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An experimental documentary looking at the San Antonio pecan shellers’ strike of 1938 and the Jobs with Justice march led by Nacogdoches cafeteria workers, groundskeepers, and housekeepers in 1987.
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Eventually, everyone realizes that self-sufficiency is a joke. It just happens a bit sooner to some people. ACT OF GOD
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BAGATELLE is a social satire art-house film in the vein of masterworks of Otar Iosseliani, Luis Buñuel, and Pierre Étaix, who are major influences.
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BECOMING LESLIE is a hybrid documentary that reveals the inner and bizarre world of Albert Leslie Cochran, a rebellious, cross-dressing homeless man who became the most unlikely civic symbol of Austin, Texas.
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BRAIN IN PROGRESS is a docuseries directed and presented by Seema Mathur, an award-winning medical journalist and filmmaker. Never has
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Uncovers the story of the virtually invisible undocumented construction workers upon whose backs and hard labor the boom is built.
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Grassroots activists in the Philippines are spurred into action when a local transgender woman is found dead in a motel room with a 19-year-old U.S. marine as the leading suspect.
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COME AND TAKE IT: THE JESSICA JIN STORY captures the transformation of a young woman to leadership of America’s most inspired anti-gun violence movement called Cocks Not Glocks.
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  DESERT OF THE REAL explores the denaturing of American childhood and the unexpected consequences of immersing young minds in
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With two homeless lovers’ journey as the through-line, ‘Dirty Feathers’ weaves in and out of an overwhelmed shelter and a
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A jazz dynamo belts his way through his weekly set until he makes an unexpected connection with an audience member
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The East Texas Cowboy shares some traits of the epic ideal, yet history, tradition, and environment have shaped a unique and lesser-known version of this Great American Legend.
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This short documentary profiles a nonprofit organization using rigorous data collection and analysis to achieve meaningful changes in the lives of the people it serves.
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In a small Texas Panhandle town, which over the decades has lived through oil booms and busts, devastating wildfires, and
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There is a steady rise of Texas women inheriting family ranches from their fathers.
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A civil engineer and an Elvis-loving, piano-playing tire salesman transform an abandoned train depot & some derelict rail cars into an oasis of community, friendship & music.
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i’m gonna make you love me is a tale of one man’s tragi-comedic journey into manhood, a journey that included tabloids, Tupperware parties, and two coming out parties – first as a straight woman, then as the gay man he was meant to be.
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INQUIRER tells the story of the legendary newspaper editor Gene Roberts, often called the best editor in the country at a time when newspapers had unprecedented resources and impact.
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KINDERLAND tells the story of two rival Jewish summer camps – one Communist, the other Socialist – founded in upstate
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LIVING SPRINGS is an interactive documentary about Barton Springs, Austin’s most beloved natural resource.
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A vulnerable octogenarian is trapped inside his nursing home in Austin, Texas during an endless 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. Determined to
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A feature-length documentary that explores the challenges – and triumphs – faced by musicians and
music venues in a rapidly growing city as seen through the lens of Austin’s Saxon Pub.
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Personal and political merge in a short animation documentary that takes an intimate look at both the business and the humanity of dying.
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RAISING ANIYA plays in three movements built around a continuous musical score, visually expansive or intimate by turns, carrying us through sunset (the past), night (the present), and sunrise (the future) on the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast.
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RETURN TO SENDER is a documentary film that explores the public policy and practical challenges of providing real world services to prisoners as they prepare for re-entry and reintegration into society.
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SHADY SHORES: THE TRAGEDY OF CLINTON LEE YOUNG will tell the whole inside story of the crimes for the first time, document the historic second trial and reveal the remarkable story of the Dutch woman who moved over 5,000 miles to become a Texas attorney to champion his case.

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Four anglers from different walks of life compete in an exhaustive, three-day shark fishing tournament in a monumental effort of shark conservation and an ultimate $20,000 prize.
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Song Confessional is a cinematic adaptation of the locally-made podcast created by Walker Lukens and Zac Catanzaro (and a collaboration
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Southern Storytellers (working title) will take us deep into the American South, and into the communities of the region’s top
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When filmmaker Will Lautzenheiser suddenly becomes a quadrilateral amputee, he turns to stand-up comedy as therapy.
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A retired high school English teacher is confronted by a former student who failed her class 15 years prior. He then involves her in a feature-length documentary about Moby-Dick and the science of reading.
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Carl Beesley, my grandfather, accidentally shot and killed a 9-year-old boy during a school play. Eighty-years after my grandfather’s incident, my brother Tim accidentally shot and killed a man. The Incident at Bellwood Schoolhouse discoveries how these tragic events are connected.
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Turning Texas will tell the history of Latino voting in Texas and one women’s fight to ensure that Latino voices
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The Untitled 19th* News Film documents the first years of a revolutionary news startup that is challenging the status quo
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In this celebratory story centered around an ancient royal sporting tradition of racing war boats, Sunil Kumar, who hails from a long line of prominent boat captains, strategically prepares to race his team for their village’s glory in the ancient tradition of “Vallam Kali”(meaning “Snake Boat Race”), keeping alive 400 years of rich regional cultural heritage.
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In 1980s Czechoslovakia an emerging generation took inspiration from alternative culture to create their own worldview, politics and eventually, a revolution.
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WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND follows Julian Moreno, the 89-year-old grandfather of filmmaker Iliana Sosa, on his monthly journey from Mexico
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WHEN WE WERE LIVE is a feature length documentary about the pioneers of Austin’s public access television in the 80’s and 90’s.
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