Derek Operle
@doperle.bsky.social
Reporter. Film head. NBA + UK 🏀 fan.
News Director at @wkmsfm.bsky.social
Host of The Liquid Moment
Programmer, the Paducah Film Society
Formerly: The Paducah Sun
News Director at @wkmsfm.bsky.social
Host of The Liquid Moment
Programmer, the Paducah Film Society
Formerly: The Paducah Sun
it is just chilling on brown’s vimeo page, along with most of his other docs (including the delightful roswell)
vimeo.com/288998129?fl...
vimeo.com/288998129?fl...
Life On The Mississippi [click CC for subtitles]
An essay film about a river and the limits of knowing it. Using Mark Twain’s "Life On The Mississippi" as a road map, Brown travels along the Mississippi…
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October 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
it is just chilling on brown’s vimeo page, along with most of his other docs (including the delightful roswell)
vimeo.com/288998129?fl...
vimeo.com/288998129?fl...
🤠 hello long lost pal
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🤠 hello long lost pal
Earlier on, you can also tune into @wkmsfm.bsky.social for Sounds Good to hear Todd Hatton’s audio documentary on the educator, who was born and buried in Paducah, called “I Am John Scopes.” It’s also streamable here:
www.wkms.org/society/2015...
www.wkms.org/society/2015...
[Audio] WKMS Documentary "I Am John Scopes"
What makes a person voluntarily step into the middle of one of the most controversial and contentious issues of modern times? And what makes them…
www.wkms.org
July 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Earlier on, you can also tune into @wkmsfm.bsky.social for Sounds Good to hear Todd Hatton’s audio documentary on the educator, who was born and buried in Paducah, called “I Am John Scopes.” It’s also streamable here:
www.wkms.org/society/2015...
www.wkms.org/society/2015...
In the evening, I’ll be hosting the Paducah Film Society screening of “Inherit the Wind,” a 1960 film that fictionalizes the events of the trial, at Maiden Alley Cinema. That starts at 7 and retired Kentucky Supreme Court Judge Bill Cunningham will speak about the case’s history beforehand.
July 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
In the evening, I’ll be hosting the Paducah Film Society screening of “Inherit the Wind,” a 1960 film that fictionalizes the events of the trial, at Maiden Alley Cinema. That starts at 7 and retired Kentucky Supreme Court Judge Bill Cunningham will speak about the case’s history beforehand.
Fave film discoveries/first watches for May 2025:
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Brewster’s Millions (1985)
Sherman’s March (1985)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Ghost In The Shell (1995)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Brewster’s Millions (1985)
Sherman’s March (1985)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Ghost In The Shell (1995)
June 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Fave film discoveries/first watches for May 2025:
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Brewster’s Millions (1985)
Sherman’s March (1985)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Ghost In The Shell (1995)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Brewster’s Millions (1985)
Sherman’s March (1985)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Ghost In The Shell (1995)
recency bias has me wanting to plug in fail safe, the incredible shrinking man, and in cold blood big time.
May 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
recency bias has me wanting to plug in fail safe, the incredible shrinking man, and in cold blood big time.