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DocProject, a program of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, provides pro bono advice on media law and journalism for documentary filmmakers.

This weekend, dinosaurs will overtake the Chattanooga Convention Center during Jurassic Quest, the Chattanooga Beer Fest will bring a bounty of brews to First Horizon Pavilion and the summer concert series Nightfall and Riverfront Nights make their return to downtown for the season.

In 1982, five black Chattanooga women sued the Klan in Civil court and won. Their fight would change civil litigations for years to come.

The Social Justice Now Film Festival is poised with its 2024 film lineup. The festival takes place during Black History Month from Feb. 22-24.

Highly acclaimed civil rights attorney Ben Crump takes on a new role as a producer for the impactful documentary How to Sue the Klan

“The Civil Case” is a documentary now in production that recalls a violent episode in Chattanooga’s past - and its legal impact to this day. In April 1980, five Black women were injured in a shooting spree by three members of the Ku Klux Klan on Ninth Street - now Martin Luther King Boulevard - in downtown Chattanooga.

Unforgivable Takes Home Top Prize at Palm Springs ShortFest Ellise Shafer, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail “Unforgivable,” a film hailing from El Salvador, won the best of the festival award during the 2021 edition of the Palm Springs International ShortFest. Directed by Marlén Viñayo, “Unforgivable” follows a hitman for the 18th Street gang as he serves his sentence in an evangelical Salvadorian prison, where he is punished not only for his crimes, but for being gay. Selected by a ...