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The Invisible Crown
The Invisible Crown is an honest look into the emotional, mental, and physical consequences of living with Endometriosis. Hannah Lindgren has dealt with this disease for over half of her life.
Since her diagnosis, she has seen numerous doctors, has had multiple surgeries, and tried every availab...
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Hellbender in the Blue - Trailer
From New York to Appalachia, the two-foot long eastern hellbender salamander is an indicator species for our river health. The population has declined noticeably since the early 1980s. In the Blue River watershed of southern Indiana, communities from all over the state are working towards dam rem...
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Vital Passage: A Holocaust Rescue Story
‘Vital Passage’ chronicles a pair of midwestern Jewish merchants’ amazing story as they risked their business and livelihood to provide a vital passage for German Jews to escape the Holocaust and come to America.
For 85 years (1906 through 1991) Plaut’s Dry Goods store was a fixture on Goshen’s ...
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Indy Creatives: Elle Roberts
Elle Roberts is a Near-Eastside resident and artist in Indianapolis.
Find out more about her work at shehive.org.
by Kurtis Bowersock
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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 ...
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The Deaners of Fairmount
An intimate look into the lives of some hard-core James Dean fans who moved to Fairmount, Indiana to live in James Dean's hometown.
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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...
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Feel of Vision - Trailer
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...
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Glass Breakfast: Featuring Gnat Bowden
Glass Breakfast is an online archive project serving as an alternative space for the appreciation and conversation of contemporary art.
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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...
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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...
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Time to Heal
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.
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Ira Mallory - Who's Who in Hoosier Documentary
Learn more about Hoosier filmmakers in the Who's Who in Hoosier Documentary series.
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Welcome to the Dollhouse - Trailer
Welcome to the Dollhouse explores the societal rules and expectations of how women celebrate their bodies and how they use them to show love and power. As the Disdress Dolls shimmy, shake, and strip their way across the stage, they challenge concepts of power and femininity. By offering a vulnera...
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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.
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Toboggan 'Bout Town - Trailer
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.
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Saboteur
Saboteur explores the early life of Gabriel DeLobbe, a current Fort Wayne resident who was a Belgian resistance fighter during the Second World War. DeLobbe was only 14 years old in 1940 when the Nazis invaded his hometown of Charleroi. By the time he was 18, DeLobbe was sabotaging German supply ...
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Glass Breakfast: Featuring Im-ple-ment Archive
The Im-ple-ment Archive is a union of craft and tool, metal and earth, marrying the skills of Linda Tien and Ellen Kleckner playfully in the landscape of the uncanny valley. The archive is colored by a reinforcement of the perseverance and fluidity of individual and collective identity. One hesit...
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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.
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Hometown Media
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 ...
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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.
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Sleeze Lake - Trailer
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.
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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.