Thirty-two Oak Cliff graduating seniors were among 75 Dallas ISD students who were named recipients of the annual Superintendent’s Scholarship. Recipients.
The Oak Cliff Film Festival is back. See which films are making their Texas debut
The 10th annual event will bring 57 films to venues around Oak Cliff.
The Texas Theatre is one of the venues screening films during the Oak Cliff Film Festival, which returns June 24-27.(Brandon Wade / Special Contributor)
The Oak Cliff Film Festival is back.
The 10th annual event will return June 24-27 at various venues around Oak Cliff, including the Texas Theatre, Bishop Arts Theatre Center, Kessler Theatre and more. Fifty-seven feature and short films will screen at this year’s festival, with 15 feature-length films making their Texas debut.
Groups such as Black Voters Matter and the Next Generation Action Network will have seminars, rallies and more to honor and remember George Floyd a year after he was killed.
Atatiana Jefferson sisters, Ashley and Amber Carr, were invited to speak on the panel. Jefferson was killed in 2019 by Fort Worth Police Officer Aaron Dean. Tiffany Crutcher was also on the panel. Crutcher’s twin brother Terence Crutcher was shot and killed by Tulsa police in 2016.
Crutcher said this last year has been triggering. Crutcher is here in Dallas after spending time at the nation’s capital pushing for the George Floyd Police Reform Bill - which focuses on changing police techniques and policy.
“There’s still gridlock, there’s still negotiations going on and we as families it’s not about politics as usual,” she said. “It is about meaningful and purposeful legislation that will prevent what happened to Terence Crutcher, Botham Jean, Atatiana Jefferson and George Floyd from happening again.”