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  • Our Wetlands: Working to Protect Us

    Since becoming a state, Indiana has lost nearly 90% of its wetlands. Often thought to be swampy, mosquito breeding grounds, wetlands may wrongfully be the most underrated and underappreciated natural area. These rich habitats are home to a variety of wildlife, including birds, amphibians, and ben...

  • Bike Story - Teaser

    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.

  • Daniel Arthur Jacobson - Who's Who in Hoosier Documentary

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

  • Xuè

    "Xuè" highlights a Chinese artist named Xiaoman Gu at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) during her final year before moving back home to China. It documents her time in the studio, and her thoughts on representation in the art world in Indianapolis.

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Glass Breakfast: Featuring Robert Pulley

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

  • 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...

  • IMBPREZ - Trailer

    IMBPREZ streaming exclusively on Hoodox.

    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 ...

  • Counting the Cost

    A mother recollects her family's experience in leaving an Amish community.

  • 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...

  • Kawergosk: Home Made of Cloth

    After fleeing war in Syria and crossing the border into Kurdistan Region, Iraq, Syrian Kurds attempt to build a life in Kawergosk Refugee Camp. Music, food, and education provide families some comfort and meaning while they struggle with camp conditions and the persistence of waiting. Kawergosk: ...

  • Behind-the-Scenes with Katelyn Calhoun - Snag in the Plan

    A behind-the-scenes look at Snag in the Plan with director Katelyn Calhoun.

  • LaPorte Indiana - Extra: Larson Featurette

  • Not Pictured

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

  • Katelyn Calhoun - Who's Who in Hoosier Documentary

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

  • LaPorte Indiana - Extra: Sermon Featurette

  • Brandon Walsh - Who's Who in Hoosier Documentary

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

  • 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.

  • Time to Heal - Trailer

    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.

  • 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...

  • White River: Perspectives

    In presenting the perspectives of a farmer, construction worker and recreational user of the White River, White River: Perspectives examines existing beliefs Indianapolis residents have about the White River and challenges them to think about it differently.