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deadCenter 2020 Essays Featured
‘The Dilemma of Desire’ Champions the Clit — dCFF20
June 15, 2020

In one scene of Maria Finitzo’s The Dilemma of Desire, Dr. Stacey Dutton examines three contemporary biology textbooks. Two of them make no visual reference to female genitalia, whereas the outlier provides a single, external diagram. Dutton finds it…

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‘GetAWAY’ Knows The Slasher Genre Well Without Digging Too Deep – dCFF20
June 15, 2020

With a subgenre like the slasher, it’s especially hard to do anything new, one because just about every plot twist under the sun has been done already, and two, because several of the subgenre’s hallmarks are, for lack of a better term, not very “woke.” Many of…

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Tensions Flare in ‘Okie Shorts Mix Tape Vol. 2’ – dCFF20
June 14, 2020

Most folks don’t acknowledge things unless they’re forced to.

The batch of Oklahoman short films featured in deadCenter 2020’s Okie Shorts Mix-Tape Vol. 2 exchanges the slow-burn of its sister collection with high-octane intensity. Tension,…

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Birdie Is a Faith-based Movie with Heart – dCFF20
June 14, 2020

In Birdie, Luke Bellamy (LaRonn Marzett) is a recently released convict who returns to his small Oklahoma hometown to find a new beginning.

In between a fruitless job search, check-ins with his parole officer and AA meetings, he tries desperately to reconnect with…

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Cheryl McDonough Brings the Spirit of Activism to Oklahoma with ‘Parkland Rising’ Documentary – dCFF20
June 14, 2020

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Homegrown Spirit Thrives in ‘Okie Shorts Mix Tape Vol. 1’ – dCFF20
June 14, 2020

The most intimate stories are often those closest to home.

Oklahoma’s homegrown short films return to the deadCenter Film Festival with Okie Shorts Mix Tape. Divided across two volumes, the first offers an intense glimpse into…

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