Short-Form Documentary | 2023 -2024

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For 35 years, American Experience has been television’s most-watched history series, bringing to life the incredible characters and epic stories that have shaped America’s past and present. American Experience documentaries have been honored with every major broadcast award, including 30 Emmy Awards, five duPont-Columbia Awards and 19 George Foster Peabody Awards.

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After the civil war ended in 1865, Freedom communities (also known as freedmen communities) were established by formerly enslaved African Americans throughout the Central Texas area. Often anchored by churches and with little resources, such communities built their own homes, businesses, and schools from the ground up. Austin Black Freedom Communities sheds light on these often forgotten communities and explores their rich history through interviews with historians, archaeologists, and descendants.

79 min. | Documentary | 2021

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On The Divide follows the story of three Latinx people living in McAllen, Texas who, despite their views, are connected by the most unexpected of places: the last abortion clinic on the U.S./Mexico border. As threats to the clinic and their personal safety mount, these three are forced to make decisions they never could have imagined.

40 min. | Documentary | 2020

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Explore Austin’s high tech origins when innovators and community leaders formed a catalyst that still drives the economy today. Discover how visionaries like Pike Powers, George Kozmetsky, and others created a foundation of collaboration and entrepreneurial spirit.

6 min. | Documentary | 2019

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Following a string of successful tasting parties at his home, Bryan Mitchell a.k.a. ChefDos decides to take a chance and start his own pizzeria, Da Slice.

75 min. | Documentary | 2019

CONTRIBUTING CINEMATOGRAPHER

In Texas, construction workers face the deadliest conditions in the country. Building the American Dream follows three immigrant families who are rising up to seek justice and equality in an industry rife with exploitation.

7 - 18 min. | Web Series | 2019

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Say It Loud is a PBS Digital Studios series that celebrates Black culture, context, and history. Hosts Evelyn from the Internets and Azie Dungey give you a comedic take on identity and pop culture, from Black pride movements to Black Twitter shenanigans. The show explores the complexity of Black experience and finds joy in the many ways Black folks have influenced American life.

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3 min. | Live Performance | 2019

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Conjunto band Los Camaleónes de Tejas perform “El Soltero”.

4 min. | Live Performance | 2019

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Sitarist Indrajit Banerhee performs “Timeless Tapestry”.

4 min. | Documentary | 2018

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Unable to shake the sounds and images of news stories surrounding family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border, rock musician Pearl Turner decides to reach out to her music community and organize a fundraiser to raise awareness on the issue.

6 min. | Documentary | 2018

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BLakchyl is a hip hop artist that provides her community with powerful, effervescent songs that both inspire and reveal the truths of being a black, female, queer emcee living in Austin, Texas.

4 min. | Live Performance | 2018

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Rock band Brownkidz perform “You Know”.

3 min. | Live Performance | 2018

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Singer-songwriter John Zakoor performs “Slow Doubt”.

8 min. | Documentary | 2018

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Working within an industry that is predominantly male-focused, Melissa Cervantes a.k.a. Thunder Rosa has created her own wrestling promotion that prioritizes female wrestlers and supports them on their journey to wrestling stardom.

6 min. | Documentary | 2018

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Payasa is a collaborative photography project in which artists, Andie Flores and Cynthia Muñoz, dress up as clowns and capture surreal self-portarits all around Austin, Texas.

4 min. | Documentary | 2018

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What's the best advice you've ever received? We asked a bunch of artists this question and compiled the best answers into this video. From the practical to the deeply inspirational, these six pieces of advice will help any artist remember why they got into the arts in the first place.

5 min. | Documentary | 2018

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Frida Friday ATX is an artisan market centered around women of color and dedicated to creating a sacred place that allows women to connect, celebrate themselves, and truly form community.

8 min. | Documentary | 2018

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BLXPLTN (Blaxploitation), a politically-charged black punk band based in Austin, TX, discusses their sound, struggles as people of color, and what keeps them going in the Trump era.

8 min. | Documentary | 2017

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Living up to their mission of providing a voice for the Latino community, Adrian Villegas and the LCP troupe have been providing audiences with pop culture and political satire that not only provides big laughs but honest insight into societal issues affecting communities of color.

3 min. | Documentary | 2017

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Looking to preserve and share her culture, Nayeli Miranda teaches the art behind sugar skulls, along with its rich history in the Day of the Dead celebration.

6 min. | Documentary | 2017

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With the goal of recovering and evolving the lost fighting arts of Africa, Da'Mon Stith created the Guild of the Silent Sword as a way to build community and awaken people’s understanding of African culture.

4 min. | Documentary | 2017

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Nook Turner created Jump On It as a different kind of music festival - one that uses hip-hop as a vessel to promote health awareness, entrepreneurism, and community pride.

6 min. | Documentary | 2017

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The first family of New Orleans music, The Neville Brothers have been world ambassadors for their city’s distinctive style of funk, soul, and R&B for four decades. The family band made its recorded debut in 1978 and has been unstoppable ever since, amassing a catalog of classic, rumpshaking albums like Fiyo On the Bayou and Yellow Moon and hits “Brother John/Iko Iko,” “Yellow Moon” and their inimitable take on Leonard Cohen’s “Bird On a Wire.” A mainstay of New Orleans stages and a huge influence on the musicians who followed them, the beloved band took its party around the world. The Nevilles’ three appearances on Austin City Limits in 1979, 1986, and 1995 continued to get groovier, greasier, and more funky with age.

5 min. | Documentary | 2017

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One of the country’s pre-eminent singer/songwriters, Rosanne Cash has released 15 albums of extraordinary songs that have earned multiple Grammy Awards and 11 nominations, as well as 21 Top 40 hits, including 11 No. 1 singles. Her restless musical journey spans nearly four decades and includes a recent career triumph: three 2015 Grammy Awards for her widely-acclaimed album, The River & the Thread. The soul-searching trailblazer has been winning over audiences since she debuted on Austin City Limits in 1983. Cash went on to make six more appearances on the ACL stage, with each performance offering new insight into her creative process.

6 min. | Documentary | 2017

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Roy Orbison possessed one of the most remarkable and recognizable voices in all of music; combined with his easy facility for writing memorable pop songs, it led to superstardom. The Vernon, Texas native’s first success came as a songwriter in the ‘50s, when the Everly Brothers recorded his “Claudette.” But he became a major star starting in 1960 with “Only the Lonely,” beginning a string of hits including “Crying,” “In Dreams,” “Running Scared,” and the immortal “Oh, Pretty Woman.” His melodic gifts, well-timed sense of drama and magnificent voice spoke to generations of music fans – he remains one of the most beloved musical artists of the 20th century.

2 min. | Commercial | 2017

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Welcome to the season of colorful leaves and scents of cinnamon wafting from the kitchen. For my latest seasonal celebration with Target, I invited my coworker besties to join me for a cozy Friendsgiving meal around the table.

45 sec. | Promo | 2017

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Letting Up Despite Great Faults is an American indie pop/dream pop group founded in 2006 by Los Angeles native Mike Lee, who currently resides with the rest of the band in Austin, TX. Pitchfork has dubbed them "shoegaze-y indie pop."

Music | Details Of My World by Letting Up Despite Great Faults

26 min. | Documentary | 2017

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“With the music we listened to growing up, there was no Hispanic Arcade Fire or Radiohead, so the bands you liked didn’t look like you” says Miguel Ojeda who, along with his cousin John Zakoor, named their band Migrant Kids in honor of their migrant worker parents. Ojeda and Zakoor must reckon with a culture clash that most indie bands never have to think about.

Full episode at Arts In Context

26 min. | Documentary | 2017

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Zell Miller III weaves poetry, theater and hip hop culture into every aspect of his groundbreaking work as an interdisciplinary theater artist and educator. As an artist, he pulls from his personal experiences to give context to greater societal strife. As an educator and counselor, Miller empowers his students and his community to tell their own stories in their own ways.

Full episode at Arts In Context

26 min. | Documentary | 2017

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Twenty five years ago, Anuradha Naimpally started Austin Dance India in her garage so that she could share her love of traditional Indian dance with her community. Now, Austin Dance India is the preeminent performance company and school in Austin for Bharata Natyam dance. Naimpally and Austin Dance India empower girls and women and give them a strong, tangible connection to their culture.

Full episode at Arts In Context

8 min. | Documentary | 2016

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In the same manner as many cities across the US, gentrification has proved to be a debilitating and ruthless force that has displaced thousands of people from their communities and erased much of their history within it. THIS IS WHAT WE DO tells the story of a community’s struggle to preserve a historic park in East Austin, TX and prevent the City of Austin from passing a Master Plan that could alter the landscape, along with its rich cultural history. Through the creation of an impromptu event known as Chicano Park Day, the East Austin Community unites to celebrate their culture and openly show the City of Austin their refusal to go unheard.

3 min. | Narrative | 2012

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A man, a van, one special night.

9 min. | Documentary | 2011

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Joel is a young man from Mexico, whose life took on a sudden sense of urgency, when he was diagnosed with blood cancer. Now, having made his way to America with the intent of keeping himself alive, Joel comes to realize the grim reality of life in America and the even greater struggle of trying to survive within it. From being imprisoned for illegal re-entry to not being able to secure work, Joel has faced and continues to face many obstacles in his pursuit to stay alive.