In-person appearances by filmmaker John Waters, comedian Cameron Esposito and musicians The Black Creatures are among some of the highlights of Free State Festival’s Act Two.
And no Lawrence-based film celebration would be complete without Kevin Willmott, the Oscar-winning University of Kansas professor of film and media studies.
Organizers have planned “An Evening of Oscars: Celebrating Kevin Willmott and Oscar Micheaux,” who was a Black silent film pioneer, on April 13.