Max Shores is a producer/director in the Center for Public Television & Radio at the University of Alabama. He also serves as adjunct faculty in the department of Telecommunication & Film.
"Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour" to Screen June 4th at Alabama Cigar Box Guitar Festival
"Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour,” the award-winning documentary by Center for Public Television & Radio producer/director Max Shores, will be shown at the 7th Annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival in Huntsville, Alabama at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 4th. Shores will be in attendance and will answer questions after the screening. Presentation of this University of Alabama documentary is just a part of the two-day festival which will begin on Friday, June 3rd at 6:00 p.m. with a free performance by cigar box guitar musicians, Hymn for Her. Following the documentary screening [...]
Alabama Stars in Education to air May 11 on APT
The 2011 Alabama Stars in Education Awards will be broadcast live Wednesday, May 11th at 7:00 p.m. over Alabama Public Television. The gala event honoring inspiring students and teachers will be held in the Wesley Hall of Frazer United Methodist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. It is hosted by the Alabama State Department of Education and Alabama Public Television. The University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio provides production support for the broadcast and prerecorded materials which will appear during the broadcast. I will be editing the interviews with the four [...]
Mississippi High School Film Competition 2011
I recently served as a juror for the 2011 Mississippi High School Film Competition held in conjunction with the Tupelo Film Festival and they have asked me to come and speak at the awards presentation on April 23. The event will be held at the Black Box Theatre in the Link Centre in downtown Tupelo and here is the schedule: 1:30 p.m. -- Opening 1:45 p.m. -- Film (Student winner from last year) 2:00 p.m. -- Presentation with judge Max Shores – University of AL 3:00 p.m. -- Break 3:15 p.m. -- Competition Films 4:00 p.m. -- Break 4:15 p.m. -- Awards Ceremony 4:45 p.m. [...]
Sucarnochee Revue Airdates on MPB
Please note: After this article was published, Sucarnochee Revue moved to Thursday nights at 7:00 p.m. on MPB. It still airs Saturday nights at 11:00 on MPB as well. The Sucarnochee Revue TV series will premiere for Mississippi viewers on Friday, April 8th at 8:30 p.m. The series will air each Friday at 8:30 and also on Saturday nights at 11:00 p.m. on MPB TV according to a recent announcement by Mississippi Public Broadcasting. The TV series has been in production for several months now and it has been my great privilege to work with MPB on these programs. The Sucarnochee Revue [...]