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Deep in the Heart 2

The next chapter in the award-winning documentary series celebrating the remarkable wildlife, breathtaking landscapes, and inspiring conservation stories of Texas.

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Deep in the Heart

A visually stunning celebration of what makes Texas unique, narrated by Matthew McConaughey.

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Experience the Deep in the Heart Film Series

Journey across Texas through two feature documentaries that celebrate the state's extraordinary wildlife, diverse ecosystems, and the people working to protect them.

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Deep in the Heart 2

2026

The next chapter explores the remarkable, and imperiled, waterways that define our state.

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Deep in the Heart

2022

The original documentary celebrating the beauty, wildlife, and wild places of Texas.

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About the film

Deep in the Heart is a visually stunning celebration of what makes Texas unique — its diverse landscapes and remarkable wildlife behavior that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Told through the eyes of wildlife species ranging from the mysterious blind catfish to the elusive mountain lion, the story follows our ever-changing relationship with the natural world and showcases our ability to destroy, conserve, and recover wildlife and the habitat we mutually depend on.

Narrated by Matthew McConaughey and featuring state-of-the-art cinematography, this family-friendly film journeys from the highest peaks in West Texas, through our aquifers, rivers, and bays, and deep into the Gulf of Mexico. Deep in the Heart aims to conserve our remaining wild places, to show the connectivity of water and wildlife, and to recognize Texas’ conservation importance on a continental scale.

BEN MASTERS
DIRECTOR & WRITER
BEN MASTERS
Ben Masters is a filmmaker and writer specializing in wildlife and adventure stories. He is most known for directing the feature-length documentary The River and The Wall (SXSW 2019 award winner) and for producing Unbranded (Mountainfilm 2015 Audience Award winner). Masters studied wildlife biology at Texas A&M University and founded Fin and Fur Films, a production company specializing in short films featuring wildlife research, conservation, and activism. He is the author of two books published by Texas A&M University Press and has written for National Geographic and Western Horseman. His films have been distributed on Netflix, National Geographic, STARZ, PBS, and he has worked with The Wildlife Society, Borderlands Research Institute, YETI, Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, and other great brands and NGOs. A proud Texan, Masters loves riding a good horse through new country, filming wildlife stories that haven’t been documented before, and using movies to help conserve wildlife and wild places.
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