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	Behind the Veil Face Up Five Farms Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Jazz Loft Project Lewis Hine Documentary Fellows Program Literacy Through Photography Nuestras Historias, Nuestras Sueños Radio Projects past projects Behind the Veil Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South is a project designed to correct historical misrepresentations of African American experiences during the period of legal segregation in the United States. Face Up Face Up: Telling Stories of Community Life is a documentary/public art project that grows out of local conversations about neighborhood goals in Southwest Central Durham, North Carolina. Five Farms Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families puts a personal face on the lives and livelihoods of farmers across the country. The farming families profiled in this project—from Massachusetts, North Carolina, Iowa, Arizona, and California—share their experiences in the audio stories and pictures in a series of five one-hour radio documentaries on public radio stations nationwide; in a series of radio features on National Public Radio’s™ All Things Considered™, in an exhibition at CDS, and on a multimedia website (www.fivefarms.org). Full Frame Documentary Film Festival The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of non-fiction cinema. Each spring Full Frame welcomes filmmakers and film lovers from around the world to historic downtown Durham, North Carolina for a four-day, morning to midnight array of over 100 films as well as discussions, panels, and southern hospitality. Set within a four-block radius, the intimate festival landscape fosters community and conversation between filmmakers, film professionals and the public. The festival is a program of the Center for Documentary Studies (a non-profit, 501 c 3), and receives support from corporate sponsors, private foundations and individual donors whose generosity provides the foundation that makes the event possible. The Presenting Sponsor of the Festival is Duke University. Jazz Loft Project The Jazz Loft Project is devoted to preserving and cataloging audiotapes, researching photographs, and obtaining oral history interviews with all surviving participants from the Manhattan loft of legendary photographer W. Eugene Smith, where major jazz musicians of the day (1957-65), along with countless underground figures, gathered and played their music. Lewis Hine Documentary Fellows Program Founded on the spirit, values, and actions of Lewis Hine, the Lewis Hine Documentary Fellows Program connects the talents of young documentarians with the resources and needs of organizations serving children and their communities around the world. Literacy Through Photography Literacy Through Photography, a school-based community program developed by photographer and teacher Wendy Ewald, uses the themes of self-portrait, family, community, and dreams to teach students self-expression through creative writing and photography. Nuestras Historias, Nuestros Sueños Through the collaborative project Nuestras Historias, Nuestros Sueños, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University (CDS) and Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF) collected stories about the experiences of Latino immigrants, illuminating their reasons for coming to this country and the obstacles they face once they arrive. Radio Projects Radio Projects give voice to people, communities, topics, and themes not readily heard on the radio or through other audio presentations. Investing substantial time in the field, CDS produces documentary radio programs marked by real-life scenes and in-depth interviews, embracing multiple voices. PAST PROJECTS Home Made Visible: Traditional Arts Project The Home Made Visible project identifies traditional artists in Durham County, North Carolina, and highlights their work as symbols of community identity. As part of the project more than a dozen folklorists and photographers traveled the county in 2001, documenting people from diverse places and backgrounds who are creating traditional art and other handcrafted objects. Indivisible Indivisible is a nationwide endeavor to document grassroots initiatives for social change in communities across America. Through photographs and first-person narratives, Indivisible explores twelve communities where residents are coming together to create better places to live. Neighborhood Project The Neighborhoods Project offers North Carolina elementary school teachers an innovative and effective way to meet social studies goals outlined in the state's standard course of study. The project provides a way to engage students in their own communities, focusing on their individual lives and stories through photographs, narrative writing, and storytelling. Regarding Race Regarding Race uses photography and writing as a catalyst for opening dialogue about race with young people and for developing the capacities of future North Carolina teachers to connect with children of varied backgrounds. Youth Document Durham Youth Document Durham is a nationally recognized program engaging young people from diverse local communities in documentary training and projects that examine their viewpoints and amplify their voices. Students in both the after-school and summer programs share the results of their work through publications, exhibitions, Web sites, radio and media projects, public art and community-service projects, and public forums. Youth Noise Network Youth Noise Network (YNN) is a youth radio project based at the Center for Documentary Studies. YNN brings together a diverse group of Durham teenagers to produce a weekly radio show that addresses current issues of particular concern to teens. YNN participants learn various aspects of the documentary arts and produce their own audio documentaries.

	banner image: Florida A&M Dean Bragg, flanked by Ms. Page and Ms. McGuinn, Matrons at Florida A&M, 1935. Courtesy of Sue Kelker Russell, Tallahassee, Florida. From the Behind the Veil project. top