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Architecture, mass tourism and political ideology come together in Touristic Intents, a new documentary that investigates the never-completed Nazi resort of Prora on Germany's Baltic Sea – a mammoth project started in 1936 by the Nazis to house 20,000 vacationing workers.

This 3-mile-long building was used in propaganda to forward a promise of leisure time for the masses and strengthen sympathies between the workers and the Nazi party. Although the Nazis left the site unfinished, the East German government continued construction in the 1950s, using it for military training as well as housing for conscientious objectors pressed into labor by the GDR regime.

After decades of abandonment, the massive edifice is now being redeveloped into apartments, condominiums, hotels, and a youth hostel. Grappling with notions of place and identity in an era when the role of national monuments has become a defining issue for the selective maintenance of cultural memory, the resort of Prora stands as a lasting reminder of how buildings become vehicles for political ideology and myth-making throughout their lives. Is there an obligation to remember a building's dark past?

The Quiet Epidemic
A documentary by Lindsay Keys & Winslow Crane-Murdoch
102 minutes, color, 2022

After years of living with mysterious symptoms, a young girl and a scientist are diagnosed with a disease said to not exist: Chronic Lyme disease. The film follows their search for answers, which lands them in the middle of a vicious medical debate.

“Through its masterful storytelling, The Quiet Epidemic does what any good investigative doc should do – it informs, infuriates, breaks your heart, and fills you with hope." -Awards Daily

Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western Opera
A documentary by Kristin Atwell Ford
82 minutes, color, 2020

The film follows a classically trained composer as he adapts Zane Gray's iconic Western dime novel into a grand opera – bringing America's cowboy culture and the sprawling beauty of the West into the realm of Puccini and Verdi.

“Riveting. An excellent portrayal of the making of an opera...takes the audience on a fascinating journey behind the scenes of a truly sparkling production. Highly recommended!" -Video Librarian

Free Puppies!
A documentary by Samantha Wishman & Christina Thomas
70 minutes, color, 2022

Millions of rescue dogs from the rural South have been transported to new homes thanks to the tireless efforts of a grassroots network of dog rescuers. Free Puppies! is the true story of where those dogs came from and the challenges facing a group of intrepid women rescuers working together to save them.

“Truly, truly inspiring in the most powerful sense of that word.”
-NPR’s "Talking Animals"