A Town Called Victoria
When the local mosque is burned to the ground in an apparent hate crime, the town of Victoria must overcome its age-old political, racial, and economic divides to find a collective way forward.
When the local mosque is burned to the ground in an apparent hate crime, the town of Victoria must overcome its age-old political, racial, and economic divides to find a collective way forward.
A Texas town is thrown into the national spotlight when the local mosque erupts in flames. After decades of harmony, the small Muslim community of Victoria watches their cherished place of worship reduced to ash. With the fire ruled an arson and a local man arrested as the suspect, this small South Texas town must confront its own troubled history and its consequences in the present. From the trial of the suspect to the rebuilding of the mosque, A TOWN CALLED VICTORIA presents a nuanced portrait of a community confronting hate in its own midst, and grappling with deep-seated racial, religious, political, and economic rifts to find a collective way forward.
World Premiere - Hot Springs Documentary Festival 2023
Austin Film Society 2023
Maysles Documentary Center Community Screening 2023
Hot Springs Documentary Festival 2023 - Audience Choice Award for Best Southern Feature or Episodic
Ford Foundation 2022-2024 - JustFilms: Creativity and Free Expression Grantee
Firelight Impact 2022-2023 - Campaign Fund Grantee
Executive Producer - Deniese Davis
Cast - Beto O'Rourke
Cast - Ted Cruz