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6:00pm CDT

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Dealt

Sixty-two year old Richard Turner is renowned as one of the world’s greatest card magicians, yet he is completely blind. In this documentary, Richard traces his journey from his troubled childhood, when he began losing his vision, to present day as he relentlessly pursues perfection... Read More →

Thursday June 8, 2017 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Documentary Feature

12:30pm CDT

G-Funk

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G-Funk

G-Funk is an epic music documentary about the rise of the G-Funk style of hip hop that emerged in the 1990’s Los Angeles, combining Motown, Funk, and R&B music with socially-aware gangsta rap. For the first time in history, a hip hop album debuted at #1 on the pop charts and the... Read More →

Friday June 9, 2017 12:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Documentary Feature

3:00pm CDT

I Stand: The Guardian of the Water

Screens with Dig it if You Can and Running Eagle. Red Earth Festival ticket holders get complimentary admission.

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I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

I Stand: The Guardians of the Water is a feature documentary from Oklahoma filmmaker Kyle Kauwika Harris, who is a member of the Choctaw Nation. The film captures the indigenous voices of those on the ground at Standing Rock Reservation who stand in opposition to the Dakota Access... Read More →

Friday June 9, 2017 3:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Documentary Feature

8:00pm CDT

Gilbert

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Gilbert

Gilbert is a wildly funny and unexpectedly poignant portrait of the life and career of one of comedy's most iconic figures, Gilbert Gottfried. Legendary comedian Gilbert Gottfried launched his career on Saturday Night Live and appeared in more than 140 films and television shows... Read More →

Friday June 9, 2017 8:00pm - 10:00pm CDT
Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Documentary Feature

11:30am CDT

Unrest

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Unrest

Director Jennifer Brea was a journalist and academic studying for a PhD at Harvard. Months before her wedding, she became progressively ill, losing the ability to even sit in a wheelchair. When told by her doctor it was “all in her head,” her response was to start filming from... Read More →

Saturday June 10, 2017 11:30am - 1:30pm CDT
StellaNova Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature

12:00pm CDT

Dolores

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Dolores

Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Dolores tells the inspiring story of Dolores Huerta, a woman who bucked 1950s gender conventions by starting the country's first farm worker's union with fellow organizer Cesar Chavez. What starts out as a struggle for racial and labor... Read More →

Saturday June 10, 2017 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
OG&E Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature

1:00pm CDT

Dealt

Features

Dealt

Sixty-two year old Richard Turner is renowned as one of the world’s greatest card magicians, yet he is completely blind. In this documentary, Richard traces his journey from his troubled childhood, when he began losing his vision, to present day as he relentlessly pursues perfection... Read More →

Saturday June 10, 2017 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
MidFirst Bank Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature

2:00pm CDT

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

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Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

Where would musicians and music lovers be without the cassette? This feature-length DIY doc tells the story of a once-ubiquitous format through one-on-one interviews with the inventor of the cassette, Lou Ottens. 90 years old and still a stubborn progressive, Ottens views the cassette... Read More →

Saturday June 10, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
StellaNova Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature

2:30pm CDT

The Work

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The Work

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize Documentary Feature at SXSW, The Work offers a powerful and rare look past the cinder block walls, steel doors and the dehumanizing tropes in our culture to reveal a movement of change and redemption that transcends what we think of as rehabilitation. Set... Read More →

Saturday June 10, 2017 2:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
OG&E Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature

4:30pm CDT

Score: A Film Music Documentary

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Score: A Film Music Documentary

It’s hard to imagine a James Bond movie without 007’s iconic theme song, Star Wars without its rousing fanfare, or Psycho without its suspense-inducing strings. But for all the beloved music in the Hollywood canon, the art and craft of film composing often get short shrift…until... Read More →

Saturday June 10, 2017 4:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
StellaNova Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature

7:00pm CDT

Far Western

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Far Western

Amid the ashes of post-WWII Japan, the bittersweet sounds of American traditional country music drifted through the radio airwaves. Although intended for the U.S. occupying forces, a vast ‘ghost audience’ of young Japanese quickly warmed to the soothing, yet foreign, sounds. Since... Read More →

Saturday June 10, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
StellaNova Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature

9:00pm CDT

G-Funk

Features

G-Funk

G-Funk is an epic music documentary about the rise of the G-Funk style of hip hop that emerged in the 1990’s Los Angeles, combining Motown, Funk, and R&B music with socially-aware gangsta rap. For the first time in history, a hip hop album debuted at #1 on the pop charts and the... Read More →

Saturday June 10, 2017 9:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
Tapstone Energy Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature

9:30pm CDT

Hype!

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Hype!

deadCenter is STOKED to present a free outdoor screening of the 20th anniversary of Hype! Hype! is a legendary rock documentary from director Doug Pray that focuses on the explosion of grunge music that took place in the Pacific Northwest during the early 1990s. The film uses insider... Read More →

Saturday June 10, 2017 9:30pm - 11:00pm CDT
The Great Lawn at the Myriad Gardens 301 W Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Documentary Feature

12:30pm CDT

Far Western

Features

Far Western

Amid the ashes of post-WWII Japan, the bittersweet sounds of American traditional country music drifted through the radio airwaves. Although intended for the U.S. occupying forces, a vast ‘ghost audience’ of young Japanese quickly warmed to the soothing, yet foreign, sounds. Since... Read More →

Sunday June 11, 2017 12:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Tapstone Energy Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature

1:00pm CDT

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

Features

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

Where would musicians and music lovers be without the cassette? This feature-length DIY doc tells the story of a once-ubiquitous format through one-on-one interviews with the inventor of the cassette, Lou Ottens. 90 years old and still a stubborn progressive, Ottens views the cassette... Read More →

Sunday June 11, 2017 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
StellaNova Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature

2:00pm CDT

I Stand: The Guardian of the Water

Features

I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

I Stand: The Guardians of the Water is a feature documentary from Oklahoma filmmaker Kyle Kauwika Harris, who is a member of the Choctaw Nation. The film captures the indigenous voices of those on the ground at Standing Rock Reservation who stand in opposition to the Dakota Access... Read More →

Sunday June 11, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
MidFirst Bank Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature

2:00pm CDT

The Work

Features

The Work

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize Documentary Feature at SXSW, The Work offers a powerful and rare look past the cinder block walls, steel doors and the dehumanizing tropes in our culture to reveal a movement of change and redemption that transcends what we think of as rehabilitation. Set... Read More →

Sunday June 11, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Documentary Feature

3:30pm CDT

Score: A Film Music Documentary

Features

Score: A Film Music Documentary

It’s hard to imagine a James Bond movie without 007’s iconic theme song, Star Wars without its rousing fanfare, or Psycho without its suspense-inducing strings. But for all the beloved music in the Hollywood canon, the art and craft of film composing often get short shrift…until... Read More →

Sunday June 11, 2017 3:30pm - 5:30pm CDT
StellaNova Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature

4:30pm CDT

Unrest

Features

Unrest

Director Jennifer Brea was a journalist and academic studying for a PhD at Harvard. Months before her wedding, she became progressively ill, losing the ability to even sit in a wheelchair. When told by her doctor it was “all in her head,” her response was to start filming from... Read More →

Sunday June 11, 2017 4:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
MidFirst Bank Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature

5:30pm CDT

Dolores

Features

Dolores

Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Dolores tells the inspiring story of Dolores Huerta, a woman who bucked 1950s gender conventions by starting the country's first farm worker's union with fellow organizer Cesar Chavez. What starts out as a struggle for racial and labor... Read More →

Sunday June 11, 2017 5:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Documentary Feature

9:00pm CDT

Gilbert

Features

Gilbert

Gilbert is a wildly funny and unexpectedly poignant portrait of the life and career of one of comedy's most iconic figures, Gilbert Gottfried. Legendary comedian Gilbert Gottfried launched his career on Saturday Night Live and appeared in more than 140 films and television shows... Read More →

Sunday June 11, 2017 9:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
The Social Order Theater at Harkins 150 E Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Documentary Feature