Saturday, February 7, 2015

Grandpa, The Movie Star

Tonight, in Liberal, Kansas, writer-director Joel Trujillo will premiere his ninth feature. But this one is extra special.

Sunday, February 1, 2015

A Filmmaker Guided by His God

One definition of the word “canon” reads as follows: the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired. So it seems apt that the maker of the genuine and inspired grassroots faith-based indie drama A Town Without Faith makes his home in Canon City, Colorado.

Polynesian Football Doc Enjoys a Fast and Furious Sundance

Over the weekend, Tom Vainuku and Erika Cohn wrapped up a whirlwind bit of business in their hometown state of Utah. Their feature documentary In Football We Trust, which looks at the long reach of Polynesian football players in the NFL through the eyes of four young up-and-coming hopefuls in the Beehive State, premiered January 23rd at the Sundance Film Festival and encored January 27th and 31st.

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Revisiting the Beaumont Riot of 1943

The extended riot took place June 15th-16th, 1943. Stoked by a fatal white police officers-black suspect incident ten days earlier.

Sunday, January 18, 2015

DePaul Freshman Has Three Films in Production

It all started in Beverly Hills. Not that Beverly Hills; the one in Michigan.