Artois the Goat
Richard Reininger, Producer

Virgil Gurdies has a passion for fine cheese, but it doesn’t jive with his day job: manufacturing artificial flavor additives for TV dinners. When Virgil is stripped of his lab coat, he embarks on a journey to find the greatest goat cheese known to man. Discovering his passion, he buys Artois, a scrawny young buck, putting his operation in motion. Now all Virgil has to do is figure out how to tell his girlfriend that he spent the money he was saving for her engagement ring on a goat. Producer Richard Reininger will tour with the film. Read more >>

Mississippi Damned
Tina Mabry, Writer/Director

Mississippi Damned tells the tale of three poor, black kids in rural Mississippi who must face the consequences of their family’s cycle of abuse, addiction and violence. They struggle to escape their circumstances and must decide whether to confront what has plagued their family for generations or succumb to being forever damned in Mississippi. Writer/director Tina Mabry will tour with the film. Read more >>

Scrappers
Brian Ashby, Co-Producer/Co-Director
Ben Kolak, Co-Producer/Co-Director

Set in Chicago, Scrappers is a verité portrait of Oscar and Otis, two metal scavengers searching for a living with brains, brawn and battered pickup trucks. The film not only explores how the 2008 financial collapse and crackdowns on undocumented immigrants affect these men and their families, but also questions popular notions of poverty, race relations and recycling, while examining dreams of personal self-sufficiency and urban sustainability. Co-directors and co-producers Brian Ashby and Ben Kolak will tour with the film. Read more >>

Southern Stories - 3 Films
Ashley Maynor, Producer/Director
Paul Harrill, Producer/Director

Southern Stories brings together three short films by filmmakers Paul Harrill and Ashley Maynor, drawing upon the filmmakers' Tennessee roots and demonstrating their commitment to regional filmmaking. The program includes the Sundance award-winning short film, Gina, An Actress, Age 29; the ITVS co-production, Quick Feet, Soft Hand; and the Southern Humanities Media Fund documentary, For Memories' Sake. Directors Paul Harill and Ashley Maynor will tour with the films.  Read more >>

The Glass House
Hamid Rahmanian, Director

The girls of The Glass House take us on a never-before-seen tour of the underclass of Iran as they strive to pull themselves out of the margins of society by attending a one-of-kind rehabilitation center in uptown Tehran. This groundbreaking documentary reveals a society lost to its traditions and a group of courageous women working to instill a sense of empowerment and hope into the minds and lives of otherwise discarded teenage girls. Hamid Rahmanian, director, will tour with the film.  Read more >>

Woodpecker
Alex Karpovsky, Director

Woodpecker is a mockumentary about amateur birder Johnny Neander’s quest to find the ivory billed woodpecker. Declared extinct in the 1940’s, the bird has apparently been spotted by numerous experts in the Arkansas bayou.  Fanatical birdwatchers have descended in hopes of finding the elusive woodpecker. The ensuing chaos divides the small town between believers and non-believers, rabid environmentalists and opportunistic entrepreneurs. Director Alex Karpovsky will tour with this comedy. Read more >>

Filmmaker Jenny Abel explores the life and career of her father, Alan Abel, the infamous prankster who pricked the pomposity of the media and aroused the public with his seemingly nonsensical ideas for close to half a century. She reflects on what it was like growing up with a prankster and follows her father on the road during his most recent hoax. Director/producer Jenny Abel will tour with the film. Read more >>

Awake, My Soul:
The Story of the Sacred Harp
Matt Hinton, Producer/Director

Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp is the first feature documentary about Sacred Harp singing, a form of a cappella, shape note hymn singing. Shape note singing has survived over 200 years. Singers continue to use the 'The Sacred Harp', a 160-year-old shape note hymnal. The film offers a glimpse into the lives of this ‘Lost Tonal Tribe.’ Director/producer Matt Hinton and director Erica Hinton will tour with the film. Read more >>

At a crossroads in Daniel Dembele’s life, he returns to Mali and starts a business building solar panels. Daniel's goal is to electrify the households of rural communities, 99% of which live without power. Burning in the Sun tells the story of Daniel’s journey growing the startup into a viable company and the business’ impact on its customers. The film explores what it means to grow up as a man, and what it takes to prosper as a nation. Director/producer Cambria Matlow will tour with the film. Read more >>

Dive! follows Jeremy Seifert and his friends as they dumpster-dive in the back alleys and garbage receptacles of L.A.'s supermarkets. In the process they salvage thousands of dollars worth of good food and uncover a disturbing truth about waste in America. Their goal quickly becomes finding out why so much edible food is thrown away instead of being given to those who need it. The result is equal parts entertainment and guerrilla journalism. Director/producer Jeremy Seifert will tour with the film.  Read more >>

Away from professional stadiums and manicured fields, there’s another side of soccer. Tucked away in alleys and side streets, people play improvised games everywhere imaginable. Pelada is a documentary following two former college soccer stars who didn’t make it to the pros. Not ready for it to be over, they take off around the world, chasing the game—the global phenomenon spanning gender, race, religion and class. Pelada tells the stories of the players they meet along the way. Director Rebekah Fergusson and producer Ryan White will tour with the film. Read more >>

Prodigal Sons
Kimberly Reed, Producer/Director

Prodigal Sons follows three siblings — a transgender woman, a gay man and their adopted brother who discovers he’s the grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth — back to their Montana hometown. As each sibling struggles to reconcile their new identity with a complex traditional past, a powerful and poignant story of an entire family’s transformation unfolds. Director/producer Kimberly Reed will tour with the film. Read more >>

Children of Invention
Sheila Dvorak, 
Associate Producer/Assistant Director/Acting Coach  

Elaine Cheng tries desperately to find the means to support her young children, Raymond and Tina. With few skills and a limited understanding of the culture of her new country, Elaine juggles numerous jobs, leaving her children to become latch-key kids. When she doesn't return home one night, things take a turn for the worse. Nobody knows the kids are home alone, and they are left to fend for themselves. As the days pass, Raymond comes up with a plan to take care of his little sister. Associate Producer/Assistant Director/Acting Coach Sheila Dvorak will tour with the film. Read more >>

Dear Lemon Lima,
Suzi Yoonessi, Director
Jonako Donley, Producer 

Dear Lemon Lima, is a coming of age comedy about a lonely 13-year-old half Yup'ik girl, Vanessa Lemor. Trying to navigate her way through getting dumped by her true love, über-intellectual Philip Gregory, and surviving prep school in Fairbanks, Alaska, she embraces her Native heritage and rediscovers the spirit of the World Eskimo Indian Olympics. Director Suzi Yoonessi and Producer Jonako Donley will tour with the film. Read more >>

Do No Harm tells the incredible and outrageous story of Dr. John Bagnato and Charles Rehberg, who endure relentless attacks and make personal sacrifices to draw national attention to the shocking unethical practices at Phoebe Putney Hospital, a nonprofit hospital in Georgia. Their investigations lead them to discover that this is a national problem that negatively affects uninsured and indigent patients throughout the country. Director/producer Rebecca Schanberg will tour with the film. Read more >>

Nicholas D. Kristof is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist who travels the world in search of his stories. Reporter puts the viewer in Kristof’s pocket, revealing the man and his methods, and why real reporting is vital to our democracy and our awareness of the world around us. The film also explores the urgent crisis in the Congo, which, in turn, can only reach the public if journalists like Kristof are able to continue to do what they do best—report. Director Eric Metzgar will tour with the film.  Read more >>

The Electricity Fairy is a documentary that examines America's national addiction to fossil fuels through the lens of electricity. The film follows the story of a proposed coal-fired power plant in the mountains of southwest Virginia, connecting the local controversy to the national debate over energy policy. Present-day documentary footage is remixed with early educational films, connecting past policy to America's current energy crisis. Director Tom Hansell will tour with the film. Read more >>

Writer Zora Neale Hurston was the first black anthropologist in the United States. She embraced black culture and chided race champions for their angry diatribes. She was criticized by the black male intelligentsia for her failure to take a political stance, and died in poverty and obscurity. This documentary includes footage shot by Hurston in the 1920’s and 1940’s, as well as interviews with Maya Angelou and Alice Walker. Writer/producer Kristy Andersen will tour with the film. Read more >>