Documentary

This year, a long-running Denton film festival that focuses on Palestine will focus on attacks on journalists and doctors in the war in Gaza.

The 2026 Denton Black Film Festival will include films about Quakertown, Christian rapper and UNT graduate LeCrae and Stax Records, the label known for distributing Otis Redding’s music. The festival will take place Jan. 28 through Feb. 1, and this year’s programming centers on the theme “Hope & Courage.”

Executive producer Stephen Becker — KERA's own resident film buff and Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voting member — breaks down his favorites of the year.

At the Pan-African Connection explores the South Dallas institution’s role in shaping Dallas’ Black history

A short documentary about a Denton family is among the nominees for the 2025 News & Documentary Emmy Awards.

Stephen Crompton is the director of the short documentary Fake, which will be screening its Texas premiere at the 2025 Thin Line Festival in Denton.

The event kicks off Black History Month at the Dallas venue.

‘Nurse Unseen’ examines the contributions of Filipino nurses to U.S. health care.

"The Heartbeat of Arlington" examines how General Motors opening an assembly plant in the city led to a population boom and led to the introductions of the Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys and Six Flags.

'Herstory: Life in North Dallas Freedman Town' explores the life of Katie Johnson Warren in the segregated community of a Dallas freedman town.

The Briggles described feeling hunted when Texas deputized CPS workers to probe families for abuse. But in Denton, they see a lot of love and light.

The film company behind the Quakertown documentary will be filming at Denton County Historical Park the week of July 8.