Dispatches From Texas: The Cinema of John Carstarphen

Pulitzer Prize finalist Matt Zoller-Seitz called him the "Poet of the Ellipse" for his subtle, artistic, engaging film dialogue. Philadelphia-born and raised African-American writer-director-cinematographer John Carstarphen moved to Dallas, Texas following his education at the renowned American Film Institute in Hollywood. In the ensuing decade of the 1990s, he began creating his groundbreaking cinematic works that speak to the complexities of the Black experience in the South, changing the...