Documentary

The Arkansas Cinema Society is again hosting its signature event, FILMLAND, a film festival bringing together writers, directors, and actors from across the state and country to Little Rock. Jack Travis spoke with director E. Vincent Martinez about the new documentary, Iron Pearls.

Filmmaker Randall Nickerson revisits a 1994 Zimbabwe UFO sighting witnessed by 60 schoolchildren in "Ariel Phenomenon," screening at Rogers' Malco theater July 23.

A new documentary premiering in Bentonville tells the story of Aaron "Rock" Van Winkle, a formerly enslaved man whose lumber built homes and landmarks across Northwest Arkansas, including Old Main.

Antonio Tarrell and Castel Sweet's documentary "Evidence of Our Existence," about Holly Springs' Behind the Big House tour, premiered at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.

Ellen Jovin and Brandt Johnson discuss their documentary "Rebel with a Clause," which follows Jovin's pop-up grammar table across all 50 states. It screens Saturday at the Fayetteville Public Library.

Documentarian Ken Burns visited Crystal Bridges Museum as part of its Building Bridges lecture series, discussing his new PBS series on the American Revolution's violence, myths and democracy.

KOBV DJ Theron Sunderland hosts a free, no-reservation drop-in session with Korg Volca drum machines at the Fayetteville Public Library, Saturday, 2-4 p.m.

Choctaw filmmaker Colleen Thurston brings her documentary about the fight to protect the Kiamichi River to 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville Thursday at 6 p.m. Admission is free.

Documentarian Ken Burns joined Crystal Bridges' Building Bridges lecture series Friday, discussing his six-part PBS series on the Revolution and the mythology surrounding George Washington.

The Source Dispensary CEO Amanda Strickland and reggae artist Rochelle Bradshaw discuss their Arkansas cannabis documentary ahead of a free screening at Dope Medicinal Wellness in Fayetteville.