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Indie Film Guide: Here Comes Summer!

Each week, Fletcher Powell finds the independent and non-commercial films showing in Wichita and the surrounding areas and brings them to you in this handy guide.

This time: Tallgrass and WAM say hello to summer, plus some stuff for kids and a gritty documentary.

Smallgrass at the River Fest

June 5 & 6 at 11:00 and 2:00 each day

Tallgrass Film Association

Exploration Place

Selections from Tallgrass' family-friendly program

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The Gatekeepers

June 5 & 6, 5:30 p.m.

Salina Art Center

Oscar-nominated documentary about Shin Bet, the Israel Security Agency

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

June 10, 6:00 p.m.

Orpheum Theatre

Second movie in the celebrated series

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King Kong

June 13, 7:00 p.m.

Orpheum Theatre

80th anniversary screening of the classic monster movie

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The Endless Summer

June 14, after sundown

Wichita Art Museum

Tallgrass Film Association

1966 surfing documentary follows a 7:00 performance from Kansas City's Sundog Surf Band

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Music: Laika and the Cosmonauts - "Turquoise"

Fletcher Powell has worked at KMUW since 2009 as a producer, reporter, and host. He's been the host of All Things Considered since 2012 and KMUW's movie critic since 2016. Fletcher is a member of the Critics Choice Association.