CDS is pleased to offer Then and Now: A Hayti Civics Course, a unique new continuing education course led by a knowledgeable and committed group of instructors. Students will record oral histories and use archival material to produce a series of short documentaries about Durham’s Hayti community, a vibrant African-American section of Durham, North Carolina, that flourished for [...]

Supported by a $140,000 media grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Groundwork, a Center for Documentary Studies documentary radio and multimedia project, is gearing up for national broadcast this spring with a series of radio features, followed by a one-hour radio special this summer. The project also includes a multimedia, interactive website that [...]

Curated by photographer and folklorist Bruce Jackson, Full Color Depression: First Kodachromes from America’s Heartland features large-scale color photographs taken by the famous Depression-era Farm Security Administration photography team. The exhibit runs through July 23, 2012, in the Kreps Gallery at the Center for Documentary Studies. Related events include a curator’s talk and book signing on April 19 [...]

The Full Frame Winter Series features three documentary film screenings; all screenings begin at 7 p.m. and take place in Fletcher Hall at the historic Carolina Theatre . The Winter Series is free and open to the public. Wednesday, January 18–Buck  Directed by Cindy Meehl 2011 / US / 88 minutes Wednesday, January 25–Hell and [...]

Passes for the 2012 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, named one of the “Top 50 Film Festivals in the World” by indieWire, are on sale; the annual four-day event will be held April 12–15. Here, Full Frame Director of Programming Sadie Tillery, named one of the “Most Powerful People in Documentary” by influential journalist Tom [...]