Join us on Wednesday, May 13, at 3 PM for a screening of We Lift Each Other at the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources auditorium in Raleigh. This powerful documentary highlights the transformative work of Raleigh-based Black Box Dance Theatre with veterans across North Carolina.
Featured in a national anthology produced by Arts Impact Collaborative, the film showcases the profound impact of the arts in communities across America.
Space is limited—please RSVP using link in bio to reserve your seat.
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❤️Be part of something this Giving Tuesday❤️
Arts Impact Collaborative set out to tell stories from places we don’t usually hear about the arts—and to center the people whose voices are often overlooked.
This work became "I Feel Myself to Be Part of Something," an anthology of documentary films following American communities and exploring how the arts shape identity, economy, and belonging.
If you believe in the power of storytelling and community, we invite you to join us.
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Donate. Share. Be part of something.
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Visit the link “MAKE AN IMPACT” in our bio today to contribute to the unifying power of the arts.
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“The Feeling of Home”
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In July, our first anthology film premiered, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the @redantspantsfoundation Music Festival in White Sulphur Springs, Montana. What began with one woman’s vision has grown into a gathering that brings thousands together and reshapes a community of 983.
Visit our site to learn more about the full anthology and how the arts unify communities across the country.
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When a film can live on through the words we share.
"We Lift Each Other" premiere 11/10 @worthamarts
Repost @blackboxdance
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In celebration of Veterans Day, Tony Award-winning producer Mara Isaacs (Gypsy, Hadestown) and Arts Impact Collaborative today announced the premiere of We Lift Each Other, a documentary film featuring North Carolina-based modern dance company Black Box Dance Theatre and their work with Veterans. Part of the anthology film series I Feel Myself to Be Part of Something and directed by Lou Pepe & Keith Fulton, the film will premiere on Monday, November 10th in Asheville, North Carolina.
The film will have its Community First premiere on Monday, November 10th at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts in Asheville, North Carolina. A special screening at AB Tech Community College will also take place on Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11, ahead of being available, along with the other films in the anthology, for free community screenings at local arts organizations and community centers throughout the country. Community partners will also receive a screening guide and handbook to help spur local engagement, dialogue, and support. #VeteransDay #IFeelMyselfToBePartOfSomething #artsimpactcollaborative #communityfirst
Community First Premiere of WE LIFT EACH OTHER coming to @worthamarts Nov. 10, 2025
Under the guidance of founder Michelle Pearson, the dancers of @blackboxdance travel across North Carolina, employing modern dance as a means of building community and fostering resilience. Working primarily with active-duty military and their families, veterans, and people coping with PTSD - demographics often overlooked by the civilian population – this dance company harnesses the simple but transformative power of group movement to create a space for collective expression and the healing of trauma. #VeteransDay #IFeelMyselfToBePartOfSomething #artsimpactcollaborative #communityfirst
“The arts give people a space to be part of something creative and generative, which is what community is at its best.”
-Sara Terry, lead series producer/director
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At a time when Americans are tiring of division and are ready for change, this documentary series shows how the arts work in profound yet often unacknowledged ways to help us connect,
heal, find voice, affirm identity, build community, explore the uncomfortable, and define and uplift our humanity.
It is both a national and a local story, showing the impact and importance of the arts at the community level all across the
country.
Through five (5) half-hour episodes, each directed by a different filmmaker in the diverse Arts Impact Collaborative, I Feel Myself To Be Part Of Something will take viewers on a journey across America, exploring different art forms, communities, and programs to capture a rich and vibrant portrait of the essential
role the arts play in our lives. #IFeelMyselfToBePartOfSomething #artsimpactcollaborative #communityfirst
Art itself doesn’t change the world.
People change the world.
But art is often what changes people, what inspires them to go out and do the work of transforming the world around them. #IFeelMyselfToBePartOfSomething #artsimpactcollaborative #communityfirst
“I feel myself part of something—not only part of a community, but part of an actual moment… That sense of belonging to the whole is the deepest joy.” -Seamus Heaney #IFeelMyselfToBePartOfSomething #artsimpactcollaborative #communityfirst
COMMUNITY FIRST DISTRIBUTION MODEL
Each film will premiere through a groundbreaking Community First Distribution Model—prioritizing screenings in the very communities where the stories were filmed. Following each Community First screening, the collaborative will partner with regional film festivals, where applicable, prior to making the films available at no cost to local arts organizations and community centers throughout the country, accompanied by a screening guide and handbook to help spur local engagement, dialogue, and support. #IFeelMyselfToBePartOfSomething #artsimpactcollaborative #communityfirst
I FEEL MYSELF TO BE PART OF SOMETHING is a new documentary anthology about the impact of the arts in America. The inaugural films in the anthology will follow five distinct American communities and explore the impact of the arts—on their economies, their identities, and their sense of belonging. The films will take viewers on a journey across America, exploring different art forms, communities, and programs to capture a rich and vibrant portrait of the essential role the arts play in our lives. #IFeelMyselfToBePartOfSomething #artsimpactcollaborative #communityfirst
