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Randomly selected films from the Hoodox library.

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  • JB

    When rubber collides with dirt it shoots a brown cloud into formation, into life, and into a circle. It’s a living storm that rises from the ground in thunderous bursts at the explosive tails of the dueling chariots.

    All eyes are drawn to the spectacle of the men behind the wheel. Some are frie...

  • LaPorte Indiana - Extra: Bailey Featurette

  • Behind-the-Scenes with Rocky Walls - Finding Hygge

    A behind-the-scenes look at Finding Hygge with director Rocky Walls.

  • Still Afloat

    "Still Afloat" captures the harrowing experiences of Puerto Ricans during Hurricane Maria and its devastating aftermath. Through personal narratives, the film documents the destruction, the struggle for basic necessities, and the community's resilience in the face of ongoing challenges. As the hu...

  • Glass Breakfast: Featuring Tré Reising

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

  • Pressing On: The Letterpress Film

    The modern world was born on a printing press. Once essential to communication, the 500-year-old process is now in danger of being lost as its caretakers age. From self-proclaimed basement hoarders to the famed Hatch Show Print, Pressing On: The Letterpress Film explores the question: why has let...

  • Wild Winds: Spirit of the Bison

    Over 30 years ago, Dr. John Trippy, set out to achieve his life long dream of preserving North American culture through the bison. Now Wild Winds buffalo preserve is home to over 250 of these free roaming animals. In this short documentary film, the caretakers for the bison tell the stories of th...

  • 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...

  • LaPorte Indiana - Extra: Sermon Featurette

  • The Long Run: Wes Doty’s New Life - Trailer

    Wes Doty endured years of extreme heroin use before running across the solution to his recovery.

  • 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.

  • Our Wetlands: Working to Protect Us Trailer

  • LaPorte Indiana - Extra: Pappas Featurette

  • 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...

  • Indy Creatives: Jingo

    Indy Creatives: Jingo De la Rosa is an Illustrator living in Indianapolis, IN.
    View his website: jingoillo.com
    Follow him on Instagram: instagram.com/jingoillo/

    The Indy Creatives project was started to help highlight the talented creatives living in the Indianapolis area... hence the name!

    by ...

  • Kojak: A Fuller Life

    Former high school basketball star, Kojak Fuller, uses his life's tragedies to help the youth in his community flourish.

  • North Putnam

    North Putnam depicts a year in the life of a rural Indiana school district and the community it serves. Crafted with empathy, the film aims to spark action-oriented conversations about the interdependence between public schools and community development.

  • Sleeze Lake

    Set among the foggy memories and ephemera of the world's largest custom van club, "Sleeze Lake" tells the story of a wild van party thrown in the middle of a fictitious resort town and the people who dreamt it up.

  • 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.

  • Welcome to Monterey

    As their population dwindles, their businesses are all about gone, this town in rural Monterey, Indiana fights to stay alive. An in-depth look into small town life, "Welcome to Monterey" follows a town's journey to their 20th annual Labor Day Festival, capturing the people's passions and doubt ab...

  • Pressing On: The Letterpress Film - Trailer

    The modern world was born on a printing press. Once essential to communication, the 500-year-old process is now in danger of being lost as its caretakers age. From self-proclaimed basement hoarders to the famed Hatch Show Print, Pressing On: The Letterpress Film explores the question: why has let...

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • Onward Ever

    In weaving together interviews from city infrastructure workers, environmental activists, illustrators and sculptors, youth volunteers and more, Onward Ever explores the need for a clean and viable river system, on which so many people along Indiana’s White River depend. In doing so, the film ask...