Feature Art Exhibition: AXIS, an exhibition by Demetrius Oliver. Running from January 27 to February 15, 2025

Denton’s new Monopoly board features Denton staples like live music, the Denton Black Film Festival and the Old Alton Bridge. Penny Kimble/DRC.

DBFF featured packed line-up of 80 plus films, dozens of workshops, three art shows, spoken word slam, comedy, dance, gaming competition and a festive Kirk Whalum Concert

For the 10th anniversary of the Denton Black Film Festival 85 films were curated for in various categories and genres. Among these selections the DBFF Film Team ratings resulted in finalists from which the Competitive Jurors selected the Best and the runner up in each category.

The Commish Radio Show podcast with Ed Gray dedicated an episode to Quakertown. Listen as Ed Gray sits down with Rev. Reginald Logan, filmmaker Lindell Singleton, and a special guest recalls the history of Quakertown.

In the heart of Denton, Texas, a cultural phenomenon has been unfolding over the years — the Denton Black Film Festival (DBFF). More than just a cinematic celebration, DBFF stands as a beacon for underrepresented voices, aiming to provide a stage for Black stories and a platform for...

Press Release September 2023- Quakertown Project

Mary Ellen Taylor sat, tall and defiant, in her rocking chair inside her home. Her house was being moved on railroad ties, pulled by a team of mules from Quakertown to a cow pasture across the tracks in Southeast Denton, which in the early 1920s was the outskirts of town…

DBFF will executively produce a documentary film series. Learn more about the crowdfunding campaign

As a cultural-historical landmark, the documentary film highlights only a few of the key early contributors and others who tell part of the museum’s 47-year journey from their perspective.