Austin Revealed: Civil Rights Stories - Politics & Desegregation

Over two days I sat in an East Austin Church and was fortunate to interview Austin civil rights leaders. Two days after #MLK was assassinated, Wilhelmina Delco became the first African American elected to public office in Austin, Texas. Watch this interview produced for @klru  

 

Wilhelmina Delco, the first African American elected to public office in Austin, Texas, recounts why it was important for her to run for the school board. ----------------------- This project is produced in conjunction with THE AFRICAN AMERICANS: MANY RIVERS TO CROSS.

'WHAT WAS OURS' Premieres on PBS Independent Lens

On January 16, 2017,  award-winning documentary 'What Was Ours' premiered nationally on US television as part of the PBS' series Independent Lens. Check your local PBS station for future broadcasts. You can watch on Amazon and on FireTV devices here.  To purchase the film on Blu Ray, standard HD DVD, digital, or for Educational Usage, visit the film's distributor, Vision Maker Media. Keep up to date on theatrical screenings here.

"Never Conquered" Published by the Atlantic

A short documentary about my friend Eastern Shoshone elder Philbert McLeod was commissioned by Independent Lens. "Never Conquered", was published as an Editor’s Pick by The Atlantic . Watch the whole film here. Directed by Mat Hames and produced by Stephen Talbot and Lois Vossen for Independent Lens. Cinematography by David Layton and Wilson Waggoner. Edited by Mat Hames and Ginny Patrick, score by Nathan Halpern. Special thanks to Stephen Talbot.