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Exclusive SXSW Film Festival Interview: Director Gretchen Stoeltje on Showcasing the Liberal Fight in Texas in ‘Shouting Down Midnight’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. In 2013, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis pulled off an astonishing feat, preventing a vote on SB5, a bill drastically reducing abortion access in the state, with a lengthy filibuster. Though Governor Rick Perry convened a special session to pass the bill the next…

Mayor Pete, A Discerning Portrait Of A Politician Seeking Moral Office

Mayor Pete, directed by Jesse Moss, follows the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries of the 32nd mayor of South Bend in Indiana: Pete Buttigieg. This political journey is a game changer for the re-shaping of legislating leaders: if he were to win, Pete Buttigieg would become the youngest President of the United States, the first…

Raindance Film Festival — The Revolution Generation, Portrays An Effective Sociological Mosaic

Directors Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell have established themselves with socially impactful documentaries, such as Kiss The Ground, that recently won the Award for Best Topic of Soil at 2021 Innsbruck Nature Film Festival. Recently, the two American filmmakers presented their latest film The Revolution Generation at another European film festival: Raindance in London….

Matthew McConaughey is Considering a Run at the Texas Governor’s Seat

Matthew McConaughey, Texas Governor? In what one might consider the most out of left field news of 2021, film star Matthew McConaughey has made it clear that he is giving major consideration toward running for Texas Governor’s seat. In the past, the Texas native has shot down previous inquiries into his desire to run for…