REEL SOUTH

In picturesque Hot Springs, Arkansas, a one-winged American black vulture named Adonis captivates a small town. The bird is lovingly cared for by two devoted women: Jayne, a down-on-her-luck Arkansas waitress, and Ann, her 80-year-old British roommate. Broken Wings asks: How can a bird who devours the dead inspire the living?

Jayne sees herself in the vulture that captivates a town.

Meet Adonis, just another crippled vulture surviving on the kindness of Hot Springs, Arkansas.

The Haitian expats working in Miami clubs struggle to navigate the perceptions of those back home who think “making it” in America is a simple task.

Madame Pipi follows the lives of Haitian bathroom attendants working in Miami’s hottest nightclubs. Often invisible, underpaid, and underappreciated, their stories showcase a custodial world built on the backs of women of color, in a city known for debauchery, diversity, and exceptionalism.

This Miami bathroom attendant keeps the club vibes friendly while also supporting the economy of Haiti.

Mary spent entire life growing up handling alligators, and yet the only real fear she has is men.

How do you tell a nuanced story about a woman breaking the law? You listen to the facts. Mary’s gator needed special care and she explains why.

When the media gets wind of Mary Thorn’s alligator story, she’s characterized as just another crazy “Florida Man.” Florida Woman peels back the curtain on the media’s portrayal of a nurturing woman –– an ex-pro wrestler turned animal lover, who challenges the state in order to save her pet alligator. Mary and her gator Rambo reveal the humanity and complexity behind the viral headlines.

These four siblings are locked at home in early 2020 and even the smallest of infractions can turn into a serious debacle.

A filmmaker asks his daughter to reflect on the upending of her daily life at the onset of the pandemic in 2020.

Quaranteened follows the lives of four sisters from a blended family in Durham, North Carolina, as they cope with the anxiety of their disrupted lives and stolen dreams with humor, self-reflection, and just enough mayhem to pass the time. Filmed by their filmmaker dad as the days begin to blur one into the other, these girls languish, suspended in time, like so many of us still.