Film

In part due to a budding friendship and a lost set of keys, local artist Caleb Rainey became the subject of a new documentary film, The Negro Artist.

The 48 Hour Horror Film Project — a spin-off of the long-running 48 Hour Film Project — had amateur filmmaking teams racing to create the spookiest, bloodiest, creepiest films they could. Des Moines producer Samuel Pace-Tuomi reflects on his final year leading the project.

A newly independent Nigeriais the setting for author Afabwaje Kurian's debut novel.

Will & Harper stars the two longtime friends on a road trip as they reconnect and explore Steele’s trans identity. The film will screen daily for two weeks at FilmScene beginning Sept. 13 before dropping on Netflix.

Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth?, a three-part documentary about the unsolved murder of two Evansdale girls, has spent several weeks on Max’s Top 10 series list.

The 21st edition of the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival is this weekend at Collins Road Theatres in Marion. The festival runs from April 5 - 7 and features 57 films — all with an Iowa connection.

The Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival shows 57 films with Iowa connections from all over the country.

Only 72 Black farmers in Iowa were reported in the 2017 Census of Agriculture, but they're all invited to the first Iowa Black Farmers conference this Des Moines.

In 1984, the film Stop Making Sense released and made music and cinematic history by creating a new movie-concert experience. The film, directed by Jonathan Demme, brought viewers into Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues tour. Now celebrating its 40th anniversary, film studio A24 is releasing a re-mastered version for a whole new generation of audiences to enjoy.

The 99-year-old film that was lost for decades is making its way to a small Iowa town for the first time. First released in Austria in 1924, The City Without Jews is a silent-era satire with a complicated history.