Oklahoma Gazette: When did you decide to make a documentary about the survivors of the Parkland shooting? How did you go about getting in touch with them and actually making the documentary? Cheryl Horner McDonough: I was inspired to make this film in the immediate aftermath of the tragic Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland, […]
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Tackling subjects
Fathers of Football 18 p.m. Friday Rodeo Cinema 2221 Exchange Ave. rodeocinema.org 405-235-3456 $10 He lives in Austin now, but filmmaker Bradley Beesley has spent much of his life thinking about Oklahoma. His documentaries about barehanded fishing (Okie Noodling), the Oklahoma State Penitentiary rodeo (Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo) and The Flaming Lips (The Fearless […]
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deadCenter: Growing support
Weed the People 4:15 p.m. Saturday, noon Sunday Harkins Theatres Bricktown 16 150 E. Reno Ave deadcenterfilm.org 405-246-9233 $12 Editor’s note: This article is part of a series examining cannabis and cannabinoids in Oklahoma leading up to the June 26 medical marijuana referendum. Weed the People holds a special place in Ricki Lake’s heart. The […]
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Far Western shows Japan’s country music and bluegrass scenes at deadCenter Film Festival
The documentary screens 7 p.m. Saturday and 12:30 Sunday at Harkins Theatres Bricktown 16.
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New documentary Obit. takes viewers behind the scenes at The New York Times
The film screens May 19-21 and May 25 at Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
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Cover Story: Red Dog documentary chronicles a childhood spent in one of OKC’s longest-running strip clubs
“I remember the game machines. We would go in there at night,” Luke Dick said. “Being able to play all the video games for free was a serious draw for a toddler.”
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Smithsonian Folkways debuts previously unrecorded Woody Guthrie songs on its new Roll Columbia collection
Guthrie was commissioned to write 26 songs in the 1940s for a documentary about Columbia River dams in the Pacific Northwest.
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Barak Goodman’s Oklahoma City documentary explores the far-right anger that inspired Timothy McVeigh
The film screens Friday-Sunday at Oklahoma City Museum of Art and airs 8 p.m. Tuesday on PBS affiliates nationwide.
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Singer-songwriter Brianna Gaither uses Resonate Campaign to launch a comprehensive album and documentary project
Gaither’s project is dedicated to the ideas of community-building and the theology of creativity.
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Dakota pipeline protests swell local and national sovereignty and human rights struggles
Seven months after they began, the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protests at North Dakota’s Standing Rock Indian Reservation have converged with Native American Heritage Month, bringing even greater focus on the thousands of people from various indigenous tribes and nations working to halt pipeline development on Standing Rock Sioux Tribe lands. The tribe’s goals are, […]