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Raising Bertie

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Raising Bertie is an intimate six year portrait of three African American boys growing into adulthood in rural North Carolina, exploring complex relationships between generational poverty, educational inequity, and race.

Raising Bertie now available for purchase on DVD!

March 23, 2018 2:36 pm

The award-winning debut feature from director Margaret Byrne, Raising Bertie, is now available for purchase on DVD. Buy the film here. The film earned the Best Documentary Feature award at the 2016 Atlanta DocuFest, the Special Jury Award for Documentary Feature at the 2017 Atlanta Film Festival, and Margaret Byrne earned the Best Director award at the 2016 Atlanta Underground Film Festival. Following a robust theatrical run in partnership with Gunpowder & Sky during the summer of 2017, Raising Bertie had its world television broadcast premiere on PBS' POV in August of 2017. The film was the 4th highest-rated documentary of the prestigious PBS documentary strand's 30th season. About the film Continued

Raising Bertie now available to stream for FREE on pbs.org

August 30, 2017 1:51 pm

Raising Bertie broadcasts nationwide tonight on PBS!

August 28, 2017 11:42 am

Raising Bertie now available to watch on VOD

June 27, 2017 11:13 am

Raising Bertie earns extended run in Chicago; playing until June 29th!

June 20, 2017 4:38 pm

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