Shatara Michelle Ford's well-crafted drama follows an interracial couple in search of a rape kit, but that fraught situation serves as an entry point for other piercing problems. First-time feature ...

A loving interracial relationship begins to fracture in the wake of a rape, in Shatara Michelle Ford's quietly momentous first feature. Eighty-two minutes is not a long time. And yet Shatara Michelle ...

Unlike some of its A-list competitors at the upcoming Independent Spirit Awards, Shatara Michelle Ford‘s debut film “Test Pattern” was funded on nine credit cards the director took out themself.

KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - If you remember the days of black and white television, what’s known as the Indian Head test pattern is likely burned into your memory and your old TV set. Believe it or not, ...

Shatara Michelle Ford’s debut feature Test Pattern addresses sensitive material with clinically painstaking detail. The narrative begins in 2017 at an Austin bar as Renesha (Brittany S. Hall) meets ...