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Randomly selected films from the Hoodox library.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Glass Breakfast: Featuring Tony Vasquez

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

  • In Closing

    American film director Ira Mallory explores the closing of Broad Ripple High School and its legacy in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2018, the announcement that four potential public high schools in Indianapolis may close sparks widespread outcry. Among the schools slated for closing is Broad Ripple H...

  • The Only Alternative: Exploring the Black Experience at Ball State

    Within the confines of a Predominantly White Institution, many of the issues affecting underrepresented populations on campus are not acknowledged unless they are brought into the light by a major news outlet, protest, or tragedy. In the hopes of progressing with the student body, many universiti...

  • Finding Hygge - Trailer

    Hygge, the Danish art of creating joy and coziness in life's everyday moments, has exploded in popularity amidst growing division and distrust around the world. But finding hygge in one's own life can be more complicated that it seems. This globe-trotting film presents a surprising, funny, and of...

  • LaPorte Indiana - Extra: Bailey Featurette

  • To Be Black: A Celebration of Black Voices - Quentessa Williams

    Tocarra chats with Quentessa Williams, a mother, pastor, and education advocate, about her family, raising children in modern America, mental health, and finding joy through faith and music.

  • Indy Creatives: Ryan Hunley

    Ryan Hunley is designer in downtown Indianapolis.
    Check him out at: 2ndcreative.com

    Indy Creatives is a series of short documentaries highlighting artistic people in the Indianapolis area.

    By Kurtis Bowersock

  • 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...

  • LIMINAL: Indiana in the Anthropocene

    Liminal is a meditative aerial film that illustrates our state as a microcosm of this new planetary epoch. It captures features of this global phenomenon within the boundaries of our state, collapsing the global into the local. This event is part of the Unearthed initiative, Indiana Humanities’ m...

  • Third Space: Butler University Lab & Meredith Setser

  • Justice 4 Three - Trailer

    "Justice 4 Three" is a poignant documentary that examines the tragic impact of a hate crime in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in early 2021, focusing primarily on Anderson Retic Chinn, a young black man whose life was cut short. While the brutal incident reverberated throughout the community, the full deta...

  • The Bladesmith

    When a young craftsman and his best friend, began forging blades, a lifelong passion was born. "The Bladesmith" is an intimate portrait of a man who transforms a childhood hobby into a career. As a single father, he balances his craft and parenthood, using his skills to support his son and chase ...

  • Full Hand Farm: A More Than Corn Story

    Husband-and-wife farmers Genesis and Eli share their journey of operating a produce farm in Noblesville, Indiana. As they work to grow crops year-round, each season brings its own challenges, triumphs, and plenty of hard work.

    Full Hand Farm embraces all four of Indiana's seasons, highlighting t...

  • Behind-the-Scenes with Katelyn Calhoun - Braided With the Current

    A behind-the-scenes look at Braided With the Current with director Katelyn Calhoun.

  • Toboggan 'Bout Town

    Four friends rally their hometown of Noblesville, IN to help them build a ten-foot toboggan and send them to race in the U.S. National Toboggan Championships in Camden, Maine.

    Produced by 12 Stars Media.

  • Not Just a Picky Eater - Trailer

    Eric thought he was just a super picky eater his whole life. Follow him on his journey as he discovers that he is simply not just a picky eater, but has a little known eating disorder that may affect millions unknowingly.

  • LaPorte Indiana - Extra: Pappas Featurette

  • Chatterbox: A Love Note to Indianapolis

    In college, director Daniel Arthur Jacobson traveled to the “big city” of Indianapolis for shows at the Murat Theater, and would often stop by a bar across the street called The Chatterbox for a cocktail. He got the sense something about the place felt like home. After graduating college and movi...

  • Driven to Save Lives

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

  • Goshen: A Sundown Town's Transformation - Trailer

    ‘Goshen - A Sundown Town’s Transformation’ explores Goshen, Indiana’s past as a racially exclusionary Sundown Town and how the community is finding ways to acknowledge this history and move forward.

    There have been thousands of such communities in the U.S., but Goshen is among the first to make...

  • Chad Perdue - Who's Who in Hoosier Documentary

    Learn more about Hoosier filmmakers in the Who's Who in Hoosier Documentary series.

  • 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.