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Get ready for an un-beaver-lievable time at Southern Doc Fest! 🦫🎬
Once Upon a Wetland takes us inside Durham's Beaver Queen Pageant, where LGBTQIA activism, environmental conservation & critter cosplay collide.
📅 Oct. 10, 2026 | Durham, NC
#SouthernDocFest
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🎬 Go behind the scenes of Humble in the Jungle with filmmaker Ricky Kelly!
Join us for the next #InsideTheSouth with Ricky Kelly!
📅 Sept. 24
🕛 12 PM ET
💻 Free + Virtual
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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🏀 Meet C.B. Claiborne, Duke University’s first Black basketball player, in CB: Power to the Player.
Catch this powerful short as part of the Reel South Shorts Block at Southern Doc Fest!
🎟️ Get your tickets: eventbrite.com/e/southern-do…
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🎬 Southern stories deserve the resources to reach the screen.
Learn more about Fiscal Sponsorship and SDF: southerndocumentaryfund.org/…
#SouthernDocumentaryFund #DocumentaryFilm #SouthernFilmmakers
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🚨 DUE TONIGHT! Apply to the Screenwriting Lab to develop your fiction feature screenplay over two weeks through individualized story and career development, meetings with film industry veterans and a pitch to industry executives.
✍ Submit NOW: bit.ly/FiScreenwritingLab
#FilmIndependent #screenwriters #filmindustry
ALT Promotional graphic announcing Film Independent Screenwriting Lab with application deadlines — Non‑Member Deadline Aug 31 and Member Deadline Sep 14 — set over layered concentric green circles.
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From poetry to purpose, Becoming Yamazushi is a story you’ll want to experience. 🎬
Catch it as part of the Reel South Shorts Block at Southern Doc Fest on October 10! 🎟️
Buy here: eventbrite.com/e/southern-do…
From a family restaurant in Durham to the big screen. 🍣🎬
Becoming Yamazushi, directed by G Yamazawa, explores family, food, culture & authenticity.
See it in our Reel South Shorts Block!
📅 Oct. 10 | Durham, NC
🎟️ Passes on sale now!
#SouthernDocFest
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We're so excited to share this story at the #Southerndocfest on October 10!
Buy your passes here: eventbrite.com/e/southern-do…
🎬 ALWAYS LOOKING: TITUS BROOKS HEAGINS is coming to Southern Doc Fest!
Directed by Olympia Stone, the film follows acclaimed photographer Titus Brooks Heagins and the people and communities captured through his lens.
📍 Durham, NC
📅 Oct. 10
🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/southern-do…
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🏀 Meet the barrier-breaking player who made history at Duke.
CB: POWER TO THE PLAYER chronicles C.B. Claiborne’s journey as Duke’s first Black basketball player, student activist, and leader.
See it at #SouthernDocFest on Oct. 10 in Durham, NC.
🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/southern-do…
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🎬 ALWAYS LOOKING: TITUS BROOKS HEAGINS is coming to Southern Doc Fest!
Directed by Olympia Stone, the film follows acclaimed photographer Titus Brooks Heagins and the people and communities captured through his lens.
📍 Durham, NC
📅 Oct. 10
🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/southern-do…
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From a family restaurant in Durham to the big screen. 🍣🎬
Becoming Yamazushi, directed by G Yamazawa, explores family, food, culture & authenticity.
See it in our Reel South Shorts Block!
📅 Oct. 10 | Durham, NC
🎟️ Passes on sale now!
#SouthernDocFest
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Family. Food. Culture. Authenticity.
G Yamazawa, tells the story of his family's Durham restaurant and the roots of his own creative journey.
See it in our Reel South Shorts Block at Southern Doc Fest!
🎟️ Passes are on sale now: eventbrite.com/e/19938709677…
📅 Oct. 10 | Durham, NC
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🎟️ Passes for the inaugural Southern Doc Fest go on sale July 22!
📅 October 10, 2026
📍 Durham, NC
Get ready for a full day celebrating Southern documentary filmmaking.
#SouthernDocFest #DocumentaryFilm #SouthernStories
Buy here: eventbrite.com/e/southern-do…
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🎟️ Passes for the inaugural Southern Doc Fest go on sale July 22!
📅 October 10, 2026
📍 Durham, NC
Get ready for a full day celebrating Southern documentary filmmaking.
Learn more: southerndocumentaryfund.org/…
#SouthernDocFest #DocumentaryFilm #SouthernStories
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🎬 Applications are OPEN!
The 2026 @SouthernDocFund Production Grant is accepting applications.
✔️ 7 filmmakers
✔️ $15,000 each
✔️ Professional mentorship
Learn more here: southerndocumentaryfund.org/…
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"Go find your people."
One of our favorite moments from our mentorship webinar with Resita Cox.
The right community can change everything. Documentary filmmaking is a team sport. 🎥❤️
Who are your people?
#DocumentaryFilm #Filmmaking #SouthernStories #Mentorship
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Crowdfunding to Build Independence 🎬
FREE virtual webinar with SDF + Seed&Spark
May 27 • 12 PM EST
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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The 2026 Southern Documentary Convening is almost here 🎬
Workshops. Panels. Industry Roundtables. EDIT VERZUS. Screenings. Community.
Featuring partners from The New York Times, ITVS, and more.
Get your passes here: eventbrite.com/e/19769378443…
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Join us for a Kinema screening of Stay Prayed Up 🎥
A powerful story celebrating The Branchettes and their legacy
Plus a live Q&A with director D.L. Anderson
🗓 May 7
🕖 7PM
Buy tickets here: kinema.com/events/Stay-Praye…
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Meet the Maker ✨
@shakinghandspro (Brad Bennett) Swine Heart goes beyond a historic medical breakthrough to tell a deeply human story about courage, second chances, and what it means to say yes when the odds are against you.
Learn more: swineheartfilm.com/?fbclid=I…
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