Brogden Productions

07/07/2024

Last night, Robert & Billie made its television debut on PBS alongside the Ellis Trail To Nicodemus Documentary! The program will be airing twice more on July 18 and 20. If you’re outside of the coverage area for Smoky Hills PBS, the program will also be available on the PBS app or at www.smokyhillspbs.org

05/27/2024

On Saturday, Robert & Billie screened in the Township Hall of Nicodemus, KS, the very building where the eponymous couple met and began their love story seventy years ago! The film was shown as part of this year’s Chautauqua celebration before the premiere of Angela Bates’ extended “Ellis Trail to Nicodemus” documentary, and the program received a standing ovation from the crowd!

Thanks to the Nicodemus Historical Society and Angela Bates, the staff of Nicodemus National Historic Site and the National Park Service, and all those who came out for a great afternoon of history and community!

01/13/2024

Here is the on-demand link to AuroraTV's "Capturing The Dream Through Film" program, featuring Six Nights as well as other films from current and former students of the Cinematic Arts at CCA​. Six Nights is first up in the program, but stick around for three other great short films and interviews!

Thanks once again to Blaine Robinson and the whole team at AuroraTV.

As part of the City of Aurora's 38th annual commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., AuroraTV hosts "Capturing the Dream Through Film" to showcase student films from the Community College of Aurora. The filmmakers discuss their films and talk about what it means to capture the dream.

01/12/2024

A blast from the past! Six Nights will be making its television debut TOMORROW, January 12, on local station AuroraTV as part of a program put together by the city of Aurora, Colorado.

The program features a handful of films by past and present students of Cinematic Arts at CCA as part of the city’s month-long commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. All projects were selected for their relevance to this year’s theme of “Capturing The Dream.”

Tune in tomorrow, Friday, January 12, at 7 pm Mountain on Comcast/Xfinity Channel 8 & 880, or watch live from anywhere at AuroraTV.org. The program will also be available free on-demand after it airs!

12/28/2023

Thanks to Jeff Howard at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival for moderating a thoughtful Q&A after the West Coast premiere of Robert & Billie! Thanks to videographer Matt Van Tine for capturing the conversation as well!

12/26/2023

Robert & Billie has been awarded the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking at this year’s Sherman Oaks Film Festival! Thanks to this delightful festival and all the LA friends and family who attended our West Coast premiere!

11/07/2023

Robert & Billie will make its LOS ANGELES premiere at this year’s Sherman Oaks Film Festival! This festival and its sister festival, Film Invasion L.A., are thoroughly committed to cultivating the LA indie film community, and it’s always an honor to screen with them. The film will screen in the 2PM block on Sunday, December 3, at the LOOK Dine-In Cinema Glendale and will be followed by a Q&A. Come by, grab a bite, and check out some excellent films!

08/31/2023

Robert & Billie will be screening at this year's Tallgrass Film Festival presented by the Tallgrass Film Association in Wichita, KS! This "stubbornly independent" festival is one of the oldest and most respected in Kansas and a perfect place to screen this distinctly Kansan love story. The film will screen as part of the FREE Documentary Shorts block at 11:00 am on Thursday, October 5, at the Wichita Advanced Learning Library!

07/25/2023

You can listen in here on director Robert Brogden III being interviewed by Bob Yates of KKAN/KQMA Radio 92.5 FM for Robert & Billie’s Nicodemus premiere at this coming weekend’s Nicodemus Homecoming Emancipation Celebration!

07/24/2023

Robert & Billie will be making its Nicodemus premiere at this year’s Nicodemus Homecoming Emancipation Celebration! It’s an honor to have the film screen in Nicodemus, KS, where this whole love story began. The film will screen several times on July 29, from 5pm to 7:30pm at the First Baptist Church. The short documentary will screen alongside other Nicodemus-related video work, including the trailer for the highly anticipated “Ellis Trail to Nicodemus” documentary! Stop by this western Kansas party and join the fun!

07/04/2023

Last Saturday, Robert & Billie screened alongside Oscar Micheaux’s Body & Soul at the Free State Festival! In tandem with the festival, the film's subject and star (MSgt Robert Brogden Sr) celebrated his NINTIETH birthday alongside family and friends at The Oread Hotel! A major thanks to the festival and its audience for their warm hospitality, engaging questions, and joining in on a chorus of “Happy Birthday!” Thanks as well to Thomas Felts for the party and event photography!

05/15/2023

Robert & Billie has been selected for the Free State Festival in Lawrence, KS! The short documentary will screen before Body & Soul, a silent-era masterpiece directed by the legendary Oscar Micheaux! Body & Soul will feature live musical accompaniment from Paul “DJ Spooky” Miller, who composed a new score for the film as part of its recent restoration by the George Eastman Museum.

This festival will also feature new work from some current legends like Boots Riley and Kevin Willmott!

The screening will take place at 8:00 pm CDT on July 1 at the Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, KS!