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Showing 1 - 10 of 63 titles with a criteria of Subject is Mid-Atlantic


American Muslim

Five Muslim Americans, each once an immigrant and now a naturalized citizen, are forced to contend with a changing world in the Age of Trump

The Video Project | 2019 | 82 minutes

An Apollo Legend

One night a week, the stage at the Apollo Theater is an amateur's battleground, where performers have competed for stardom since 1934. Today, the legend of Ella Fitzgerald lives on in the hearts of those who pray for their own big break.

MediaStorm | 2008 | 18 minutes

Becoming More Visible

Four fearless young transgender adults confront their sexual identity to be their true selves and become more visible. No transition is easy, but for some it is easier than for others.

The Video Project | 2015 | 73 minutes

Between Dreams and History

Profiles American artist Shimon Attie, as he creates his first work of public art in the United States after six years of artistic success in Europe

The Video Project | 2000 | 37 minutes

Caught in the Crossfire

Post 9/11, Arab-Americans are caught in the crossfire of the War on Terrorism, and are finding out how cold the welcome can be when one belongs to the wrong immigrant group at the wrong time.

Icarus Films | 2002 | 54 minutes

Clotheslines

The symbolic and artistic role of laundry in womens' lives.

Roberta Cantow | 1981 | 32 minutes

The Crabs, The Birds, The Bay

Every spring nearly one million migrant shorebirds (sandpipers and plovers) stop to feed on horseshoe crab eggs along the beaches of Delaware Bay.

Bullfrog Films | 1997 | 19 minutes

Downtown Dream

Five people in a Rust Belt town struggle to reinvent their lives and their dreams in contemporary America.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 45 minutes

Egg Cream

The beloved chocolate soda drink, born in immigrant neighborhoods at the turn of the 20th century, is explored in this short film about a simple beverage and its meaning to generations of Jewish Americans.

Icarus Films | 2020 | 15 minutes

A Fierce Green Fire

The documentary of record on the environmental movement.

Bullfrog Films | 2012 | 101 minutes