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CDS Undergrad Instructor, Poet Jaki Shelton Green, Named to Forbes' "50 Over 50: Lifestyle" List

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“Whale Eyes,” a Film by Certificate in Doc Studies Grad James Robinson, Featured in New York Times

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CDS-Supported Documentarians Win Webby Awards for “Heroes of the Pandemic” Film on Latin-19 Team

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Governor Roy Cooper Reappoints Jaki Shelton Green NC Poet Laureate

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Deborah Willis, Former CDS Visiting Prof and Current Member of CDS Board, Elected to Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Former CDS Post-MFA Doc Fellow Sherrill Roland Featured in New York Times Story on Black Healing in America

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"The Pretend Villages" by Chris Sims Featured

“The Pretend Villages,” a New Photobook by CDS Undergrad Ed Director Chris Sims, Featured in German GQ, Major Munich and Lisbon Papers

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New York Times Story Features Former CDS Visiting Prof / New Board Member: “Von Diaz’s Essential Puerto Rican Recipes”

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Shaw Rising Wins Emmy Award—Feature Doc About NC HBCU Written and Produced by CDS Instructor Hal Goodtree

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Full Frame’s Chris Everett and His “Wilmington On Fire” Films Praised in Interview Magazine

"I reached out to Chris [Everett, producer and director of Wilmington on Fire 2] after I had seen [Wilmington on Fire] and a number of actor friends from the Wilmington [North Carolina] area told me that I had to watch this..." (Read More)

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