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    Mama Bears is a Moving Call to Action – dCFF22

    June 11, 2022
    Kimberly and Kai stand up for trans rights in Mama Bears from Daresha Kyi

    After delivering a powerful speech in front of the Texas state capital, Kimberly Shappley holds up a picture of who she’s protecting: her six-year-old, trans daughter, Kai. Tears begin streaming down her face as she wages a battle against an unjust bathroom bill designed to demonize trans…

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    Play ‘Chicken’ with These Filmmakers – dCFF22

    June 11, 2022
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    What happens when three competing Okie actresses get a mysterious new roommate, and things start to get a little weird and unhinged in the house?

    Maybe really weird.

    Writer/director/actor Cate Jones explores this in her new feature, Chicken House, an Oklahoma-made…

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    Chicken House Brings Autobiographical Comedy To Life – dCFF22

    June 10, 2022
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    The 2022 deadCenter Film Festival is the home to a wide variety of Okie Features from multitalented filmmakers like Cate Jones. In 2020, Jones made her directorial debut with the She’s the Eldest, a black and white dramedy with a real personal touch. She’s back this…

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    A ‘Wake Up’ Call to Indie Filmmakers – dCFF22

    June 9, 2022
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    Who among us hasn’t had an existential crisis while wandering around Los Angeles? I know I have.

    That’s the basic premise of Wake Up, Leonard, a film in which the titular character finds himself running back and forth between old and new apartments, old…

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    Introducing Mickey Reece’s UndeadCenter “Midnight Movies” Programming – dCFF22

    June 8, 2022
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    Today marks the first day of the deadCenter 2022 Film Festival and a return to fully in-person festivities after two years of hybrid events. Not only is deadCenter bringing back several pieces of its staple programming such as the Okie Shorts Volume 1 and

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    Mama Bears Makes the Case for Empathy Toward LGBTQ Communities – dCFF22

    June 8, 2022
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    Today we continue our exclusive deadCenter 2022 coverage with a look at this year’s deadCenter opening night film from director Daresha Kyi, Mama Bears. Kyi sits down with us on The Cinematic Schematic to talk about how she first learned about the Mama Bears organization…

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    The Seeds of Greenwood Tells Inspiring Stories of Fellows Program – dCFF22

    June 6, 2022
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    How do you raise a new generation to overcome more than a hundred years of setbacks?

    The Cinematic Schematic continues our exclusive deadCenter 2022 coverage with a look at another tried and true festival tradition, a public OKC Thunder Films screening….

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    Out of Exile Brings the Big Screen Crime Thrills to deadCenter – dCFF22

    June 5, 2022
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    Bank heists. Family character drama. Twisted morality. If you like to see any of these elements at the movies, writer/director Kyle Kauwika Harris’s new film premiering at this year’s deadCenter Film Festival, Out of Exile, is a must-see. It’s a “one last job” crime thriller complete…

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    The Battle of Honey Springs is deadCenter’s Historical War Movie – dCFF22

    June 4, 2022
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    In this exclusive deadCenter 2022 interview, we sit down with writer/director Bryan Beasley to discuss his new film and the festival’s war movie this year, The Battle of Honey Springs. Beasley talks about how the battle had direct impacts on the US Civil War and helped…

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    The Official 2022 deadCenter Film Festival Sneak Peek

    June 1, 2022
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    Today kicks off our exclusive coverage of the 2022 deadCenter Film Festival! To help listeners prepare for what to expect, The Cinematic Schematic is joined by the deadCenter director of operations+festival, Miranda Patton, and the deadCenter director of programming, Sara Thompson, to discuss this year’s…

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