Press
Film gives a voice to child sex abuse victims: HLN TV
Director Ya’Ke Smith’s WOLF exposes sex abuse in the Black Church: loop21.com
The monster is human in timely, taboo WOLF: San Antonio-Express News
Black Harvest Film Festival examines black experience: Chicago Sun-Times
The season for shorts in Rhode Island: Boston Globe
Ya’Ke Smith’s feature-length debut brilliant, if troubling: San Antonio Express-News
9 Recommendations for the Dallas International Film Festival: Adobe Airstream
Hoping WOLF Survives: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Filmslate Magazine: Hidden Gems: WOLF – Intense, Harrowing Film
Shadow and Act: WOLF: What Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer Should have Been
Smell Like Screen Spirit: WOLF Review
Indiewire.com: Meet 2012 SXSW Filmmakers: Ya’Ke Smith
Smells Like Screen Spirit: Ya’Ke Smith (WOLF) Interview
Slackerwood: SXSW Review: WOLF
Culture Map Austin: Texas Filmmaker Ya’Ke Smith Premieres the Disturbing But Brilliant WOLF at SXSW
The Austin Chronicle: From the Eyes of the Abused
eFilmCritic: Films You Will Want To See (2012 SXSW Edition)
The San Antonio Express-News: Director Takes a Leap of Faith With New Film.
The Houston Press: The Texas Show 2010: Houston Film Commission’s First Thursday Screening.
Shadow and Act: Cannes 2011 Preview – “Katrina’s Son.”
NBCDFW.COM: UTA Film Professor Cannes Do It.
FrontRow Magazine: North Texas Filmmaker’s Short Headed to Cannes.
Filmmaker Magazine: Dallas International Film Festival Wrap-Up.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Arlington Citizen Journal): UT-Arlington Professor eyes the big screen.
The Short Horn: Assistant Professor Ya’Ke Smith discusses filmmaking {+Video}.
2011 Black Reel Award Winners: Katrina’s Son wins Best Indie Short.
San Antonio Current: Three San Antonio directors who went big in 2010.
Austin Movie Examiner:Austin Film Festival ompetition winners.
Salon.com: A shockingly good campaign ad you’ll never see.
San Antonio Express-News: Why you won’t see this political ad on TV.
Slackerwood.com: AFF 2010 Preview: Selected Shorts.
Washington City Paper: DC Shorts Showcase 4 Reviewed.
The Fort Worth Weekly: A filmmaker from San Antonio adjusts to Tarrant County Life.
San Antonio Express-News: San Antonio filmmakers’ works set to premiere at state festival.
San Antonio Current: SA finally represents in Texas Filmmakers Showcase.
Soulciti.com: Soulciti.com sit’s down with Ya’Ke Smith, creator of Katrina’s Son.
The Moving Art’s Film Journal: Katrina’s Son Review.
The Shorthorn: Filmmaker Ya’Ke Smith joins Art and Art History Department.
Katrina’s Son selected to screen as part of the Texas Filmmaker’s Showcase.
Ya’Ke to speak as a panelist at the Austin Film Festival.
Austin-American Statesman: Meanwhile, back at the ranch …At film festival’s retreat, four screenwriters get direction on their scripts.
Ya’Ke is featured in the new San Antonio Convention and Visitor’s Bureau television campaign.
Ya’Ke wins a Texas Filmmaker’s Production Fund grant from the Austin Film Society for his latest short “Katrina’s Son.”
The Second Coming is selected to screen at the 12th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival.
Ya’Ke is featured in the new San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs arts campaign.
San Antonio Express News: Budding S.A. Filmmaker Ya’Ke gets reel Saturday Night.
The Second Coming is awarded the HBO Short Film Award at the 2007 American Black Film Festival.
San Antonio Current: The next big thing: Ya’Ke Smith
The Second Coming has been nominated for a 2007 Student Academy Award.
San Antonio Express News: ‘Hope’s War’ a must-see film about war’s aftermath for veteran.”
The Word Magazine: “Challenging Minds”-A Filmmaker’s Journey to Cannes.
San Antonio Current: Stories from the hood are mine
Hope’s War to screen at the 59th Annual Cannes International Film Festival.
Texas Observer: He Cannes Do it.
News 8 Austin On-Line: Local Filmmaker’s Encouraged by Cannes.
Ya’Ke Smith wins Grand Prize in African-American category of DGA Student Filmmaker Awards.
