Each week, Fletcher Powell finds the independent and non-commercial films showing in Wichita and the surrounding areas and brings them to you in this handy guide.
This time, we get ready for the Tallgrass Film Festival and look at another upcoming festival, a few documentaries, and a silent classic.
Bully
September 26
4:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.
Orpheum Theater
(Documentary that examines school bullying and was ultimately released unrated after controversy.)
Tallgrass X Lineup Announcement
September 28
8:00 p.m.
Tallgrass Film Festival
Commerce Street
Manhattan Short Film Festival
September 28, 7:00 p.m.
October 4, 7:00 p.m.
October 5, 7:00 p.m.
Murdock Theatre
(Worldwide film festival with audience voting.)
The Loving Story
September 29
1:30 p.m.
Murdock Theatre
(Documentary on the landmark Supreme Court case that overturned Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage.)
Chicago
September 30
7:00 p.m.
Augusta Historic Theater
(1927 version of the well-known story of murder in the Jazz Age.)
Music: Francisco Tárrega (arranged by Mike Oldfield) - “Etude” from The Killing Fields