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Richard Bowman: Appalachian Fiddler
In the foothills of the Appalachian mountains along the Virginia-North Carolina border, the communities surrounding Mount Airy, North Carolina, and Galax, Virginia, carry on an internationally renowned tradition of old-time music and dance. Born in Ararat, Virginia, Richard Bowman is a product of this region’s deep source of musical influence.
A short film in two parts commissioned by the Duke Music Department showcasing the work of a group of students during the two years of the Pandemic as they prepare to perform Schubert’s Trout Quintet.
Rayos del Sol/Rays of the Sun
El Futuro is a one-of-a-kind place where Spanish speaking immigrants can come for culturally informed behavioral health treatment. This video showcases the creation of a community mural as a means to move from individual healing to communal healing. (7 minutes)
BULKS AND SAINTS
After 20 years of living in the United States, an undocumented family decides to return home. Little do they know it will be the most difficult journey of their lives. Set between the backdrop of the rodeo rings of North Carolina and the spellbinding Mexican hometown they long for, Bulls and Saints is a love story of reverse migration, rebellion, and redemption. Bulls and Saints was co-produced by Nuevo South, LLC and Firelight Media in association with American Documentary ⎸ POV and Latino Public Broadcasting, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Harvest of Justice: Farm Workers and Food Justice
Short documentary commissioned by the National Farm Worker Ministry. The overwhelming irony of the US agricultural system is that the agricultural workers face environmental, political, economic, and structural barriers that prevent them from being able to sustainably feed their families in affordable, healthy, and culturally appropriate ways. In the U.S., farm workers uphold the agricultural industry while simultaneously being 400 times more likely to experience food insecurity than the general public. They work long, arduous hours under the most punishing of conditions, and are literally unable to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Filmmaker Rodrigo Dorfman on COVID-19’s impact on his communities. YES! Weekly.
Rodrigo Dorfman, exile and son of exiles, is no stranger to catastrophe. When he was a child in Chile, his family’s life was threatened by a murderous U.S.-backed military coup. Now, it’s disrupted by a pandemic. Like his father, novelist, playwright, essayist and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman, Rodrigo is haunted by history.
CIOMPI QUARTET
Experimental music video for the Ciompi Quartet. The string quartet of French pianist/composer Marie Jaëll was written in 1875, but was never performed or published in her lifetime. In 2009, Sébastien Troester discovered her unpublished manuscript in the archives of the National and University Library of Strasbourg. The Ciompi Quartet gave the North American premiere in February of 2019 in Baldwin Auditorium. 144 years after it was written. (9 minutes)