An East Texas film festival?


Someday I’d love to attend screenings in Kilgore or Longview of documentaries about East Texas (and maybe films, if someone could afford it).  It’s an idea I’ve been tossing around for a few years, and I was reminded by the trailer for “Cold in July,” based on the novel by Joe R. Lansdale, who grew up in Gladewater and lives in Nacogdoches.

billmoyersmarshallMarshall, Texas; Marshall, Texas

Bill Moyers returns to his home town to find that it is “a new town perched on the memory of one that’s gone.” Today, Marshall’s black and white citizens share the responsibilities of living and working in a small town, but there was a time not too long ago when there were two Marshalls–one black, one white–“Two worlds,” says Moyers, “waiting for an event.” The “time” was the 1960’s and the “event” was the Civil Rights Movement.

 Hands on a Hard Body

In S.R. Bindler’s 1997 cult classic, Hands On a Hardbody, two dozen small-town Texans compete for a brand-new “Hardbody” pickup truck at a local car dealership. The event is a contest of endurance and sleep-deprivation—whoever can remain standing the longest with one hand on the truck will get to drive it home.

Beauty Knows No Pain

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In 1940, the Kilgore College Rangerettes became the first dancing drill team in the nation. They have been performing at half-time shows during college football games ever since.

Cold in July

In 1980s East Texas, two fathers pitted against each other in revenge must band together to uncover a darker truth.

Bernie, of course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJuhWKcY_6U

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