‘Film’ Articles

Several years ago I directed a documentary about Richard Johnston, the Beale Street one-man-band who draws his inspiration from the hill country of north Mississippi. It won several festival awards and many people have contacted me to ask how they can get their hands on a copy. Unfortunately we can’t sell it, but Full Article

My workplace has had a lot of excitement lately. Wendy Reed, whose office is right next door to mine, won an Emmy, and Dwight Cammeron, whose office is just across the hall, won a first place festival award. The festival award came from the Urban Suburban Film Festival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the documentary, “Not Full Article

The Southeastern Regional Emmy Awards were presented recently and I’m pleased to share that several of my friends won awards. Two of my colleagues at the University of Alabama, Wendy Reed and Roger Reid, won the Emmy for “Writer–Program (Non-News)” with the “Alabama in Space” episode of the Discovering Alabama series which is broadcast Full Article

There’s a revolution going on that you may not even know about… It’s the Cigar Box Guitar Revolution and the movement wants everyone to get involved. It’s all about having fun, so you might get caught up in it through this one-hour documentary. It was shot several years ago at the annual Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza in Huntsville, Alabama. This year's Extravaganza will take place Full Article

The 7th Annual Tupelo Film Festival will begin on Thursday, May 13th with a workshop on how to finance your film followed by an outdoor screening of "God's Architects," a feature documentary directed by Zack Godshall. "God's Architects" tells the stories of five divinely inspired artist-architects and their enigmatic creations. Full Article

This year the George Lindsey UNA Film Festival plans to go "Back to the Future" by honoring the 25th anniversary of the film "Back to the Future." Some of the people who created the film will be there for special events. Full Article

My colleagues Dwight Cammeron and Ginger Jolly shared their new documentary, "Not My Son" with its first audience on Saturday, January 23rd at Woodland Park Church of Christ in Birmingham, Alabama. Over 800 people attended the standing room only event. Documentary participants from the Parents Against Violence Foundation were present to answer questions from the Full Article