The Return of 'Black Barbie,' Indigenous Peoples Day Shorts, and a Major Award for an Oklahoma Film ICON.

Join us for an un-fall-gettable slate of FREE programming!

View this email in your browser ‘Black Barbie’ + Director Q&A – TONIGHT at Rodeo Cinema Stockyards! We’re partnering with The Bridge Impact Center to facilitate a must-see community screening and discussion at Rodeo Cinema Stockyards! Join us for a FREE Continuum screening of dCFF23 ‘Best Documentary’ winner ‘Black Barbie’ — back on the big screen tonight (10/09) at 7pm. After the film, Writer / Director Lagueria Davis will join us for a live Q&A that you don’t want to miss. A Fort Worth native and University of Oklahoma alumna, Lagueria has collaborated with major networks like Showtime, Peacock and ABC. She brings her uniquely Southern, Black, and Queer perspective to a range of premium storytelling as an either and director, and is currently developing her scripted feature directorial debut! Admission is FREE thanks to our partners at Allied Arts, and seating is limited. RSVP Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day at First Americans Museum 10/14 We're teaming up with the Reel Indigenous Podcast to present a FREE Continuum shorts block at First Americans Museum, this Indigenous Peoples Day, 10/14! Join us for a diverse and exciting lineup of shorts – including dCFF24  Best Indigenous Short 'Mary Margaret Road Grader' – then stick around for an afternoon of cultural performances, social dancing, educational demonstrations, a hand drum contest, stickball games and food trucks. We look forward to celebrating the resiliency and vibrancy of global Indigenous people together at FAM! This FREE programming – no RSVP required – was made possible thanks to the generosity of our friends at First Americans Museum and Allied Arts. See you there! Full Lineup Oklahoma Film ICON Sterlin Harjo Named 2024 MacArthur Fellow, FX Pilot Ordered to Series It’s been a nonstop year for Oklahoma Film ICON and ‘Reservation Dogs’ creator Sterlin Harjo, whose drama pilot – created in collaboration with four-time OSCAR© nominee Ethan Hawke – was recently ordered to series at FX! Commissioned in February under the working title “The Sensitive Kind,” the pilot was filmed in Oklahoma and starred Keith David, Siena East, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Oklahoma Film ICON Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Shepherd, Tracy Letts, Kyle Maclachlan, and Macon Blair opposite Hawk. Additionally, Harjo was recently named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow for his creative endeavors! Awarded annually by the MacArthur Foundation, honorees are recognized with the Genius Grant: a five-year, no-strings-attached $800,000 fund for use at their discretion. Learn more about this year’s MacArthur fellows here, and please join us in congratulating Sterlin on this monumental accomplishment! Copyright (C) 2024 deadCenter Film, Inc.. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: deadCenter Film, Inc. 1 NE 2nd Street, Suite 211 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 USA Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe