Tallgrass Film Festival

10:00AM TIM GRUVER KANSAS SHORTS

Breathless
Citrinitas
ELECTRA WASP
Harmony
Icebox
No Small Parts
Pink Walls: Based on a True Story
The Chronocular Device
The Real Big Brucey

1:00PM MADAME MAE PRESENTS: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body. VIEW TRAILER

Director: Mel Brooks

4:30PM IN THIS OUR LIFE (HATTIE MCDANIEL CELEBRATION)

The day before her wedding, a pampered young woman absconds with her sister’s husband. Her sister begins seeing the woman’s former fiancé. VIEW TRAILER

*Featuring Oscar-winner and Wichita native Hattie McDaniel*

Director: John Huston, Raoul Walsh

The 22nd Annual Festival is dedicated to Celebrating Wichita Native Hattie McDaniel. Before the screening the City of Wichita will present a key to the city to her relatives. A panel discussion will be held after the film with Gordon Parks filmmakers David Parks and Kevin John Goff about Black Representation in Cinema Then and Now.

Hattie McDaniel was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedienne. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar. She was born in Wichita, Kansas. We are partnering with the Kansas African American Museum to host an exhibition and talk with her nephew Kevin John Goff.Filmmaker, actor, and public speaker, Kevin John Goff attributes much of his entrepreneurial spirit to his legendary entertainment family, The McDaniels. The great-grandnephew of Hollywood’s first black artist to win an Oscar (actress Hattie McDaniel, for her work on the 1939 film Gone with the Wind), Goff continues to honor her legacy by inspiring the newest generation to take courage from her trailblazing accomplishments.

When you order, you will receive two tickets: one for IN THIS OUR LIFE (HATTIE MCDANIEL CELEBRATION) and one for the panel BLACK REPRESENTATION IN CINEMA: THEN AND NOW (6pm to 7pm)

If attending both, you may remain in the theater during the short break.

6:00PM BLACK REPRESENTATION ON SCREEN: THEN AND NOW

Join the conversation with Kevin John Goff, David Parks, and our Gordon Parks filmmakers as they discuss representation of Black people on the big and small screen, What’s changed, what’s stayed the same, and what to strive towards in the future.

This free conversation directly follows the screening of the film IN THIS OUR LIVES which is ticketed separately. To attend the film, you must purchase a ticket for that screening.

8:00PM ALBANY ROAD GALA presented by Cargill

It seemed Celeste’s life was on a perfect fairy tale path. She excelled in a demanding job she loved with promotions forthcoming. Then there was her soul mate, Kyle. Theirs was a relationship on the fast track to optimal bliss or at least it seemed. No one could have foreseen the degree to which one person could change the whole trajectory of Celeste’s life, forever. But Kyle’s mother, Paula, had it in for Celeste the moment she laid eyes on the girl who would take away her one and only son. But Paula was not about to let that happen. So, it didn’t. One year after the whole Kyle/Paula debacle and on her way to the most important meeting of her career, Celeste literally bumps into Paula at the airport. Due to bad weather, all flights are cancelled forcing Celeste and Paula to share the only remaining rental car in the airport from NYC to Washington, D.C. In a truly unexpected turn of events, Celeste discovers that Paula is hiding a major secret from everyone, including her son, Kyle. Burdened with this heavy information, Celeste begins to soften towards Paula all the while trying to convince her to tell Kyle the truth she is hiding from him. Paula slowly realizes that she misjudged Celeste and may have made a mistake getting between her and Kyle. As the two begin to create a bond of understanding, the inclement weather conditions force them to take a detour to Paula’s cousin’s house for the night. To both their surprise, there are additional house guests for the evening, including Kyle and his new fiancée! And to be expected, the proverbial crap hits the fan.