Fourth Wall Films

08/19/2024

WINNER! - BEST DOCUMENTARY. Thank you, Alternating Currents! Congratulations to everyone involved in this film!

08/16/2024

Our uplifting "Moved by Waters" film screens not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES this weekend during Alternating Currents at The Last Picture House. We are very pleased to be included in the DOCUMENTARY BLOCK. Check it out! (EDIT: If you visit the theater website, the film fest blocks are listed, but they all say "No Tickets Available". The film fest screenings are FREE--no tickets needed. Don't stay away because you think there are no seats available!) 🙂

08/14/2024

08/13/2024

TONIGHT! Join us, conservationist Brad Friedhof and environmental geologist Steve Gustafson in Iowa City at 6:30PM. Co-hosted by Johnson County Conservation!

This free program was made possible by a grant from Roger Ross Gipple--thank you, Roger!

08/09/2024

Remembering and celebrating Bob Ontiveros next Friday, Aug. 16th at Mercado On Fifth!

Join us on August 16th for a night to remember as we celebrate the heavenly birthday of the one and only Bob Ontiveros, founder of Mercado on Fifth! 🥳✨

📅 Date: August 16th, 2024
📍 Location: 5th Ave
🎶 Live Music: Sonora Dinamita de Colombia
🎧 The CEO MR. DJ ICE from Deus Entertainment Radio will be on the 1’s and 2’s right here on 5th Ave!
🛍️ Vendors Galore: Awesome eats, unique finds, and much more!

This event is proudly sponsored by Group O and promises to be a blast with great food, fantastic music, and an unforgettable time. Don’t miss out on the fun—come and help us make Bob’s birthday celebration the highlight of the year!

Mark your calendars, grab your friends, and get ready to party! 🎂🎈

08/09/2024

08/06/2024

TODAY at the Robert R. Jones Library in Coal Valley! See you at 1PM for this special Hero Street screening and program.

The Robert R. Jones Library is located at 900 1st Street, Coal Valley, Illinois. HeroStreetMovie.com

Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films will present “An Infantryman from Hero Street” on Tuesday, August 6 at 1:00 p.m. at the Robert R. Jones Library, 900 1st Street, Coal Valley, Illinois. A Q&A with the Rundles will follow the 30-minute film.

08/03/2024

Coming to Iowa City August 13!

Documentary focuses on diverse groups and individuals working together for the health of the Upper Mississippi Watershed.

08/02/2024

We are excited to announce that the 3rd Season of Pulling Focus Film Festival is now accepting early bird submissions at a discounted fee! Filmmakers are encouraged to submit their films and take advantage of this special offer. To submit your film, please use this link: https://filmfreeway.com/TheQuadCitiesAfricanAmericanfilmfestival
Don't miss this opportunity to be part of a vibrant celebration of African-American cinema.

08/01/2024

We are pleased that our documentary MOVED BY WATERS is an Official Selection at Alternating Currents and will screen at The Last Picture House, Friday, August 16 7P; Saturday, August 17 3P; Sunday, August 18 1:30P. Spread the word! https://www.alternatingcurrentsqc.com/

Partners of Scott County Watersheds
Re-Wilding Iowa and Beyond
Kelly Rundle
Roger Ross Gipple

07/31/2024

Join us on Tuesday, August 6 in Coal Valley!

Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Moline-based Fourth Wall Films will present a special screening of episode 4, "An Infantryman from Hero Street" on August 6 in Coal Valley.

07/29/2024

We are looking forward to bringing MOVED BY WATERS to Iowa City on August 13th and to joining with conservationist Brad Friedhof for a 'talk back' discussion following the film program. Special thanks to our host Johnson County Conservation, and to Roger Ross Gipple!

Johnson County Conservation
Re-Wilding Iowa and Beyond
Partners of Scott County Watersheds

Emmy award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films turned their lens on the Upper Mississippi watershed in Iowa and Illinois for their new documentary “Moved by Waters”. The award-winning film will be presented on Tuesday, August 13th, 6:30 p.m. at the Iowa City Public Lib...

07/27/2024

The orginal DVD version of our award-winning historical documentary film "Lost Nation: The Ioway" will SOON BE OUT OF PRINT. We still have a few copies of this feature-packed DVD and we're offering them for just $15 each with FREE media mail shipping. YOU MUST use the link or QR code to order. Thank you for supporting our ongoing American history film work through your purchase! https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/2RFBTEPYZBXP6

07/26/2024

The orginal DVD version of our award-winning historical documentary film "Lost Nation: The Ioway" will SOON BE OUT OF PRINT. We still have a few copies of this feature-packed DVD and we're offering them for just $15 each with FREE media mail shipping. YOU MUST use the link below to order. Thank you for supporting our ongoing American history film work through your purchase! https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/2RFBTEPYZBXP6

07/23/2024

Our thanks to WQAD's Shelby Kluver for having Fourth Wall Films' Kelly Rundle on THE CURRENT today to discuss Hero Street: A Documentary Film Series and the upcoming special showing of our Emmy-nominated "An Infantryman from Hero Street" in Coal Valley at the Robert R. Jones Library on Tuesday, August 6 at 1 p.m. View the segment here: https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/the-current/hero-street-moline-coal-valley-silvis-troops-film-q-and-a-meet-filmmakers/526-fc96f440-7504-44ae-886a-29ef5e1e79f1

More details at HeroStreetMovie.com.

07/22/2024

WQAD-TV8 will talk with Kelly Rundle about Fourth Wall Films' Emmy-nominated AN INFANTRYMAN FROM HERO STREET and the work on the Hero Street documentary series. Tune in at 4pm tomorrow, Tuesday July 23! HeroStreetMovie.com

07/22/2024

Fourth Wall Films' Emmy Award-winning documentary “An Infantryman from Hero Street” will presented at the Robert R. Jones Library in Coal Valley on Tuesday, August 6 at 1:00 p.m. A Q&A with filmmakers Kelly & Tammy Rundle will follow the film. Visit HeroStreetMovie.com for more details.

"An Infantryman from Hero Street" was partially funded by grants from the Illinois Humanities, the Moline Regional Community Foundation. This project was supported by Quad City Arts re-granting program Arts Dollars, supported by the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Hubbell-Waterman Foundation, and the Quad Cities Community Foundation - Isabel Bloom Art Education Endowment.

Image: Manny Juarez as Joseph Sandoval, one of the Hero Street Eight from Silvis, Illinois.

07/16/2024

Fourth Wall Films is very pleased to announce that "Resurrecting Forest Grove" is an Official Selection at the September 5-7, 2024 Iowa Independent Film Festival in Mason City and Clear Lake. The film was chosen from among more than 200 entries from around the world. Congratulations to everyone in front of and behind the camera in this special film project! More info and tickets: https://www.iifilmfestival.org/

06/18/2024

It was a magical evening at Bass Street Landing where hundreds of people gathered to celebrate Pride Month in QC. We were working, gathering footage for the Pride in Memory documentary, but the event was great fun, beautiful and inspirational. A big shout out to the host of the event, The Project of the Quad Cities!

QC PRIDE
Quad Cities Pride in Memory
Metropolitan Community Church of the Quad Cities

The fourth-annual Pride Party at Bass Street Landing in Moline on Saturday, June 15, 2024 was hosted by The Project of the Quad Cities and drew hundreds of people to celebrate Pride Month in the Quad Cities.

06/17/2024

WE ARE PROUD! MOVED BY WATERS and excerpts from three other films by Fourth Wall Films are among content and events selected from thousands of submissions from over 500 cultural and civic institutions across the United States for the fourth annual Civic Season that begins on Juneteenth and ends July 4th. Our new award-winning environmental film MOVED BY WATERS (2024), and excerpts from RESURRECTING FOREST GROVE (2023), SONS & DAUGHTERS OF THUNDER (2019), and THE AMISH INCIDENT: WISCONSIN v. YODER (2020) are showcased on the Civic Season website. Read more: https://docublogger.typepad.com/fourth_wall_films/2024/06/national-civic-season-event-2024-features-documentaries-by-fourth-wall-films.html

Made By Us
Partners of Scott County Watersheds
Re-Wilding Iowa and Beyond
Forest Grove School Preservation

06/11/2024

Tonight FREE special presentation of MOVED BY WATERS and Talkback at the Waterloo Center for the Arts, 225 Commercial, Waterloo, IA. Hosted by the Sierra Club - Cedar Prairie Group. Reception 6:30PM, program 7P-8P. We hope to see you there! This free public event was made possible by a grant from Roger Ross Gipple--thank you, Roger!

FourthWallFilms.com

Re-Wilding Iowa and Beyond
Waterloo Center for the Arts
Partners of Scott County Watersheds
Iowa Chapter Sierra Club

06/11/2024

It was 112 years ago today on Monday June 10, 1912 that the bodies of Josiah and Sara Moore, their four children (Herman, Katherine, Boyd and Paul), and two overnight guests, Lena and Ina Stillinger were discovered in the Moore home in Villisca, Iowa. All were brutally murdered with an axe. Twenty years ago tonight, we premiered our first documentary VILLISCA: LIVING WITH A MYSTERY at the State Historical Building in Des Moines with historian/FIEND INCARNATE author Edgar Epperly joining us for Q&A. Ed and Joyce have become longtime friends. It took us ten years to see that project through and we are forever grateful to the MANY who helped and supported us along the way--Mary Lindberg our executive producer among them. We will always be haunted by the tragedy that took place in Villisca. We respectfully remember the eight victims, their families, their friends, and their community.

VilliscaMovie.com VilliscaBook.com

06/07/2024

AN AMAZING OPENING NIGHT OF FILM at the Pulling Focus African American Film Festival of The Quad Cities last night! We made some new friends during the evening, and hooked up with our documentary filmmaking friends Marie Wilkes and Kevin Kelley of New Mile Media Arts ("Stout Hearted: George Stout and the Guardians of Art", "Standing Strong: Elizabeth Catlett"). We highly recommend getting out this weekend to see the incredible films screening at the Lincoln Center, Putnam Museum, the Figge Art Museum, The Last Picture House, and meet the filmmakers and enjoy other special festival events organized by festival directors Gaye Shannon Burnett and filmmaker Jonathan Burnett. Visit https://www.pullingfocusfilmfestival.com/ for venues and schedule.

06/06/2024

Stout Hearted: George Stout and the Guardians of Art

06/04/2024

THANK YOU, Melody Parker and the Waterloo Courier for the FRONT-PAGE story on our work on MOVED BY WATERS and the upcoming screening sponsored by the Cedar Prairie Group of the Sierra Club at the Waterloo Arts Center on Tuesday evening, June 11th, 6:30PM. We hope YOU can join us for the reception and screening/discussion!

FourthWallFilms.com

Partners of Scott County Watersheds
River Action Quad Cities
Quad City Arts
Re-Wilding Iowa and Beyond
Waterloo Center for the Arts
Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area
Iowa Chapter Sierra Club

05/22/2024

The Quad Cities region proclaims Saturday, May 18 as Quad Cities River Cleanup Day!

The Clean River Advisory Council (C-RAC) has provided a list of ways community members can get involved. Read down below 👇


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05/22/2024

05/21/2024

You are invited to a special Memorial Day Ceremony at Hero Street Memorial Park in Silvis, Illinois on Saturday, May 25 at Noon. ALL are welcome. HeroStreetMovie.com

The City of Silvis will hold it's annual Memorial Day Service at Hero Street Memorial Park at noon.