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updates and recent trailers and clips.
Poster art for
VIRGINIA CREEPERS. This film was featured at the Virginia
Film Festival and is our most recent release . . . available on
DVD now. Check out
the official page .
NEW PROJECTS FOR 2010
OLD
SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Giles County and the Single Wing Tradition. STATUS:
In Production
In this film, we are looking at the unbroken tradition of running a
single wing offense at Giles County High School for 70 years.
Giles has managed to win three state championships with an offense
designed more than 100 years ago. Built on power and
deception, the single wing is making a comeback in both the NCAA ranks
and the NFL. We'll look at the way the system works on
the field and what the tradition means in a small Appalachian
community.
SCHOOLED: The
Jimmy Valiant Story STATUS:
In pre-production
Jimmy Valiant began his
career in professional wrestling as Handsome Jimmy Valiant in 1964
eventually hitting rock bottom after a wild life in the ring.
After a near death experience in 1979, he reinvented himself as "The
Boogie Woogie Man," remarried and reclaimed his title. He now
is married to Angel Valiant and the two run a school for wrestlers
in the mountains of southwest Virginia. Part prophet, part
poet and part wild man, there is no one on earth quite like Jimmy
Valiant.
TRAILERS AND CLIPS
Virginia Creepers:
The Horror Host Tradition of the Old Dominion
The documentary looks at
the tradition of late night TV horror hosts in Virginia who brought
laughs to go along with the chills. Featuring previously lost
video, audio and stills, the movie charts more than 50 years of local
character (and characters) and chronicles the gradual exchange of
local television for corporate homogenization in every market.
But, with the invention of the internet horror host by Virginia's
Count Gore De Vol, there is a rebirth in hosting, and entertainment,
as we know it.
MORE INFO:
To learn more about the project and how to order DVDs and posters, go
to the official website at
www.virginiacreepersmovie.com.
Why Old Time?
This is the official
trailer for the feature length documentary WHY OLD TIME?, a film
that looks at Old Time mountain music--its tradition, its practice and
its future. Traveling through three states, half a dozen
festivals, and several front porches and kitchens, we found people
from across the globe who embrace the past and the future in the same
breath to capture the experience of Old Time music in the 21st
Century.
To learn more about
this film or to order it, click here or go to the official website at
www.whyoldtime.com.
The Henry Reed
Legacy
Here is
the trailer for "The Henry Reed Legacy," a documentary film that looks
at the significance of Giles County, Virginia Old Time musician Henry
Reed. Reed practiced a style of fiddling very reminiscent of Old
World styles and taught anyone who would listen, including Alan Jabour,
who later became the founding director of the American Folklife
Center. Reed's music has also shaped the life of Chris Via, a
fiddler who is preserving Reed's tradition in his playing and through
the Henry Reed Festival.
HOKIE NATION was Horse
Archer's first full length film and quickly became the best selling
independent film in the state. The documentary chronicles the
Hokie fan lifestyle and the rise of the football program through the
experience of the devotees who fill Lane Stadium and make it the most
exhilarating and intimidating place to play football in the country.
Braiding Made Simple
BRAIDING
MADE SIMPLE is also complete and headed toward replication about the
same time. We should have the master in hand the second week of
May.
This is
the first of our instructional series for horse owners who want to
raise the bar for themselves when they compete. For more info,
click
here.
