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The award-winning documentary strand ‘America ReFramed’ from World Channel and American Documentary will explore Georgia’s Sapelo Island, the last remaining enclave of the Saltwater Geechee community. The new documentary Sapelo will premiere ...

Celebrate the diversity of the planet’s nature and people this month with WKAR!

So close and yet so far: Experience a glimpse into the lives of two brothers growing up on Sapelo Island, McIntosh County GA. The film screening will be followed by a Q&A with film directors Nick Brandestini and Taylor Segrest. The event is FREE and open to the public (recommended for ages 10 and up).

The Gullah Geechee came to this land as slaves and made it their home. Now, theyre fighting for survival from developers and lawmakers.

With the arrival of his third documentary Sapelo, Nick Brandestini’s identity as a director is really beginning to take shape. What intrigues him are deviations from the norm, places and societies which assert their history and traditions in order to escape homogenisation and the seductive call of consumerism. It’s no coincidence, therefore, that after depicting the daily lives of the thirty-five inhabitants of Darwin and of the kids populating Children of the Arctic, the filmmaker’s g...