CHOCTAW FILMMAKER LAUNCHES TULSA PREMIERE WITH BEST DOCUMENTARY JURY AWARD AT CIRCLE CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL

Spotlighting Oklahoma’s Kiamichi River & Local Water Stories

While filming the feature documentary Drowned Land, Director Colleen Thurston wanted to showcase the diversity of the animal life in the Ouachita Mountains and around the Kiamichi River in Oklahoma, including the active black bear population. A few missed shots and a wild bear chase later, they did catch a bear on film—but not in the way they expected!