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Showing 1 - 10 of 22 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is The American South


Blurring the Color Line (77 min)

Stories of Chinese families in the Black South during Jim Crow disrupt the black and white narrative of America's racial history

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 77 minutes

Capturing the Flag

A tight-knit group of friends travel to North Carolina to fight voter suppression and intent on proving that American democracy can be defended by small acts of individual citizens.

Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 76 minutes

Come Hell or High Water

When the graves of former slaves are bulldozed in Mississippi, a Boston teacher returns home to protect the community his ancestors settled.

Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 56 minutes

Far Off Sounds Ep 12 - Hollerin'

The National Hollerin’ Contest is a celebration of Southern culture.

Means TV | 2018 | 8 minutes

Far Off Sounds Ep 2 - The Rogue Generator Concerts of Tampa

A group of musicians take their experimental sounds to the street.

Means TV | 2018 | 6 minutes

Fighting in Southwest Louisiana

A portrait of Danny Cooper, a mailman in the rural American South who has been openly gay since high school in the middle of “redneck” country.

Strange Attractions | 1992 | 27 minutes

Guardians of the Flame

Undeterred by prejudice, post-Katrina neglect, and appropriation of their traditions, the Harrison family guard their legacy, re-defining what Black masking culture means in New Orleans

GOOD DOCS | 2023 | 70 minutes

Guilty Until Proven Guilty

Explores Louisiana’s criminal justice system through the story of Tim Conerly, a young African-American man who was arrested in the wake of an armed robbery in New Orleans and waited 28 months for a trial for a crime he says he did not commit.

First Run Features | 2018 | 52 minutes

An Hour From the Middle of Nowhere

In the Deep South, the lives of an immigration attorney, a community, and a family intertwine in the shadow of one of the largest immigration detention prisons in the United States.

Collective Eye Films | 2023 | 83 minutes

I Am Somebody

1969 hospital workers struggle in Charleston, South Carolina.

Icarus Films | 1970 | 30 minutes