCs, Indianapolis Clo...

  • 20 Over

    Star track athlete Noah Malone was only in middle school when he began developing a rare eye disease that eventually left him legally blind. Amidst these difficult circumstances, Noah pursues greater achievements and continues to break down barriers.

  • Behind the Scenes: Finding Hygge - Production Recap

    A recap of the production phase for Finding Hygge.

  • 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...

  • Soul Food Project: A More Than Corn Story

    Soul Food Project:
    A More Than Corn Story

    Spend a year with urban farm Soul Food Project as they push the limits to find out if there’s such a thing as growing too much too fast.

    Featuring Danielle Guerin, a Hoosier and business graduate-turned-farmer whose passion brought Soul Food Project to ...

  • RIDE

    “Ride” a short documentary directed by Wildstyle Paschall and Mark Latta, explores the cycling culture in Indianapolis. Bicycling creates sensations of joy, fosters community connectedness, and expresses personal independence. Despite an increase in traffic fatalities, underdeveloped infrastructu...

  • Saboteur

    Saboteur explores the early life of Gabriel DeLobbe, a current Fort Wayne resident who was a Belgian resistance fighter during the Second World War. DeLobbe was only 14 years old in 1940 when the Nazis invaded his hometown of Charleroi. By the time he was 18, DeLobbe was sabotaging German supply ...