Durham artist Beverly McIver's Raising Renee screens at Full Frame

Raising Renee, a film about Beverly McIver's family, her painting and the lines of force that cross between them, screens at Full Fram Documentary Film Festival on Friday at 2 p.m. in Fletcher Hall.

McIver lives in Durham and teaches art at North Carolina Central University. She was born in Greensboro just after the lunch counter sit-ins, and the murder of five anti-KKK protesters happened in front of her house in the projects when she was 17. She's now a nationally known painter, having had solo shows throughout the country. The North Carolina Museum of Art will show a retrospective of McIver's work this December.

Read more: Durham artist Beverly McIver lifts curtain on her life in Raising Renee

Durham filmmakers Josh Gibson and Rodrigo Dorfman return to Full Frame

Two short films with strong ties to Duke have their world debut at Full Frame this year: Kudzu Vine, by Josh Gibson, and One Night in Kernersville, by Rodrigo Dorfman. Gibson, on the faculty in Duke's MFA Program in the Arts of the Moving Image, teams with Duke composer Anthony Kelley for a telescoping, nostalgic look into kudzu's past—and future. Dorfman (a Duke grad) submits in his film a strongly resonating musical portrait of John Brown, director of Duke's jazz program.

Both filmmakers are making return visits to the festival after screening features in the past: Dorfman's autobiographical film essay, Generation Exile, played last year's festival, while Gibson's Full Frame credits include Siamese Connection, a feature about Chang and Eng Bunker, the original Siamese twins, who lived in Mt. Airy, N.C.

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Full Frame 2011: The festival enters its second decade

It's hard to believe, but Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is well into its second decade. There's now a generation of people in the Triangle who plan their springs around the 100-plus documentaries that will screen over four intoxicating days beginning Thursday.

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NCCU Announces US Rep. John Lewis to Speak at Commencement

U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia will speak at N.C. Central University spring commencement for undergraduates. Lewis, a major figure in the civil rights movement, will deliver the undergraduate commencement address on May 14 at O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium and will receive an honorary Doctor of Human Letters degree.


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King's Sandwich Shop Opens for Breakfast

King's Sandwich Shop at 701 Foster St., is expanding hours and menu to add breakfast. Starting April 12, King's will be open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The breakfast menu will include biscuits, country ham, sausage, bacon, grits and fatback.

 

King's owner T.J. McDermott has brought 81-year-old Hazel Ladd on board to offer her restaurant expertise as a former King's employee to launch the breakfast side of the operation. McDermott reopened King's Sandwich last year after the hot dog and hamburger joint, built in 1942, closed in 2007.


Read more: The Herald-Sun - Forget champions In Durham it s breakfast with King s

Full Frame Named one of 25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival was named one of "25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" in the new issue of MovieMaker.

Durham Business Accelerator Program Breeds Success

LaunchBox Digital, the business accelerator program that provides resources to start-up technology companies in Durham to try to speed the process of launching those new ventures has seen three of its seven original participants get new funding support.

Read more: The Herald-Sun - Business breeding ground primed for the ambitious