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SXSW

‘Proudly Claiming Our Tears’: Fathers Stand Together for Their Trans and Nonbinary Kids

In “The Dads,” a new documentary that premiered at SXSW, men open up to each other about their hope, their fears, and their unconditional love for their children.

by Kit O'Connell

Keep Reading

The Love and Loss of the Quintanillas

by Francesca D’Annunzio

These Librarians Won’t Let America’s Fever Hit Fahrenheit 451

by Josephine Lee

‘The Hobby’: A Love Letter to Board Gamers like My Son

by Josephine Lee

Apr 28, 2020

‘The Quarry’ Tells a Dark Morality Tale in a Modern Small Texas Town

A new film from Scott Teems, king of the Southern drama, follows a violent drifter who assumes the identity of a small-town preacher.

by Nicky Yeager

Mar 13, 2020

Seven Austin Workers on How They’re Scrambling After the SXSW Cancellation

Gig workers reported more than $2 million in lost wages after the festival was called off.

by Texas Observer

Mar 15, 2019

‘The River and The Wall’ is a Visually Stunning Borderland Adventure

The film strives to step beyond the sensationalist rhetoric and show America what its southern boundary actually looks, sounds and feels like.

by David Leffler

Mar 12, 2019

New Documentary Reveals the Deadly Cost of Texas’ Anti-Worker Agenda

As the Legislature ponders yet another crackdown on labor, Building the American Dream explores the stakes of labor policy in the country’s largest red state.

by Gus Bova

Mar 11, 2019

Fearless and Funny, Molly Ivins Comes to Life in ‘Raise Hell’

If only she were around today.

by Rose Cahalan

Jim Allison, breakthrough, sxsw Mar 11, 2019

‘Breakthrough’ Chronicles Nobel Prize Winner Jim Allison’s Long Fight for Science

Forty years after the immunologist testified at the Texas Legislature in favor of teaching evolution, state leaders are still debating its inclusion in school curriculums.

by Sophie Novack

Mar 15, 2018

Drag Queens and Churchgoers Find Common Ground in ‘The Gospel of Eureka’

by Robyn Ross

sxsw, medical marijuana, cannabis Mar 14, 2018

‘Get High With Ricki Lake!’: New Film on Medical Marijuana Leaves Out Texas Families

Featuring heartrending stories, Weed the People aims to change the stigma around cannabis treatment — but fails to look much outside its California bubble.

by Sophie Novack

Air Force Staff Sergeant Logan Ireland, right, during a deployment to Afghanistan Mar 14, 2018

‘TransMilitary’ Is the LGBT Advocacy Film Middle America Needs to See

The documentary shines brightest when it shows trans soldiers simply going about their lives.

by Rose Cahalan

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