All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story
When George C. Stoney was a boy delivering newspapers, he was curious about the black women with black satchels he would spot occasionally on the streets of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, before dawn. Later he learned these early risers were midwive...
Hudson Shad
Folk music legend and environmental activist Pete Seeger, in despair over the pollution of his beloved Hudson River, launched a project to clean it up in the sixties. In Hudson Shad, Seeger and others in the "River Keepers", make a statement about o...
How the Myth was Made
Stoney says he has dumb luck. His grandfather was the doctor on the island in Ireland where the legendary maker of documentary film, Robert Flaherty, shot his film Man of Aran. So Stoney's film, exploring the effects Flaherty's film had on the islan...
Booked for Safekeeping
Designed to help police officers understand how to respond to situations involving people with mental illnesses. Made with New Orleans Police Dept.
The Shepherd of the Night Flock
The Shepherd of the Night Flock is a documentary about a jazz ministry at St. Peter's Lutheran Church at 54th and Lexington in Manhattan which was led by Father John Garcia Gensel.
Gensel had started the Jazz Vespers for those musicians of his grow...
Uprising of '34
The Uprising of '34 is a startling documentary which tells the story of the General Strike of 1934, a massive but little-known strike by hundreds of thousands of Southern cotton mill workers during the Great Depression. The mill workers' defiant sta...
Under Pressure
Targeted toward police officers, this film discusses personal and emotional problems related to the job. Made with Cleveland Police Dept.
The Newcomers
The Newcomers is a film about economically threatened Appalachian people in transition. Fresh as the day it was made in 1963, the issues of immigration and migration and learning how to live with people who are different from one's self are as chall...
Race or Reason: The Bellport Dilemma
“If you get involved in the community when growing up, and adults listen, you'll feel empowered and never forget it.” — Betty Puleston
In 1969-70, when race riots were sweeping across America in the wake of the civil rights movement, Bellport...
The Man in the Middle
Shows police how they can work more sensitively with the communities they serve. Made with New York City Police Dept.