Test Pattern writer/director Shatara Michelle Ford (Courtesy of Kino Lorber)
As many of us hold onto our favorite movie theatre memories in hopes that they'll become a safe space again sometime soon, writer/director Shatara Michelle Ford has different moments in mind. "I was always one of, like, two other dark-skinned people. And there were several occasions when I would go see a film and I would be singled out to see if I was a paying customer," they said of their experiences at the Alamo South Lamar. "It happened three times. [The third time that] someone came directly to me, I challenged them, and they're like, 'Oh, no, I'm doing it to everyone!' And I'm like, 'I literally don't see you doing it to anybody else.'"