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Mekko premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June 2015. [4] [5] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival; [6] the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, where it was named best feature film; [7] the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, where it was named best narrative feature; [8] and at the 2015 American Indian Film ...
Pages in category "Films set in Tulsa, Oklahoma" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The film tells a story about the Tulsa, Oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s and how obsession with accumulating wealth and power can tend to corrupt moral character. [2] The tale begins with the death of rancher Nelse Lansing, who is killed by an oil well blowout while visiting Tanner Petroleum to report that pollution from Tanner's oil production has killed some of his cattle. [4]
The Mayo Hotel was built in 1925, designed by architect George Winkler, and financed by John D. and Cass A. Mayo. [2] The base of two-story Doric columns supports fourteen floors marked with false terracotta balconies, and a two-story crown of stone and a dentiled cornice [3] At the time the 600-room hotel was the tallest building in Oklahoma.
1912-14, remodeled 1930, additions 1952: 1930 remodel, Bruce Goff: Still in use as 3200 seat performing arts center. Majestic Theater, 406 S. Main St. 1917 (1,000 seats) Beau Arts style. First theater in Tulsa designed for movies, first in Tulsa with sound system, and first in Tulsa with Pipe Organ. Showed first talkie in Tulsa and first 3-D ...
Aug. 19—It may be longtime local lore, but I hadn't either seen the movie or looked into the story until recently. Our cover story this week is about Rio Rancho. I remember when I moved to ...
The film examines the underlying racial tensions in Tulsa, Oklahoma, through two central events, the 1921 race riots and the 2012 "Good Friday Murders." Through interviews with a variety of scholars and public figures, the documentary explores the roots of American racial animosity, presenting Tulsa as a microcosm of the American social, cultural, and racial landscape, and scrutinizing the ...
The Oil Capital Historic District (OCHD) is an area in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma that commemorates the success of the oil business in Tulsa during the early 20th century. During this period, Tulsa was widely known as "The Oil Capital of the World." The area is bounded by 3rd Street on the north and 7th Street on the south, Cincinnati Avenue on ...