Dallas actress and independent filmmaker Cheryl Allison’s award-winning documentary, Shatter the Silence, was inspired by the #metoo and #timesup movements. In the film, Texas women and men in D/FW discuss sexual harassment, rape culture, the watershed moment for women, and what the road ahead might look like. After a substantial festival tour, Shatter the Silence is screening this week at the Reel East Texas Film Festival. In anticipation of the screening, Allison and I chat

When I decided to attend a screening of Stacy Has a Thing for Black Guys, I expected to be a voyeur to an awkward conversation about race and sex. But the new independent Dallas film, written and directed by Ruben Carrazana, took me on a different kind of journey. To be honest, I felt uncomfortable from the opening scene, but I think that’s entirely the point. This intimate 3-hander delves deep, and quick, into the lengths we go to in order to please the people we love. The f