AMERICAN DIGNITY: In the aftermath of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, voting rights activist Charles Douglas III is disquieted and questioning the future of his community and the movement he has helped lead. Seeking clarity, he turns to civil rights veteran Charles Mauldin, who, at just 17, was sixth in line during the historic 1965 “Bloody Sunday” march across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Filmed during the first weeks of 2025, AMERICAN DIGNITY captures a nation in flux, culminating on the streets of Washington, D.C., where Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day converge. This short documentary is both a snapshot of a critical moment and a meditation on the enduring tension between progress and backlash. It explores the weight of history on those who carry it, the cost of standing still, and the quiet resolve it takes to keep marching—no matter what lies ahead.
THE BARN DOESN’T LIE: How a small town in the Deep South chooses to reconcile with its past is a harbinger for whether a nation can rediscover common cause for the sake of its future.
The story of the murder of Emmett Till and the ensuing courage of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley sparked America’s modern day Civil Rights Movement. But the 2025 acquisition of the barn where Emmett was tortured and killed recalibrates the narrative for this century. What we do with this story next speaks volumes for where America is headed.
The "We Cross the Bridge" film series asks “Where are we headed? And what stories will we agree upon to inspire trust and collaboration as we traverse into uncertainty?”
