We got in! – Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

We got in! – Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

We are thrilled to announce that Overburden will premiere at the 2015 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival! Chad surprised us with the news by calling a phony team meeting to go over some paper work. After 20 MINUTES of business talk, he handed us a “contract” to review and told us to turn to page […]

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Shared Origins

  Zoe and Tsehaye were born in Ethiopia and adopted by Lory and Sonya, a lesbian couple living in the U.S. When the girls are in middle school, Lory takes them to Ethiopia to explore their heritage. Although her same-sex partnership has been accepted within her community for over 20 years, Lory chooses to keep […]

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The Council

The Council is a short film that follows three eighth-graders as they navigate their way through the challenging landscape of middle school politics. The tension is high as Leah, Cara, and Ryan compete to represent their school.

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Born into Coal

  Coal queen pageant contestant Arianna Bailey competes for a crown to represent her family’s way of life. Former miner Goose Stewart lives with the memories of the Upper Big Branch mine explosion. One thing binds both families: coal. Born into Coal was produced by Catherine Orr and Cath Spangler as part of the Carnegie and Knight […]

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Dreams Delayed

  Dreams Delayed is a multimedia documentary web project that Catherine produced in 2011 for her masters thesis at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, School of Media and Journalism. The goal of the project is to tell the overarching story of access to higher education for undocumented students using three different stories: The story of […]

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