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	<title>Max Shores</title>
	<link>http://maxshores.com</link>
	<description>Filmmaker at The University of Alabama</description>
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		<title>Gambling Debate Is Not New To Alabama</title>
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Present discussions regarding gambling here in Alabama are reminiscent of a time in the state&#8217;s past when Phenix City allowed many forms of gambling and state government officials looked the other way.  Phenix City’s past was the subject of my documentary, “Up from the Ashes: The Rebirth of Phenix City.”  I did the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxshores.com/gambling-debate/</link>
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		<title>Kudzu Documentary Has Enduring Legacy</title>
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I was searching for a documentary topic when I called a friend to pick his brain.  &#8220;You could do a documentary on kudzu,&#8221; he said and I was drawn into a field of tangled vines that hold me to this day.  That conversation was in 1994 and in it I learned that my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxshores.com/kudzu-legacy/</link>
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		<title>&quot;Songs Inside The Box&quot; wins LA Reel Film Fest Award</title>
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It was announced on December 30th, 2009 that &#34;Songs Inside The Box,&#34; the cigar box guitar documentary won an Honorable Mention award from the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival.  Despite the name, this isn&#8217;t a real film festival because it doesn&#8217;t include screenings of the selected films.  It&#8217;s simply an awards competition, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxshores.com/songs-inside-the-box-wins-la-reel-film-fest-award-3/</link>
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		<title>Recent Projects</title>
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Songs Inside The Box
The cigar box guitar documentary was recently awarded Honorable Mention from the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival, Honorable Mention at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival as well as the Accolade Award of Merit. We&#8217;re planning distribution to public TV stations across the US in the coming months. Click for more&#8230;







Scrambled Films
In Scrambled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxshores.com/recent-projects/</link>
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		<title>Southern Culture Films</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Amazing Story of Kudzu
There&#8217;s so much of this fast-growing vine in the Southeastern U.S., you might think it was a native plant. Actually, it has taken a lot of hard work to help kudzu spread so widely. Now that it covers over seven million acres of the deep South, many people consider it a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxshores.com/southern-culture-films/</link>
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		<title>Alabama History Films</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Across Alabama&#8217;s Black Belt on Highway 80
Called the Black Belt because of its rich, dark soil, the area of south Alabama traversed by Highway 80 on its route across the southern U.S. was the staging ground for some of Alabama&#8217;s most significant moments in history. It was here that DeSoto met Tuscaloosa, cotton plantations flourished, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxshores.com/alabama-history-films/</link>
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		<title>Current Projects</title>
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The Hazel Brannon Smith Story
I&#8217;m currently editing a documentary about this Pulitzer Prize winning Mississippi newspaper editor who dared to print the truth when other newspapers wouldn&#8217;t. The documentary is produced and directed by my associate, Wendy Reed.  I&#8217;m just adding a few finishing touches.







Discovering Alabama
I&#8217;m also collaborating with Wendy on a couple of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxshores.com/current-projects-2/</link>
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