Thanks to everyone who attended the KLRU Community Screening with David Brancaccio and Ellen Spiro on their documentary Fixing The Future.
In Fixing the Future: NOW on PBS, David Brancaccio visits communities across America, including Austin, using innovative approaches to create jobs and build prosperity. After the economic meltdown of 2008, the nation stands in urgent need of economic growth that’s not based on risky financial bets placed by Wall Street. Brancaccio talks to working Americans who are re-engineering the future, built on American values of commonwealth, shared prosperity, fairness, wellness, sustainability and creativity. Here are ways to get involved.
Special thanks to our sponsors Austin Community College, Live Oak Brewing and Texas Coffee Traders.
Join KLRU and the Austin Film Society on Thursday, Nov. 18, for a special Community Screening with David Brancaccio in attendance. Director Ellen Spiro will also be on hand to talk about her involvement in this documentary. The event begins at 7:30 pm and doors open at 7. The event is free but an rsvp is required. RSVP here
In Fixing the Future: NOW on PBS, David Brancaccio visits communities across America, including Austin, using innovative approaches to create jobs and build prosperity. After the economic meltdown of 2008, the nation stands in urgent need of economic growth that’s not based on risky financial bets placed by Wall Street. Brancaccio talks to working Americans who are re-engineering the future, built on American values of commonwealth, shared prosperity, fairness, wellness, sustainability and creativity.
Special thanks to our sponsors Austin Community College and Live Oak Brewing.
KLRU and The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History invite you to preview When I Rise, an inspirational story about finding forgiveness, on Thursday, September 9. RSVP to this free event now.
A gifted black music student at the University of Texas is thrust into a civil rights storm that changes her life forever. Barbara Smith Conrad is cast in an opera to co-star with a white male classmate, fueling a racist backlash from members of the Texas legislature. Conrad goes on to become an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano and headlines on stages around the world. A behind-the-scenes discussion will follow the screening with special guests including director Mat Hames.
KLRU Community Screenings: When I Rise
Thursday, September 9
Screening begins at 7:30 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m.
KLRU’s Austin City Limits studio 6A (map) RSVP here
Discounted parking for this event will be available in the San Antonio parking garage. You must bring your garage ticket to the event to receive the discount.
KLRU Community Screenings made possible with support from
Austin Community College,
The Austin Chronicle, KUT 90.5 FM, Frank, Texas Coffee Traders and Live Oak Brewing Company.
Special thanks to Alpheus Media, Allentown Productions and Screen Door Films
KLRU and Reel Women present a screening and discussion of Austin filmmaker Karen Skloss’ new documentary Sunshine. The event begins at 8 p.m. with a behind-the-scenes discussion featuring Skloss and key producing, shooting and design crew members as well as the single parents who participated in the film. Following the discussion, KLRU will host a screening of the Independent Lens television debut of Sunshine at 9 p.m. RSVP now
KLRU Community Screenings featured a panel discussion with three Austin filmmakers who work is appearing in this season of Independent Lens. Michel O. Scott’s “The Horse Boy” will air on May 11, Karen Skloss’ “Sunshine” will air on May 4 and Keith Maitland’s “The Eyes of Me” aired on March 2. Here is a short exert from the discussion, which was moderated by Filmmaker and University of Texas Professor Paul Stekler.
Thanks to everyone who attended the KLRU Community Screening on Texas independent film and the broadcast premier of Independent Lens “Eyes of Me.” Get web exclusive video from the film and find out more about the students at the Independent Lens web site pbs.org/independentlens
On March 2, KLRU will commemorate Texas Independents’ Day by celebrating the work of three local filmmakers whose work has reached a national audience on PBS. For the first time ever, three Austin-based projects have been selected for PBS’s Emmy-award winning series Independent Lens.
Filmmaker and University of Texas Professor, Paul Stekler will moderate a panel discussion with Michel O. Scott (The Horse Boy), Karen Skloss (Sunshine), and Keith Maitland (The Eyes of Me) starting at 8 p.m. Following the discussion, KLRU will host a screening of the Independent Lens broadcast of The Eyes of Me at 9 p.m. RSVP here
Space is limited so RSVP today. For those who cannot attend the screening, you can watch the Independent Lens broadcast of The Eyes of Me at 9 p.m. on KLRU, broadcast 18-1, cable 9.
Discussion starts at 8 p.m. Screening at 9 p.m.
Doors open at 7 p.m.
KLRU Community Screenings made possible thanks to our partners
Austin Community College,
The Austin Chronicle, KUT 90.5 FM and Live Oak Brewing Company.
Thanks to everyone who attended the KLRU Community Screening for Native American Heritage Month. We featured a screening of Independent Lens “Power Paths” and a panel discussion on energy and Native American issues. Special thanks to our panelists Gerald Torres, Dr. Shannon Speed and Michael Holland. As always, KLRU Community Screenings are made possible with support from Austin Community College and Live Oak Brewery. With additional support from our media sponsors The Austin Chronicle and KUT.
November’s KLRU Community Screening is Nov. 17 at 7 p.m at KLRU. We’ll be showing the film “Power Paths” and have a panel discussion on energy issues. RSVP here
Confirmed speakers include:
Michael Holland is General Counsel at PowerFin Partners — a provider of financing for cost-competitive and reliable turnkey solar systems. Prior to joining PowerFin, Holland worked with the UT Humanities Institute and UT Law School’s Rapoport Center for Human Rights. Holland has extensive experience in Indian law (having worked with tribes and tribal corporations on various legal matters), chairing the Yale NALSA (Native American Law Students’ group), organizing and leading a course on Federal Indian law and co-founding the Longhorn American Indian Council at UT.
Dr. Shannon Speed is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Texas. She was recently named assistant vice president for community engagement in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE) at The University of Texas at Austin where she is responsible for community partnerships through the Community Engagement Incubator, the Volunteer and Service Learning Center, the Regional Foundation Library, the Institute for Community, University and School Partnerships, the DDCE Faculty Fellows Program, the African American Men and Boys Harvest Foundation, and Art and Social Engagement. Additionally she remains coordinator of the Indigenous Studies Initiative.
Gerald Torres is the Bryant Smith Chair in Law at The University of Texas School of Law and a former president of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). A leading figure in critical race theory, Torres is also an expert in agricultural and environmental law. Previously, Torres served as deputy assistant attorney general for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and as counsel to then U.S. attorney general Janet Reno. Torres has served on the board of the Environmental Law Institute, the National Petroleum Council and on EPA’s National Environmental Justice Advisory Council.
KLRU Community Screenings made possible with support from Austin Community College
