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2012 Alabama Cigar Box Guitar Festival Dates Set
The 8th Annual Alabama Cigar Box Guitar Festival (now renamed "The Flying Monkey Arts Cigar Box Guitar Festival") will take place on Friday, June 1st and Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 in Huntsville, Alabama. This is the event at which most of my documentary, "Songs Inside The Box" was shot several years ago. The event attracts cigar box guitar enthusiasts from across the eastern U. S. and is a fun outing for anyone interested in these unique instruments. Times and performers have not been [...]
Looking Back to 2011 – Moving Forward in 2012
With the dawn of a new year it seems appropriate to take stock of the past and plan for the future. 2011 was an exciting year in many ways and 2012 brings challenging new opportunities. Over the past 20 years I have produced a variety of documentaries. I am extremely grateful to my employer, the University of Alabama Center for Public TV & Radio for the opportunity to do so, and I have often commented about how fortunate I felt to work in my dream job. The funding for new documentaries [...]
UA Documentaries to Screen in Paris
Two documentaries produced by the University of Alabama will be screened in Paris, France during October, 2011. The documentaries, originally made for broadcast in Alabama, have both had an impact well beyond the boundaries of the state. "Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour" will screen as a part of the Raw Sounds Movie Club on October 17th at Le Fanfaron (6 rue de la Main d'Or). The film, which won the Best Alabama Film Award at the 2007 George Lindsey UNA Film Festival, tells the [...]
"Songs Inside The Box" to Screen at Prometheus Film Festival
"Songs Inside The Box," the cigar box guitar documentary has been selected for screening at the Prometheus Film Festival of York, Pennsylvania. The festival will take place in the York Little Theatre on August 19th and 20th, one week before York will host the annual Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Festival. I'm very proud to have the film screening in York because it is the home of Shane Speal, the self-proclaimed King of the Cigar Box Guitar and central figure of "Songs Inside the Box." [...]