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The Low Turn Row: A Journey in Time

Date & Time

Sun. Sep. 20, 2026 2 PM-3:30 PM

Location Main Campus | Law Building

Parking at Beck Garage
Drop off at Beck Building

Film Information

Theater Brown Auditorium Theater, digital
Directed by Wendy Watriss, Frederick Baldwin, and John Simmons
Year 2018
Length 25 minutes
Country USA
Language English

Call for Questions 713-639-7531

Email Your Questions [email protected]

The Low Turn Row: A Journey in Time

Date & Time

Sun. Sep. 20, 2026 2 PM-3:30 PM

Location Main Campus | Law Building

Parking at Beck Garage
Drop off at Beck Building

Film Information

Theater Brown Auditorium Theater, digital
Directed by Wendy Watriss, Frederick Baldwin, and John Simmons
Year 2018
Length 25 minutes
Country USA
Language English
Post-film discussion with Wendy Watriss, photographer and cofounder of FotoFest; filmmaker John Simmons; and associate producer Celia Lightfoot; moderated by Omowale Luthuli-Allen, human rights activist
 
Experience the stories of people who settled the U.S. frontier and their histories, which have shaped the social and political character of the nation today. Wendy Watriss and Frederick Baldwin, life partners, founders of FotoFest, and acclaimed freelance photographers, left global reporting in 1971 to explore the American experience. In an iconic series of photographs, they lived with people whose families developed an East Central Texas county. With Emmy Award–winning cinematographer John Simmons, Watriss and Baldwin revisited this area decades later, photographing and recording residents about the complexities of integration and community history.  

Tickets
  • $9 general admission; $7 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+)
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About the Speakers
Omowale Luthuli-Allen is an international human rights activist and a community involvement coordinator for My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) in Houston. Photographer Wendy Watriss is cofounder of the Houston photography biennial FotoFest, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026. John Simmons is a photographer, filmmaker, and cinematographer. Celia Lightfoot is an educator and associate producer of The Low Turn Row: A Journey in Time.

Call for Questions 713-639-7531

Email Your Questions [email protected]

Community Partners: FotoFest, Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP), and Houston Cinema Arts Society