Dr. Tara L. Conley
@taralconley.com
media and journalism prof | made a film about my hometown | trekkie 🖖🏾
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Dr. Tara L. Conley
@taralconley.com
· Feb 1
DRY BONES Trailer 2025
YouTube video by MEDIA MAKE CHANGE
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Today is my birthday.
My only wish is for you to repost and share *everywhere* the official trailer of my feature length documentary film DRY BONES.
drybonesfilm.com
Thank you 🫶🏾
youtu.be/v4uNleUXvu0?...
My only wish is for you to repost and share *everywhere* the official trailer of my feature length documentary film DRY BONES.
drybonesfilm.com
Thank you 🫶🏾
youtu.be/v4uNleUXvu0?...
Thanks to everyone who came out to support my film’s community screening at the legendary Karamu House in cleveland, ohio this past weekend.
big shout out to the Greater Cleveland Film Commission for making this special event possible.
📸 IG @photosbybeca216
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big shout out to the Greater Cleveland Film Commission for making this special event possible.
📸 IG @photosbybeca216
www.instagram.com/p/DUlDGmmDkI...
February 10, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out to support my film’s community screening at the legendary Karamu House in cleveland, ohio this past weekend.
big shout out to the Greater Cleveland Film Commission for making this special event possible.
📸 IG @photosbybeca216
www.instagram.com/p/DUlDGmmDkI...
big shout out to the Greater Cleveland Film Commission for making this special event possible.
📸 IG @photosbybeca216
www.instagram.com/p/DUlDGmmDkI...
wondering if the ‘learning loss’ discourse will return amid school closings due to ICE terrorizing neighborhoods around the country
February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
wondering if the ‘learning loss’ discourse will return amid school closings due to ICE terrorizing neighborhoods around the country
bomb threat in springfield, ohio. students dismissed early today. www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/bomb-th...
Bomb threats, suspicious packages in Springfield prompt evacuations
Bomb threats that said Haitian immigrants should be gone from Springfield were sent to several Clark County offices Monday morning, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said at a press conference.
www.springfieldnewssun.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
bomb threat in springfield, ohio. students dismissed early today. www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/bomb-th...
Reposted by Dr. Tara L. Conley
Ocasio gang rise up 🙌🏽🇵🇷
February 9, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Ocasio gang rise up 🙌🏽🇵🇷
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Bad Bunny: God bless America, *all* the Americas.
Damn that is going to make MAGA maaaaaaaddddddd.
Damn that is going to make MAGA maaaaaaaddddddd.
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Bad Bunny: God bless America, *all* the Americas.
Damn that is going to make MAGA maaaaaaaddddddd.
Damn that is going to make MAGA maaaaaaaddddddd.
bad bunny’s version of america the beautiful ✊🏽
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
bad bunny’s version of america the beautiful ✊🏽
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February 8, 2026 at 11:08 PM
green day always goes hard 🤟🏾
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
green day always goes hard 🤟🏾
“Conley is an Elyria native, and she enlisted the help of local historians, Elyria residents and Maxwell’s family to create the film over the course of five years.”
last night was incredible. truly grateful for this opportunity and for the folks who showed support.
chroniclet.com/news/456800/...
last night was incredible. truly grateful for this opportunity and for the folks who showed support.
chroniclet.com/news/456800/...
"Dry Bones" gets public premiere in Cleveland
Tara Conley's film tells the story of Maxwell's historic football career at Elyria High School, his often troubled life after the game and the death of his brother at the hands of a white police offic...
chroniclet.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
“Conley is an Elyria native, and she enlisted the help of local historians, Elyria residents and Maxwell’s family to create the film over the course of five years.”
last night was incredible. truly grateful for this opportunity and for the folks who showed support.
chroniclet.com/news/456800/...
last night was incredible. truly grateful for this opportunity and for the folks who showed support.
chroniclet.com/news/456800/...
me and my momma tonight at my screening. life—right now at this moment, is good.
February 7, 2026 at 3:11 AM
me and my momma tonight at my screening. life—right now at this moment, is good.
thank you so much! ❤️
February 7, 2026 at 2:59 AM
thank you so much! ❤️
Reposted by Dr. Tara L. Conley
On my film and tomorrow’s screening:
"When he saw 'Dry Bones,' [Perry] said the story not only fit with the mission of the Film Forward series but is also especially relevant with the topic of police violence frequently in the news."
www.ideastream.org/arts-culture...
"When he saw 'Dry Bones,' [Perry] said the story not only fit with the mission of the Film Forward series but is also especially relevant with the topic of police violence frequently in the news."
www.ideastream.org/arts-culture...
Documentary 'Dry Bones' tells personal narrative of Black life in Elyria
"Dry Bones" follows the triumphs and struggles of former Elyria football star Ike Maxwell, whose younger brother was fatally shot by a white police officer in 1975.
www.ideastream.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
On my film and tomorrow’s screening:
"When he saw 'Dry Bones,' [Perry] said the story not only fit with the mission of the Film Forward series but is also especially relevant with the topic of police violence frequently in the news."
www.ideastream.org/arts-culture...
"When he saw 'Dry Bones,' [Perry] said the story not only fit with the mission of the Film Forward series but is also especially relevant with the topic of police violence frequently in the news."
www.ideastream.org/arts-culture...
today is screening day at the legendary karamu house in cleveland, ohio! i’m excited to share my film DRY BONES with the broader northeast ohio community. wish us luck! 🫶🏾
February 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
today is screening day at the legendary karamu house in cleveland, ohio! i’m excited to share my film DRY BONES with the broader northeast ohio community. wish us luck! 🫶🏾
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JOB ALERT: Some great reporting positions (for veteran reporters too) covering the environment along the Mississippi River, and others in the Mountain West. agwaterdesk.org/2026/01/22/r...
Reporters: Apply now for six new environmental reporting positions with the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk - Ag & Water Desk
A total of 17 jobs on the environmental beat are open for emerging and experienced journalists via Report for America
agwaterdesk.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:06 PM
JOB ALERT: Some great reporting positions (for veteran reporters too) covering the environment along the Mississippi River, and others in the Mountain West. agwaterdesk.org/2026/01/22/r...
On my film and tomorrow’s screening:
"When he saw 'Dry Bones,' [Perry] said the story not only fit with the mission of the Film Forward series but is also especially relevant with the topic of police violence frequently in the news."
www.ideastream.org/arts-culture...
"When he saw 'Dry Bones,' [Perry] said the story not only fit with the mission of the Film Forward series but is also especially relevant with the topic of police violence frequently in the news."
www.ideastream.org/arts-culture...
Documentary 'Dry Bones' tells personal narrative of Black life in Elyria
"Dry Bones" follows the triumphs and struggles of former Elyria football star Ike Maxwell, whose younger brother was fatally shot by a white police officer in 1975.
www.ideastream.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
On my film and tomorrow’s screening:
"When he saw 'Dry Bones,' [Perry] said the story not only fit with the mission of the Film Forward series but is also especially relevant with the topic of police violence frequently in the news."
www.ideastream.org/arts-culture...
"When he saw 'Dry Bones,' [Perry] said the story not only fit with the mission of the Film Forward series but is also especially relevant with the topic of police violence frequently in the news."
www.ideastream.org/arts-culture...
shout out to to the homie brennan dubose doing big things! i look forward to collaborating with him on this important work 🙌🏾 www.forbes.com/sites/marybe...
The Rebirth Of America’s First Black Film Production Company
Bringing back and then reimagining Lincoln Motion today is an act of visionary restoration.
www.forbes.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
shout out to to the homie brennan dubose doing big things! i look forward to collaborating with him on this important work 🙌🏾 www.forbes.com/sites/marybe...
AGREED!
- signed a journalism professor
- signed a journalism professor
Newsrooms across the world should be treating the Epstein files as a top-tier story.
If coverage is being sidelined, that editorial choice is worth paying attention to.
If coverage is being sidelined, that editorial choice is worth paying attention to.
February 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
AGREED!
- signed a journalism professor
- signed a journalism professor
February 3, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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"No two characters were alike. And once she’d dug into them, she was so committed that you you stopped thinking of what she was doing as a performance and started to feel as if you were just watching a person being themselves. A bizarre person, that is."
www.rogerebert.com/tributes/the...
www.rogerebert.com/tributes/the...
The Belle of Absurdity: Catherine O'Hara (1954-2026) | Tributes | Roger Ebert
Brilliant, beautiful and constantly surprising, Catherine O'Hara found the truth in often absurd characters.
www.rogerebert.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM
"No two characters were alike. And once she’d dug into them, she was so committed that you you stopped thinking of what she was doing as a performance and started to feel as if you were just watching a person being themselves. A bizarre person, that is."
www.rogerebert.com/tributes/the...
www.rogerebert.com/tributes/the...
omg i’m just finding out durand won a grammy. CLEVELAND MF REPRESENT!!!!!!!
February 2, 2026 at 2:09 AM
omg i’m just finding out durand won a grammy. CLEVELAND MF REPRESENT!!!!!!!
autocorrect said midwest, which also….yes. but meant to type midst.
February 2, 2026 at 1:59 AM
autocorrect said midwest, which also….yes. but meant to type midst.
overwhelmed with love in the midwest of chaos is a trip. i’m grateful.
February 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
overwhelmed with love in the midwest of chaos is a trip. i’m grateful.