Long before HD and digital television, before cable and flat screens, Channel 6 looked a whole lot different. A slide, called a test pattern, was the first-ever image broadcast on KOTV on October 15th ...

Shatara Michelle Ford’s brilliant first feature, “Test Pattern” (which is now in virtual cinemas via Kino Marquee), follows a young woman in Austin, Texas, named Renesha (Brittany S. Hall), who meets ...

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.

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 ...

Shatara Michelle Ford's film follows a Black woman and her white boyfriend in the aftermath of her rape. By Jourdain Searles In Shatara Michelle Ford’s experimental thriller Test Pattern, light and ...

Shatara Michelle Ford’s lean, smart debut feature confronts us with our presumptions about what rape and victimhood look like — onscreen and in life. By Devika Girish When you purchase a ticket for an ...

75 Years On News On 6: First KOTV Test Pattern Aired It is a big anniversary in the history of our station, KOTV. In 2024, we are celebrating 75 years on the air. October 15 is the anniversary of the ...

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, ...

Exclusive: The first-time feature filmmaker's BlackStar winner is one the year's first true discoveries. The year 2021 might still be a bit new, but it’s already high time for a film poised to become ...