McCurtain County Sheriff’s officials wanted a family-run newspaper dead — literally. A new Peacock documentary explores the years-long battle and what it means for press freedoms.
Tag: Film
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10 hours, 3 prompts and $1K on the line in Tulsa short film competition
Whoever creates the best 60-second short film within a day wins “Prompt to Premiere,” a Tulsa Tech Week competition hoping to attract more than 1,000 entries.
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Available Light Cinema Club feeds Tulsa’s appetite for challenging, off-the-wall films
Each month at Drifters Theater, fans of art house cinema gather for a screening and share their passion for film. The founders say people are “surprised with what they are able to engage with.”
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Zach Singer comes home to make Tulsa his movie set in ‘The Day Before’
After spending time in New York and Los Angeles, native Tulsan Zach Singer makes his cinematic homecoming through a short film premiering in the East Village this week.
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Kels Cooper planned to work in tribal law. Now she’s telling Native stories for the stage and screen.
The Tulsa comedian, designer and TV writer-in-training says there’s no Plan B for her burgeoning career, which includes stand-up gigs and production work.
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Their film dreams started inside movie theaters. Now their names will be enshrined outside Tulsa’s Circle Cinema.
Filmmaker Jeremy Charles and actress Olivia Jordan grew up going to the movies in T-Town. They now join a long list of Oklahomans who made significant contributions to the film industry.
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Inside the busy world of Tulsa breakout Indigenous filmmaker Loren Waters
Fresh off awards for her documentary short “Tiger,” the filmmaker is busy on set of “The Lowdown” — and planning a documentary on Native poet Joy Harjo.
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Katie Hoffman-Faulk goes back in time to tell Indigenous story in ‘Saphrona’
Alongside a crew on break from “The Lowdown,” Katie Hoffman-Faulk is the force behind a short film inspired by her great-grandmother’s real experience.
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Filmmaker Boots Riley visits Tulsa, draws capacity crowd for Oklahoma premiere of ‘I Love Boosters’
Riley spent time with OSU-Tulsa students and filmmakers before sitting down with Sterlin Harjo inside Eton Square 6.
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Tulsa filmmaker brings Mexican-American horror story to life through short film
Carlos Garcia, Jr. took a $10,000 grant and turned it into “The Settlement,” a short film exploring racist violence that premieres at Circle Cinema Monday.
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Oscar winner Molly O’Brien’s father was a celebrated TU professor. She’ll honor him on campus this week.
The NBC News documentary head will deliver remarks on her career and how it was shaped by her father Darcy O’Brien, the true crime author and academic.
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Oklahoma’s Black rodeo culture takes center stage with February exhibit, live event
Circle Cinema is hosting an exhibition and film screening Thursday, two days before the Oklahoma Invitational Black Rodeo comes to town.