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Dallas Filmmaker Merced Elizondo On His Latest Father-Son Spanish-Language Film
When Merced Elizondo searches for inspiration, he never has to dig very far. Elizondo’s first short film, Right Where You Left Me, was inspired by a lover who ghosted him. His second film, Just Lie...
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High School Students Take The Reins At Pegasus Film Festival
This is the second year that Pegasus Film Festival will take place virtually. The annual film festival is run by students for students. Every year a team of selected area high schoolers is tasked with...
View ArticleMissing The Movies? Head Outdoors For Rooftop Cinema
You won’t have any trouble picking a nostalgic film to watch this summer at Rooftop Cinema Club’s outdoor venue. For its Summer Series, located at Dallas Heritage Village, moviegoers can catch nearly...
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Luke Wilson Takes On A Texas High School Football Legend In “12 Mighty Orphans”
In the middle of the Great Depression, a football team made up entirely of orphans made a deep run in the Texas High School playoffs. Their story is told in the new film “12 Mighty Orphans,” based on...
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Texas Film Fans: Check Out The Lineup For Frame Of Mind On KERA TV
Here at KERA, we’re pleased to announce the 29th season of “Frame of Mind”, the station’s acclaimed television program showcasing independent Texas film and video. The series is presented by...
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This Documentary About Cowboys Shows What Life Is Really Like On The Range Today
Cowboys and horses, grass and open land. Old Westerns and cowboy hats in the costume aisle. Say Texas, and that’s often what comes to mind – especially outside the state. But how many people – even...
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A Solo Play On Life At A Detention Center From A Child’s Perspective
Ursula, or let yourself go with the wind tells the story of 7-year-old Nadia and her experience crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and living in a U.S. detention facility. In a sweepingly evocative...
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Explore The Hidden Histories of Dallas On This Week Of Frame of Mind
9.30.21 Editor’s Note: Frame of Mind will air Proof on KERA TV on Thursday, Sept. 30. The documentary by Mark Birnbaum tells the story of Byrd Williams IV, the last in a line of four generations of...
View ArticleFor More Than 30 Years, VideoFest Evolved With The Times
I’ve known Bart Weiss for nearly 20 years — dating back to my days editing the movie critics at The Dallas Morning News. North Texas has known him for twice as long, though, thanks to VideoFest, the...
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‘Proof,’ Four Generations of Photographers In North Texas
9.30.21 Editor’s Note: KERA TV is re-airing Proof tonight at 10:30 on Frame of Mind! Byrd Moore Williams IV was born into the world with the same name as his father, grandfather and great-grandfather....
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The next Frame of Mind episode is surreal, yet you’ll relate to its pandemic...
The next episode on Frame of Mind is Things Missing/Missed, a whirlwind exploration of intimacy in isolation. In a disruptive storytelling style, the Dallas-based Danielle Georgiou Dance Group performs...
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A tale of one man’s descent into madness, this week on Frame of Mind
It’s been 18 months since the start of the pandemic and already we’re seeing artists create work from what we’ve all been collectively experiencing: isolation and destabilization, climate change and...
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Four short films explore race, this week on Frame of Mind
This week’s episode of Frame of Mind brings television and theatre together with an eclectic selection of shorts all working with issues around race. Check out the rest of the lineup for the 2021 Frame...
View ArticleDocumentary highlights efforts to reduce domestic violence in rural North Texas
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. To mark it, KERA will show Beyond Conviction, which follows Staley Heatly, a district attorney, as he attempts to reduce domestic violence...
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An obsession with time, place and story: this documentary remembers Texas...
Minimalist painter John Wilcox used to spend a month or longer crafting his work, repeating brushstrokes over and over, in an almost meditative way. His style shows that the process of making a piece...
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Fighting for justice in South Dallas, this week on Frame of Mind
This episode of “Frame of Mind” explores the South Dallas neighborhoods of Oak Cliff and Wheatley Place through two documentaries. By diving into stories of food justice and historic preservation,...
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Tackling Dallas community issues with dance, music, documentary
In this week’s episode of “Frame of Mind”, the KERA TV series spotlighting Texas independent film, we stick close to home. All three pieces explore different community issues in Dallas. Check out the...
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The DigiBees, Dallas multimedia duo, takes the stage on Frame of Mind
The DigiBees are a Dallas filmmaking duo with creative projects ranging from introspective shorts to light-hearted music videos. The husband-and-wife team is comprised of Danielle “Pockett” Brown and...
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Check out these five films from the San Antonio Film Festival on Frame of Mind
This week’s episode of Frame of Mind spotlights five films from San Antonio filmmakers, all selected from this year’s San Antonio Film Festival. This episode airs Thursday, Nov. 25, on KERA TV. Check...
View ArticleThe Best Movies of 2021
The DFW Film Critics Association is out with its list of the best movies of 2021. I’m a voting member of the group, and so below I’m sharing my personal list of the year’s best. Did I hit the mark? Did...
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