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Free State Festival Passes Now On Sale
The Free State Festival All Access Pass… The BEST Way to Fest! Free State Festival 2023 is coming up June 26-July 2 and All Access Passes are now on sale! For just $100, you’ll experience an entire...
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Free State Fest on Letterboxd!
Exciting news! Just in time for Free State Fest 2023, Free State Film Society Member/ local scribe Joel Mathis is going to be doing some Letterboxing for us (THANK YOU, JOEL)! What is Letterboxd, you...
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Lawrence Journal-World: Free State Festival to ‘reinvigorate the love of cinema’
By Rochelle Valverde The Lawrence Free State Festival is preparing to raise the curtain on its annual showcase of independent film, live music, comedy and art, including events that seek to unite the...
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Free State Fest 2023 Unveils Artwork by Dayon Royster
This year’s festival poster was designed by Iowa based print artist Dayon Royster! Inspired by silent film pioneer Oscar Micheaux (whose image appears prominently in the foreground of the poster),...
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New Trailer for The Embarrassment Documentary Featured in SPIN Magazine
With anticipation mounting for the June 30 screening and reunion concert for We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember: The Embarrassment, a new trailer has just been released and is already making national...
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New Boots Riley Show in the New York Times
“The giant teenager in Boots Riley’s new series, I’m a Virgo, is among television’s boldest moves in a while,” says the New York Times. Click here to read more about this new series helmed by Free...
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Thank you for an inspiring Free State Festival 2023!
Free State Festival 2023 brought audiences and artists together both near and far for a full week of community-building experiences from June 26-July 2. From the inspiring opening night at the Dole...
View ArticleLittle Satchmo Director John Alexander Featured in The Pitch
Director John Alexander’s Little Satchmo illuminates an unknown side of one of America’s greatest entertainers by Nick Spacek “This upcoming August 18 screening at the Lawrence Arts Center is...
View ArticleKSHB-41: Filmmaker creates ‘Kansas City Dreamin,’ documents history of city’s...
The new documentary, by filmmaker Diallo Javonne French, marks Kansas City’s African American music culture and its importance to American music — from Jazz, to Hip hop, rock ‘n’ roll and soul music...
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Free State Festival Highlighted in The Pitch’s Best of Kansas City 2023
The 2023 Free State Festival received an editor’s highlight in The Pitch’s Best of Kansas City 2023! Arts and Culture scribe Patrick Sprehe penned the aptly headlined feature “Free State Film Festival...
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