Award Winner, BIPOC Stories, Mental Health, Social Justice

Refuge

A Fiscally Sponsored Project

Directors:

Erin Bernhardt & Din Blankenship

Producers:

Erin Bernhardt & Din Blankenship

2021
78 minutes

Set to the backdrop of the most diverse square mile in America – Clarkston, Georgia – the film uncovers what is possible when we leave the security of our tribes and what is at stake for our country if we don’t.

Awards

  • 2022 Atlanta Film Festival- Georgia Future Award
  • 2022 Atlanta Film Festival- Audience Award
  • 2022 Boulder Film Festival- Impact Award
  • 2022 Mountain Film- Student Choice Award
  • 2022 Sedona Film Festival- Best Feature
  • 2022 Vero Beach Film Festival- Jury Award- Documentary Feature
  • 2022 Vero Beach Film Festival- Audience Award- Documentary Feature
  • 2022 Virginia Film Festival- Best Documentary Feature
  • 2022 Cleveland International Film Festival- Standing Up Competition Winner

Honors

  • 2021 Doc NYC- Jury Special Mention

 

Official Selections

  • 2022 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
  • 2022 deadCenter Film Festival
  • 2022 New Orleans Film Festival
  • 2022 Justice Film Festival
  • 2022 MKE Film Festival
  • 2022 Breck Film Festival