Documentary Features

Agave – The Spirit of a Nation

Nick Kovacic, Matthew Riggieri
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
In Mexico families have been passing down the tradition of distilling agave for generations. Discover how this once obscure Mexican drink has grown into the fastest growing spirit in the...

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Brewmaster

Douglas Tirola
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
SXSW Documentary Spotlight film Brewmaster artfully captures the craftsmanship, passion and innovation within the beer industry by following the stories of two struggling beer lovers: Drew, a New York lawyer and...

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Buckjumping

Lily Keber
Documentary Features :: Vanguard
Buckjumping takes the pulse of present day New Orleans by turning to its dancers, the men and women who embody the rhythm of the city and prove it on the...

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Dead in the Water

Lizzie Bankowski
Documentary Features :: Voices
Over 2,000 hog and poultry CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) litter southeastern North Carolina. The animal waste from these farms is improperly managed and runs into the Cape Fear River,...

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Don’t Get Trouble In Your Mind

John Whitehead
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
A documentary portrait of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a string band from Raleigh, North Carolina, and their mentor, fiddler Joe Thompson (1919—2012). The film captures how three musicians from the...

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Farmsteaders

Shaena Mallett
Documentary Features :: Voices
Clear-eyed and intimate, Farmsteaders is as much a study of place as it is a study of persistence. Having abandoned a career as a food processing engineer at General Mills,...

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Gravity Hero

Trey McIntyre
Documentary Features :: Vanguard
Trey McIntyre spent 10 years building his innovative dance company in Boise, Idaho, and in the process covering it and himself in dance glory. Hailed as one of the best,...

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Ingrid

Morrisa Maltz
Documentary Features :: Vanguard
Ingrid tells the story of a successful fashion designer and mother in Texas who dropped her life and ran off to the woods in order to pursue a personal and...

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The Biggest Little Farm

John Chester
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by filmmaking farmer John Chester, in...

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This Changes Everything

Tom Donahue
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. Short Before the Feature: She's Revolutionary // Brittany "B.Monét" Fennell :: A...

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