Films screen the First Tuesday of Every Month!
Note: NO Film on Tuesday, Nov. 5th due to the election. Faders Up Screens on Nov. 12th — the 2nd Tuesday.
FADERS UP: THE JOHN AIELLI EXPERIENCE
Directed by Sam Wainwright Douglas & David Hartstein (in person)
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 (2nd Tuesday due to Election)
POST-FILM Q&A: Film Directors Sam Wainwright Douglas & David Hartstein, KUTX Program Director Matt Reilly. Moderated by Dr. Jason Mellard – Director, Center for Texas Music History at TXST
A cinematic deep-dive into the extraordinary life and career of iconic KUTX radio host John Aielli, best known for his radio program Eklektikos. With a legacy spanning over fifty years on air, Aielli was enigmatic and controversial, and had a profound influence on Austin’s musical diversity and cultural landscape.
Music Doc Prize – SXSW 2024
Best Texas Film – Hill Country Film Fest
This program is supported by the Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Trailer HERE
This Season’s Program
The Grove, Texas
January 9th, 2024
In 1972, Moody Anderson bought a ghost town called The Grove, Texas, near Gatesville, TX, and brought it back to life. Now, nearly four decades later, he faces the heart-wrenching task of dismantling and selling his collection of Americana artifacts used in hundreds of films, from Lonesome Dove to Second Hand Lions to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to the Coen Brothers’ remake of True Grit. The Grove, Texas reveals the emotional storm of doubt, excitement, and sense of closure as Moody puts his life’s passion in the hands of a young auctioneer.
Dance Hall Days
February 6th, 2024
Dance halls were once as common as cattle in Texas. Now, they exist in a time where their past is legend and future uncertain. Feature documentary Dance Hall Days showcases a cast of iconic characters striving to keep these legendary venues alive while one man fights make sure that not one more is lost to history. Featuring Texas’s best dance floors and beer joints with unique archives. RT: 72min.
Breaking The News
March 5th, 2024
Who decides which stories get told? A scrappy group of fearless women and LGBTQ+ journalists buck the white male-dominated status quo, banding together to launch The 19th*, a digital news startup aiming to combat misinformation. A story of an America in flux, and the voices often left out of the narrative, the documentary Breaking the News shows change doesn’t come easy.
The Stars at Night
April 2nd, 2024
The Stars at Night is a feature documentary that explores the connection between astronomy, mythology, and original storytelling. Through expert interviews and an expedition to one of North America’s last truly dark skies we try to discover what impact light pollution is having on our culture, and what stories may have never been told, had the storytellers never seen the stars.
FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE
May 7, 2024
In 1978 during Houston’s gay rights movement, Numbers Nightclub opened as a gay disco in the heart of Montrose – an LGBTQ enclave located in central Houston. Numbers progressed into the ‘80s as the premiere cutting edge music venue and dance club of Houston, becoming a home for the LGBTQ, punk rockers, goths, new wavers, club kids and a myriad of other subcultures. Friday I’m in Love details the nightclub’s long and storied history — mixing personal stories with those of the legendary musicians who performed there (Ministry, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Grace Jones, The Cure, Björk, Nine Inch Nails among them) this powerful documentary celebrates those who ignited and sustained its musical history and legacy of acceptance.
Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
A Black man is troubled by the legacy of American slavery and the misuse of Christianity to justify it. He travels throughout Texas and discovers how the Juneteenth holiday reveals the hope and courage that empowered the formerly enslaved and their descendants to fight for freedom in an often unjust society. (Runtime: 59min)
Runaway Radio
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
“‘Runaway Radio,’ a documentary celebrating the wild and woozy heyday of the pioneering local rock radio station KLOL-FM. On the air from 1970 to 2004, KLOL transformed over its life from shaggy, free-form anarchy to loudmouth, shock-jock insanity, all the while providing the guitar-heavy soundtrack for a couple of generations of head-banging Houstonians,” wrote Cary Darling, the Houston Chronicle arts and entertainment editor. (Runtime 83 minutes)
FADERS UP: THE JOHN AIELLI EXPERIENCE
November 12th, 2024
“Faders Up” takes a cinematic deep-dive into the extraordinary life and career of iconic KUTX radio host John Aielli, best known for his radio program Eklektikos. With a legacy spanning over fifty years on air, Aielli was enigmatic and controversial, and had a profound influence on Austin’s musical diversity and cultural landscape. RT: 81min
General Details
Event held at The Price Center
222 W San Antonio St, San Marcos, TX
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