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Actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence and pursues justice, heals generational wounds, and reclaims her story. Almost a decade after escaping a dangerous relationship, Wood co-authors and successfully lobbies for passage of The Phoenix Act, legislation that extends the statute of limitations for domestic violence cases in California.
Phoenix Rising

Rising musician Jeff Buckley had only released one album when he died suddenly in 1997. Now, never-before-seen footage, exclusive voice messages, and accounts from those closest to him offer a portrait of the captivating singer.
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley

The cultural roots of coal continue to permeate the rituals of daily life in Appalachia even as its economic power wanes. The journey of a coal miner’s daughter exploring the region’s dreams and myths, untangling the pain and beauty, as her community sits on the brink of massive change.
King Coal

This documentary follows three women — a fire chief, a judge, and a street missionary — as they battle West Virginia's devastating opioid epidemic.
Heroin(e)

In the heart of America's opioid epidemic, four men try to reinvent their lives and mend their broken relationships after years of drug abuse.
Recovery Boys

Lydia is stuck: unable to finisher her MBA thesis, commit to her long-term relationship, and find a job she actually wants. Lydia's mother calls and informs her that a long-lost family friend has died, sending Lydia reeling for a person she used to know. Sorting through Bea’s postcards, Lydia glimpses a life lived fully: bold, romantic, free. Then comes a surprise — Bea has left her a crumbling lavender farm in Northern Italy. Her boyfriend Colin dismisses it entirely. That night, Lydia finds Bea’s postcards soaked in condensation, doubling as coasters for Colin’s TV dinner. Something cracks open. Bea’s words echo in her mind: these fields are calling her home.
Lavender Fields Forever

Part time capsule, part folk song, Phantom Cowboys follows three teenage boys as they approach adulthood in vastly different parts of the United States. Moving fluidly between the deserts of California, the valleys of West Virginia, and the sugarcane fields of Florida, the film explores the lives of these young men during two formative periods - transitioning forward and backward in time over a span of eight years.
Phantom Cowboys

A down-on-his-luck schemer from a West Virginia boxing family comes home to borrow money from his mother, a two-time world champion, and winds up fighting in a rowdy amateur boxing competition.
Beat Down
Follows a group of recovering addicts working at Troublesome Creek Stringed Instrument Co. in Hindman, Kentucky.
Troublesome Creek

A raw and intimate look into the lives of professional boxers in Appalachia and the coaches that give them a fighting chance in an unforgiving region.
Country Brawlers

An immersive project that examines the future of rural America through the residents of West Virginia's McDowell County.
Hollow
A poignant and lush portrait of West Virginia nature illustrator Rosalie Haizlett.