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Randomly selected films from the Hoodox library.

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  • A Stone's Pace - Trailer

    Indiana Limestone can be found all over the country. It is known for its uniqueness and beauty and has been turned into some of the most stunning works of architectural mastery. A Stone's Pace takes a look two people who dedicated their lives to shaping the stone and in return shaped their own li...

  • 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...

  • ROOT BLACK

    The story of the African-Diasporic relationship to land, nature, and farming.

    Featuring a family's history of sharecropping in Mississippi by weaving the past and the present and how Black farmers today are reclaiming their connection to land and growing food as a source of healing and nourishme...

  • Worth The Wait

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

  • 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.

  • Black Unscripted

    Told through the personal stories of five individuals, Black Unscripted is a fearless
    exploration of the way America’s need to define blackness has challenged the identity of an
    entire community

  • ROOT BLACK - Trailer

    The story of the African-Diasporic relationship to land, nature, and farming.

    Featuring a family's history of sharecropping in Mississippi by weaving the past and the present and how Black farmers today are reclaiming their connection to land and growing food as a source of healing and nourishme...

  • Kyle Bastin - Still Afloat

  • 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.

  • Brandon Walsh - Who's Who in Hoosier Documentary

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

  • Rocky Walls - Who's Who in Hoosier Documentary

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

  • Behind-the-Scenes with Brandon Walsh - Onward Ever

    A behind-the-scenes look at Onward Ever with director Brandon Walsh.

  • MEET THE MAKER: Nate Olp

    Nate's story begins with a deep passion for skating, a love that defined his existence until a devastating injury brought his skating career to an abrupt halt. Undeterred by this setback, Nate transitioned into the music scene, touring with his band full-time. However, the instability of this lif...

  • 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...

  • Justice 4 Three

    "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 detai...

  • The Supper Club

    The menus were printed. The space was ready. The date was set. Then the world shut down. This is a story of heartbreak, adaptation, and great food.

    The dream was a neighborhood bistro - fresh, local ingredients, thoughtfully and expertly prepared. So, they packed up their belongings, left Denver...

  • 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...

  • Garcia’s Gardens: A More Than Corn Story

    Garcia’s Gardens:
    A More Than Corn Story

    Garcia’s Gardens: A More Than Corn Story follows the Garcias, whose small backyard garden grew into a thriving farm bringing fresh produce to tables all over town. But this isn’t just a story about vegetables. It’s about roots - the ones in the ground and...

  • The Long Run: Wes Doty’s New Life

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

  • Goshen: A Sundown Town's Transformation

    ‘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...

  • Laurie - Trailer

    "Laurie" tells the story of a woman who uses art as a healing agent to help those around her as well as herself.

  • When We Were Syrian: Early Lebanese in Indianapolis - Trailer

    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...

  • The Legend of Stan Bowman

    Stan Bowman was raised and grew up in Little York, Indiana in the southern part of the state. In 1962 Stan Bowman was a 32 year on rookie sprint car race driver who be came an instant star.

    In 1962, he won, as a rookie in his first official USAC race, a major race at Eldora Speedway defeating s...

  • Last Year at the Crossing - Trailer

    The story of four at-risk teens struggling at a last chance high school in Indiana, and their dedicated school administrator who holds out hope that they can succeed.