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  15th Annual Hill Country Film Festival

  Escape to Fredericksburg for a celebration of independent film with screenings at the Great Hall at Hoffman Haus and the Nimitz Ballroom. HCFF will screen short and feature-length independent films, as well as host filmmaker Q&A, panel discussions, parties and more. Complete details, including film line-up, schedule and ticketing info are available online.

  May 30-June 2  

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  Goblin Live: Dawn of the Dead (1978)

  Austin is the reason that the mighty Goblin started touring the U.S. It was the late Corey Mitchell, founder of the Housecore Horror Film Festival, who first lured the band who scored so many Italian horror classics to cross the Atlantic. Now multitudinous iterations of the masters of gore are fixtures in theatres and cinemas. This time, founding keyboardist Claudio Simonetti brings his version of the soundtrack sorcerers to perform one of their greatest works at a special 45th anniversary screening of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. – Richard Whittaker

  Mon., May 27

  Paramount Theatre

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  God’s Step Children (1938)

  Oscar Micheaux pioneered fighting against mainstream movie-making, shaking up early 20th-century narratives by showing Black life, with Black people, on the celluloid screen. His second picture even directly countered Birth of a Nation. It’s fair to say Micheaux was fearless and dedicated to his vocation. Pay homage to the first major African American feature filmmaker at AFS with this newly restored version of God’s Step Children. Presented as part of their Essential Cinema special programming, Micheaux’s film tackles colorism and interpersonal drama. It’s a tragic tale of abandoned children, fruitless longing, and high stakes. – Cat McCarrey

  Mon., May 27

  AFS Cinema