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Hello! I’m a wildlife filmmaker with Fin and Fur Films. Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers will be in theaters Sept. 25
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At its core, ‘Deep in the Heart 2’ was made to further conservation in Texas, and to educate Texans about our wildlife, water and wild places. That’s why we have partnered once again with Curriculum Developer extraordinaire Anne Marie Fayen to create K-12, English/Spanish, TEKS aligned learning materials, associated with segments from the film, that are available free of charge on our website! Please let all the educators in your life know that they can access and download these materials for use in any setting that feels right! Hit the link in bio for details! A huge thank you to Anne Marie, everyone who gave feedback, and to the Shield-Ayres Foundation and Ewing Halsell Foundation for their support! #DeepintheHeart2 #TexasRivers #DeepintheHeartFilm #TexasTeachers #TxEd
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Join us for a special screening of Deep in the Heart: Texas Rivers, proudly sponsored by King Land & Water. Experience the beauty, wildlife, and remarkable waterways that make Texas so unique. Friday, October 30th | Crowley Theatre Doors open at 6:30 PM | Screening begins at 7:00 PM Free tickets and RSVP through EventBrite website. Click the link.
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Our team of cinematographers spent the better part of 3 years chasing the stories found in ‘Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers.’ Hear from @LiaNydes on filming Wild Turkeys on the Canadian River! Texas Rivers continues to play at @AustinFilm, as well as at community screenings across the state! To find a screening, or host one of your own, hit the link in bio or head to our website! #DeepintheHeart2 #TexasRivers #DeepintheHeartFilm
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🏆 Congratulations to the 2026 AFFF award winners! Two nights at Frontier Texas, dozens of incredible films, and a room full of filmmakers who made it unforgettable. To every winner, congratulations. You earned it. 👏 To everyone who submitted, thank you. Trusting a second-year festival with your work means the world to us, and every film made this festival what it was. And to the Abilene and Texas community, thank you for coming out. You filled the seats, stayed for the Q&As, and made our filmmakers feel at home. This festival is for you, and we couldn’t do it without you. 🤠❤️ The new season is almost here! Submissions for AFFF 2027 open in just a couple of weeks, and we’ll see you October 1-2, 2027 at Frontier Texas. 🎥 Follow @afffestival so you don’t miss the opening, and submit at the link in our bio.
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What a weekend. Good friends, wild places, and plenty of reasons to be grateful. Friday brought me to the Texas Herpetological Society’s Fall Research Symposium, where I had the pleasure of spending the day with people who share a fascination with the scaly, slippery, and occasionally misunderstood creatures of Texas. It also marked the close of my time as president of the Society. What a privilege to serve this community. Saturday was a different kind of reunion. I headed to Palacios to fish with some of my oldest high school friends, Tim and Michael, with our former football and basketball coach at the helm. Coach Wollam is retired now and works as a fishing guide, but he gave us this trip. His boat, his time, and a day on the water together. I think he wanted that reunion every bit as much as we did. Pretty special to still have that kind of connection all these years later. Thanks, Coach. Sunday brought horses, swimming, and some fly-fishing lessons on the Pedernales with my good friend Ben and his faithful sidekick, Molly (dog). A little more time outside, a few new skills, and plenty of laughs and recharge. And to finish it all off? A workout and date night with Erin. I’ve spent much of my life chasing wildlife, exploring landscapes, and trying to understand the natural world. But more and more, I find myself appreciating how much richer those experiences become because of the people who share them with me. Old friends, new adventures, good company. That’s a pretty wonderful way to spend a weekend. #ModernTexasNaturalist #lifeoutdoors #Texasoutdoors #Texasnaturalist #natureandcommunity
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Perfect filming conditions in West England 🌧️🌧️ 🤣 Let’s say the cinematography crew was not excited about this. Sideways pelting water and cameras don’t go together very well. 🤷🏼‍♂️ The product however … well we are debuting it in Parliment at Westminster tomorrow with @bascnews 🔥🫡 See you tomorrow England! #documentary #filming #england #wildfowling
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A few weeks ago we had the premiere for Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers. It was a brilliant night, and the orchestra played the score magnificently. Here are a few snaps from the evening by Mitch Lazorko. The soundtrack is out, go take a listen! #DeepintheHeart #composer #newmusic.
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“The hens are in search of an ideal gobbler. They have… rather peculiar beauty standards.” Narrated by Ethan Hawke, ‘Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers’ is still in theaters in Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston! Link in bio for tickets! #DeepintheHeart2 #TexasRivers #DeepintheHeartFilm
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I can’t offer you the service to take you to places like this…. But I can offer you the time to teach you the skills so you can get there on your own with your mates. They saying is, give a person a fish and they eat for a day. But teach them how to fish and they will eat for a lifetime. So join me this June for my annual spring pack clinic here in the Methow Valley, WA. I’ll teach you everything I know about Decker and Sawbuck packing that I’ve learned over the last 20 years, and a few things most have never seen before. www.thewildinus.com ____________________(\_/)____________________
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We are beyond grateful for the partnership and collaboration we’ve had with our friends over at @Poncho_Outdoors to get these Deep in the Heart 2 tees and caps out in the world! If you’re ever looking for a brand that not only talks the talk, but walks the walk, look no further than Poncho. Their commitment to conservation and rivers in Texas and beyond is the real deal! A portion of proceeds from sales will go towards restoring our beloved Texas Rivers. Check the new goods out on our website, or hit the link in bio! #DeepintheHeart2 #TexasRivers #DeepintheHeartFilm #poncho
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》 "Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers is the highly anticipated sequel to the 2022 hit documentary Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story, written and directed by Ben Masters @bencmasters . Where the original film celebrated Texas’ diverse wildlife landscapes with Matthew McConaughey as narrator, Texas Rivers narrows its focus to the state’s most vital natural resource: water. Narrated by Austin’s own Ethan Hawke, the film is a love letter to Texas rivers and a wake-up call about their future."~ @finandfurfilms "Springs are the beating heart of our rivers, like a quiet, everlasting miracle. They give us water and the magic of life. The springs give birth to a river which delivers life to countless creatures and nourishes its city. Unsustainable aquifer pumping has dropped the water table so low that many of the historic springs have stopped flowing. Without the springs, the river has stopped regularly running and is reduced to pools that slowly diminish under the sun. The fish and aquatic life have no place to go. This sight of decaying rivers and springs is spreading across Texas. We are witnessing a natural disaster of our own making that is preventable and can be reversed. In other Texas cities, the river thrives because its citizens have raised their voices to protect their water and use their votes to ensure it always flows." ~ Ben Masters This was a very well-made documentary with gorgeous cinematography, heartwarming footage, amazing narration by @ethanhawke which also delivered a very inspiring message. Do your part and sign your support to restore and conserve Texas Rivers at DEEPINTHEHEARTWILDLIFE . COM @texanbynature @texasparkswildlifefoundation @americanrivers #deepintheheart2 #texasrivers #deepintheheartfilm My clips 📹 and capture 📸 at: 📍Pedernales Falls State Park 📍 San Marcos Rio Vista Park 📍Commons Ford Ranch Metropolitan Park  📍McKinney Falls State Park 🌿 🌱
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Ben Masters says he loves “hanging out with wild animals in cool places,” so he found a way to make that his job. One of Texas’s preeminent nature documentarians, the Amarillo native, who studied wildlife biology at Texas A&M University, made his feature-length directorial debut with 2019’s award-winning ‘The River and the Wall,’ in which he and some buddies traversed the Rio Grande from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico. Three years later he released ‘Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story,’ which adapted the ‘Planet Earth' approach to our state’s unique geography, complete with Matthew McConaughey delivering the words “Guadalupe bass” with a gravitas Sir David Attenborough could only dream of. 🐟 A sequel, ‘Deep in the Heart 2: A Texas River Story,’ narrated by Austin native Ethan Hawke, arrived in theaters across the state September 25 and will be available to stream October 27. It depicts all of Texas’s major river basins, including the Rio Grande. Read our full interview with Masters at the link in our bio. 📸: Andrea Mendoza
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