Last weekend, Little Rock played host to two drastically different film festivals. At the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA), the Arkansas Cinema Society (ACS) presented a summer film program that included screenings of several Arkansas-connected short films and features; they also brought in filmmaker Craig Brewer ("Hustle & Flow" and "Coming 2 America") to showcase a couple of his films, and provide a lecture on filmmaking. On the other side of town, the 9th annual Kaleidoscope LGBT+ Film Festival took place at The Studio Theater, celebrating queer cinema by featuring internationally renowned and locally produced Arkansas films by emerging gay filmmakers.
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As a local filmmaker, I m pretty ingrained in our film community here in Central Arkansas. I tend to know about what productions are up and running, and who s working on them. But earlier this year, I was surprised to see advertisements for a locally produced feature film popping up on all my social-media pages. This film s production somehow went under my radar I literally knew nothing about it. So, I checked out the trailer, but I didn t recognize any of the cast; I wasn t too familiar with the director, SeJames Humphrey, either. After being a bit ashamed of not knowing about this film, I decided to check it out and get in touch with Humphrey to talk about it.
Arkansas Public Theatre stages "The Music Man" by Meredith Willson, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Sept. 22-24 and Sept. 29-Oct. 1; 2 p.m. Sept. 18, 25 and Oct. 2 at the Victory Theater in Rogers.
The Arkansas Cinema Society partnered with the Micheaux Award and Film Labs to host free workshops and activities on September 15th and 17th for creators of color.