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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10th Annual Virginia Mentoring Awards
The Virginia Mentoring Partnership has awarded the Virginia Mentoring Awards to two outstanding mentors and two outstanding mentoring organizations. These are their stories. Bruce Lalonde has been mentoring Harry Dews and Langston Scott for more than four years through the Team Up mentoring program. Alicia Meyer is a mentor and volunteer at Blackwell Elementary School through …
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 …
Brasstown Beef
Steve Whitmire’s family has been farming in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina since the early 1800′s. As a kid, Steve’s chore was to look after the lone family cow. Today Steve oversees a much larger herd of Angus/Braunvieh cattle on 1,000+ acres in Brasstown, North Carolina, ensuring they always have sufficient spring water, …
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 …
My Son’s Eyes
Renee Pinkney’s 19 year-old son Don’Tay suffers from a mental illness. At age 15, he allegedly committed a crime during a psychotic episode. Don’Tay has been in jail for over a year without education or treatment for his illness. While waiting for a trial, Renee and her husband Joey are fighting to gain rights for …
Surviving Siblings
This is a project Catherine created as a grad student. It is foundational to how she approaches storytelling. Here are the reflections she wrote about the project: My brother Ben died of cancer when he was 27, and I was 23. Several years later, I came to this project with an interest in telling a …
Reflections of the 2001 Economic Crisis – Argentina
Underground theater in Buenos Aires is quirky, unpredictable and wildly important to the art and culture of the city. For actor Pablo Mikozzi, it is the opportunity to create freely, away from the constraints of commercial theatre. It also allows actors to engage the audience, in an intimate setting, face to face. This video is …
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Power Play
As Detroit attempts to reinvigorate a failing economy, alternative energy pioneers have a chance to spark a new industry. Garth Schultz, a solar panel entrepreneur, is poised to begin production, start up his business and help Michigan’s factories start churning once again. Power Play: story of a start up was produced by Elena Rue and …