Braided with the Current by Katelyn Calhoun and Hannah Hodges looks at some of the historical uses of the river then spends time with young people who live on the river and/or who study its environmental conditions. Through the characters in the film, we learn about some of the factors impacting ...

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...

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...

A dedicated dance teacher continues inspiring his current and former students even after the arts high school in Gary, Indiana where he's taught for decades is shut down by the state.

By seeing a person who's devoted his life to teaching have to leave his position because of the financial crisi...

‘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...

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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 ...

"Stories and Legends," which won an Aurora Award for Platinum Best of Show, explores historic preservation while tracing the efforts to restore structures in several of Muncie's nationally recognized historic districts, including the hospital where bank robber John Dillinger stayed (Whitney Hospi...

Craig Arnett is a gravestone cleaner and it is his favorite thing to do. This job comes with all the baggage one might expect, not only the physical labor but the mental toll of kneeling over the deceased. Craig's life has been filled with death, and he naturally leans towards it. Almost his enti...

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...

A behind-the-scenes look at Cubed with director Kyle Bastin.

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

A behind-the-scenes look at Pressing On with director Andrew Quinn.

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

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

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

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.

South Bend is haunted by deep wounds in the city’s past while grappling with its fragile future. For more than 50 years after Studebaker closed it has struggled to determine its identity, but it is beginning to change rapidly. What type of place is South Bend to South Benders in 2020? Rustbelt ci...

A behind-the-scenes look at Sustainable Catch with director JD Schuyler.

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.

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

This film explores small-scale fisheries in Southeast Alaska, focusing on sustainable practices for preserving wild salmon stocks. Through personal stories of local fishermen, the film highlights the importance of habitat preservation and community-based fishing methods. It examines the environme...

This film follows the life of a local newspaper, chronicling the daily operations, the people it serves, and the community it fosters. Through interviews and candid moments, the film highlights the dedication of the newspaper staff and the significant impact they have on preserving local culture ...