Showcase Screening: DEEP IN THE HEART (Thurs. May 12 Strauss Square 6:45pm)

2403 Flora Street,Dallas TX 75201

12 May, 2022

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Thursday May 12, 6:45pm - Opening Night Showcase Screening: DEEP IN THE HEART Opening Night Feature Film: DEEP IN THE HEART Thursday, May 12: STRAUSS SQUARE 6:45PM Featured Musician: WILL HOGE Short Film: LIKE A RIVER Doors at 6:00pm | Music at 6:45pm | Films at 7:30pm Directed by award winning filmmaker Ben Masters, Deep in the Heart is a visually stunning celebration of Texas’ diverse landscapes and remarkable wildlife found nowhere else. Told through the eyes of wildlife species ranging from the mysterious blind catfish to the elusive mountain lion, the film follows our ever-changing relationship with the natural world and how we affect it. Narrated by beloved Texan, Matthew McConaughey, the film aims to safeguard our remaining wild places and to recognize the importance of Texas’ conservation on a continental scale. Featured Speaker: BEN MASTERS Ben Masters is an award winning filmmaker and writer with a focus on wildlife and adventure stories. His films have been distributed on Netflix, National Geographic, STARZ and PBS. Masters has worked with The Wildlife Society, Borderlands Research Institute, YETI, Texas Parks and The Wildlife Foundation. A proud Texan, Masters loves riding a good horse through new country, filming wildlife stories that haven’t been documented before and using movies to help conserve wildlife and wild places. Opening Night Short Film + Festival Featured Artist: LIKE A RIVER (dir. Jim Aikman) Runtime: 4min Year: 2021 Artist and climber Jeremy Collins has had a long and loving relationship with the desert canyons of the American southwest. He describes his passion for three canyons, and creates a new mural that combines them on paper in the short film Like a River. Screening Times: Thurs May 12: 1:30pm - Hall Arts Thurs May 12: 6:45pm - Strauss Square Sat May 14: 8pm - Hamon Hall Featured Speaker: JEREMY COLLINS Jeremy Collins, subject of short film LIKE A RIVER, is our featured artist at the 2022 EarthX Film Festival. He will be doing a live installation at Hall Arts during the length of the festival. Opening Night Featured Musician: WILL HOGE For two decades, Will Hoge has carried the torch for American Rock & Roll, carving out his own blue-collar sound rooted in amplified guitars, melodic hooks, southern soul and rootsy stomp. It’s a sound that nods to the best moments of the past — the punch of Tom Petty’s anthems; the countrified twang of Buck Owens’ singing; the raw, greasy cool of the Rolling Stones — while still pushing forward into new territory, with Hoge’s storytelling and larger-than-life voice leading the charge. https://www.earthxfilmfestival.org