DRUM ROLL PLEASE

New Documentary Highlights Top Marching Bands’ “Road to Houston”

Primarily Black schools are front and center in the yearly National Battle of the Bands competition in Houston

02/06/2023 By Geneva Diaz

Documentary

12 Crime Documentaries Set in the Lone Star State

All over Texas, you'll find everything from the heinous to the downright bizarre when it comes to crime.

12/15/2022 By Shelby Stewart With Anna Rajagopal

FILM

Two Gems You May Have Overlooked at Houston Film Fest

With 40 films screened this year, here are a couple of documentaries that made the virtual portion of the fest worth it.

11/29/2021 By Camilo Hannibal Smith

No Sunshine

Astros Star Alex Bregman Shares His Rehab Journey in New Documentary

The documentary gives fans a look at Bregman's road to recovery after suffering from a quadricep injury earlier this year.

09/23/2021 By Shelby Stewart

Forging New Politics

Meet Steven Garza, the Breakout Boys State Star

Get to know the 19-year-old whose political skills have already made him famous.

01/28/2021 By Chris Gray

Snow Gaze

HGO Brings Wintery Joy to Houston in The Making of the Snowy Day

The new documentary showcases the heart and soul of Ezra Jack Keats’s classic story as well as the challenge of bringing it to the operatic stage.

12/09/2020 By Rebekah Kibodeaux

Now Streaming!

Catch These Free Environmental and Outdoor Films Until March 31

The D.C. Environmental Film Fest is screening its 2020 selections online.

03/27/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Chopped and Screwed: TV Edition

All Screwed Up and the Current State of Houston Rap

Tobe Nwigwe and Isaac “Chill” Yowman discuss DJ Screw’s impact 20 years later.

02/07/2020 By Carlos Brandon

Let's Talk

Women Discuss Restaurant Industry Challenges at Documentary Screening

A panel conversation followed the showing of A Fine Line.

11/15/2019 By Cameron Wallace

Documentary

Your High School Buddy Joined ISIS. Now What?

The award-winning documentary Ghosts of Sugar Land explores the radicalization of a Houston man and the impact it left on a community.

10/18/2019 By Brittanie Shey

Astrowold

Travis Scott, Kylie Jenner, and—Most Importantly—Stormi Webster Walk the Red Carpet Together

The famous trio were in Los Angeles for the premiere of Scott's new Netflix documentary.

08/28/2019 By Morgan Kinney

Typewriter Rodeo

Molly Ivins Comes to the Big Screen

A new documentary inducts the firebrand journalist into the Texas hellraiser hall of fame.

08/27/2019 By Chris Gray

Netflix and No Chill

Travis Scott Surprises Fans with a Netflix Documentary—and a Houston Pop-Up

The superstar rapper signed collectible VHS tapes featuring a 60-second preview of the forthcoming Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly.

08/23/2019 By Abby Ledoux

A League of Their Own

No One Remembered Houston's Trailblazing Pro Women's Football Team. Until Now.

A documentary wants to bring new life to the short-lived Houston Herricanes.

07/22/2019 By Abby Ledoux

All the Buzz

These Elderly Houstonians Started a Kazoo Band. Turns Out It Has Little to Do With Music.

Ode to Joy uses a quirky hobby to explore the realities of aging.

03/01/2019 By Olivia Flores Alvarez

Festival

ReelAbilities 2019 Showcases the Accomplishments of Those With Disabilities

From musicians to Olympians and everyone in between, the annual film and arts festival is back to shine a light on exceptional lives.

02/12/2019 By Olivia Flores Alvarez

Hey Nineteen

Inside the Mind of a Young Cooking Prodigy

Teen Flynn McGarry runs a NYC kitchen and is subject of a movie screening in Houston this weekend.

11/08/2018 By Joanna O'Leary

Troubled Waters

A Year After Harvey, West Houston Remembers

A new documentary highlights the lasting ripples of the release of the Addicks and Barker reservoirs.

09/20/2018 By Morgan Kinney

Harvey Anniversary

Watch: Remembering Some of Houston's Worst Days, One Year Later

A powerful new documentary commemorates the mosaic of heroes who saved a city.

08/25/2018 By Morgan Kinney

Silver Anniversary

Project Row Houses Trains Its Lens on the Third Ward

A special MFAH film series celebrates PRH's 25th anniversary with screenings that include a local artist's short.

07/12/2018 By Shafaq Patel