“It’s cool to watch younger audiences watch the film, because they just get the filmic language right away. It’s a film that feels more like an Instagram story than a traditional documentary.” In the ...

Baltimore-based composer/musician Dan Deacon did the music for Theo Anthony’s Rat Film. The film, which uses the urban rat as a way to explore a deeper story of urbanization and segregation, is a ...

Shh. Listen! Hear that faint scampering sound outside your window? The pitter-patter of tiny paws and huge, undiscerning appetites? The screech of a potential disease-carrier? Do you live in a city?

In this debut feature, documentary maker Theo Anthony crafts a convincing analogy between the rat infestation of Baltimore and the issues of race and class that also afflict the city. The movie begins ...

The release of Dan Deacon’s original soundtrack to the provocative essay-film Rat Film marks the first full recorded document of his explorations in scoring. He is sharing the first single “Redlining” ...