Moving Dallas – a love letter to a modern metropolis
Dallas, a modern metropolis, the commercial and cultural hub of Texas and the setting for the latest in the award-winning “Moving Cities” film series, directed by Jevan Chowdhury. Commissioned by Visit Dallas, this beautiful film is at once both a love letter and an artistic comment on the city as it stands today – not the JR Ewing and cowboy hats portrayed in the past, but as a place that means business with a growing and talented arts scene, from cheerleading to world-class ballet, all set against the backdrop of the city.
In Dallas, Chowdhury and his team found a city on high alert following a recent shooting – but they were greeted with open arms. They noticed the slogan “Dallas Strong” pasted everywhere, uniting a community with its own issues of inequality, poverty and a widening income gap. Moving Dallas doesn’t bury these complex issues and, just as the juxtaposition of ballet and cowboys hints at some of the marriages, it also alludes to the challenges the city faces.
Caught somewhere between the genres of cinema, electronica and dance, Moving Dallas stays true to the original founding principle, that there should be no rules or drum beats to follow – just as Dallas marches forward to its own.
