What: Second-year students of the University of North Texas' master of fine arts program in documentary film production will present documentaries they created during the 2014-2015 academic year.

When: 7 p.m. May 8 (Friday)

Where: Room 184 of UNT's Radio, Television, Film and Performing Arts Building, 1179 Union Circle

Cost: Free

Contact: Tania Khalaf, associate professor in UNT's Department of Media Arts, at khalaf@unt.edu

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Bigfoot, marching bands and fracking are some of the subjects of documentaries created by University of North Texas students that will be screened at 7 p.m. May 8 (Friday). The free screening will be in Room 184 of UNT's Radio, Television, Film and Performing Arts Building, 1179 Union Circle.

A total of six documentaries will be shown. Second-year students in the Department of Media Arts' master of fine arts program in documentary film production created the documentaries.

UNT student-produced documentaries have been screened at many film festivals after their premieres at UNT, including the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, Dallas International Film Festival and NewFilmmakers New York Spring Series. Alumni are producing films as tenured professors and university instructors, as independent and freelance directors, and for AMS Pictures in Dallas and CCTV Documentary Channel in Beijing, China.

Documentaries included in the May 8 screening will be shown in this order:

• Community Cryptid – This documentary focuses on Bigfoot conferences in East Texas and Arkansas, where experts and enthusiasts gather to share research, stories and fellowship. Directed by David Goodman.
• Nowhere Land – In April 2013, a fertilizer plant exploded in West, Texas, a small city with a strong Czech heritage. This documentary explores the ways that West is rebuilding its structure and cultural heritage. Directed by Jakob Schwarz.
• Life Altering – This documentary captures the life-altering effects a divorce has on the relationship between the filmmaker and his daughter. Directed by Robert Bowen.
• Marching Home – This documentary will show viewers what collegiate show style marching band is all about as it follows Grambling State University's World Famed Tiger Marching Band preparing for one of the State Fair Classic football games in Dallas. Directed by Tuarean Hodge.
• Don't Frack with Denton – This documentary focuses on a very creative town that won the first ban on hydraulic fracturing in Texas and managed to upstage the oil and gas industry with the power of music and community organizing. Directed by Garrett Graham.
• Hustler of Providence – This documentary follows the journey of Rich, a drug addict turned street-wise addiction counselor. Directed by John Martin.