City Council Approves $250k for Quakertown Documentary

On May 2, the City Council approved an ordinance providing $250,000 in funding to the Denton Black Film Festival Institute, Inc. in order to help support a Quakertown docuseries. The Denton Black Film Festival Institute (DBFFI) will be working with Southroad Pictures to produce a four-part documentary relating the history of Quakertown, its displacement, and the community's resilient presence in Southeast Denton.

Funds to support the docuseries were applied from the City of Denton's Tourist and Convention Fund. South Road pictures includes as a managing partner King Hollis, a former resident of Southeast Denton. King Hollis and Lindell Singleton have an impressive record of filmmaking - with documentaries about The Hall of Negro Life at the 1936 Texas Centennial at Fair Park in Dallas and "The Hill", African American neighborhood in Arlington among their recent endeavors.