Telling the stories of the most storied place

LA FRONTERA

Posted by on Jan 21, 2015 in Uncategorized

http://southdocs.org/project/lafrontera/

THAT’S A WRAP!

Posted by on Dec 22, 2014 in Documentaries, LA FRONTERA

Look for the movie LA FRONTERA this summer!  

BEAUTIFUL JIM @ MILLSAPS…

Posted by on Dec 4, 2014 in BEAUTIFUL JIM

In observance of World AIDS Day. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=971232636237842&id=367264993301279&refid=17

LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 4

Posted by on Nov 26, 2014 in Documentaries, LA FRONTERA
LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 4

Welcome to week 4 of LA FRONTERA, coming to you from beautiful Alpine, Texas. Mark took a week off to go back home for a previous commitment, so I used this time to loop back with some people. But first I had a great weekend with my wonderful wife, Cara. Here’s a gratuitous vacation photo for your […]

LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 5

Posted by on Dec 5, 2014 in Documentaries, LA FRONTERA
LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 5

Welcome to week 5 of LA FRONTERA. This blog will not be as detailed as my previous ones since I’ve fallen behind on my journal, but I’ll hit the high spots. Had a nice Thanksgiving dinner with Mark and Bob at an unnamed hotel in Marathon (so unnamed because there were no comps).   The road […]

Andalusia Star article on the border walk

Posted by on Nov 18, 2014 in Documentaries, LA FRONTERA
Andalusia Star article on the border walk

http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2014/11/18/local-man-walking-nearly-1200-miles/

LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 3

Posted by on Nov 13, 2014 in Documentaries, LA FRONTERA
LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 3

Welcome to week 3 of LA FRONTERA, coming to you after four hours of cleanup and refresh after a nasty PC infection. I really miss my Mac. PC people, if you move to Mac then you won’t have any more trouble with any of this virus and bloatware nonsense. Sunday 11/09 Sadness ensued as Hizzoner Jack Chappell rolled off […]

LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 2

Posted by on Nov 9, 2014 in Documentaries, LA FRONTERA
LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 2

Welcome to week 2 of LA FRONTERA. Sunday 11/02 Went to Socorro and visited with Tanya Carbajal and family at her grandmother’s farm. Tanya is the daughter of Orlando Carbajal, a farmer we met in Fort Hancock last week. Tanya is a student in journalism and new media at UTEP, and she is just as good in […]

LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 1

Posted by on Nov 2, 2014 in Documentaries, LA FRONTERA
LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 1

Welcome to the chronicle of week 1 of LA FRONTERA. My plan to publish daily dispatches proved to be much too ambitious, so instead I shall be issuing weekly digests of our adventure. Saturday 10/25 Made it to Abilene in about 11 hours. Dodged a couch in the middle of six lanes of traffic on I-10; […]

LA FRONTERA – INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY MARKER #1

Posted by on Oct 27, 2014 in Documentaries, LA FRONTERA
LA FRONTERA – INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY MARKER #1

Just got back from a scout trip to tomorrow morning’s launching point of our expedition.

BEAUTIFUL JIM @ Delta State’s Diversity in Performance Series TONIGHT @ 7P

Posted by on Oct 27, 2014 in BEAUTIFUL JIM, Documentaries

http://www.deltastate.edu/news-and-events/event/diversity-in-performance-series-2/

LA FRONTERA

Posted by on Oct 19, 2014 in LA FRONTERA

In one week, I’ll be commencing production on my latest feature, LA FRONTERA, which will chronicle the journey of Mark Hainds as he walks the 1200-mile length of the Rio Grande as it borders Texas and Mexico. I’ll be updating the blog as we make our way east from El Paso to Boca Chica, but in the meantime, […]

BEAUTIFUL JIM

PREMIERES AT 7PM ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH AT THE LYRIC THEATRE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THACKER.  Jimbeau will perform on the Thacker Mountain Radio Show (begins at 6) and we will screen the movie immediately following the show.  Come for Thacker and stay for the movie!  It’s all FREE!!! I’ve always been a believer in serendipity, especially […]

A REPRESENTATIVE OF MYSELF

Frank Kirtley is a Methodist minister, living historian, and firearms enthusiast. In this chapter of “Mississippi Stories”, Frank weaves his position on gun control through American history and his myriad of life experiences to explain why he is A REPRESENTATIVE OF MYSELF. A film by Rex Jones.

SIZE DON'T MATTER

David Frazier is a fly fisherman who favors the small rivers and streams of Mississippi. For him, it’s not necessarily about the catch, but the experience. Join him on the Chunky River one beautiful Fall morning to see why SIZE DON’T MATTER in this latest edition of Mississippi Stories. SIZE DON’T MATTER from UM Media […]

Crossing Chunky Waters

Growing up in Hickory, Mississippi, about five miles from the Chunky River, I had floated it many times in the past, but never after the leaves turned. Little did I know what I’d been missing. I recently went fishing with David Frazier, fly fisherman extraordinaire, and was amazed at the Fall beauty of the river […]

LECILE

“You do everything big!” That’s the advice of Lecile Harris, the seventy-six-year-old professional rodeo clown whose life in rodeo spans almost sixty years. I got to spend some time with him at rodeos in Meridian, MS and Jonesboro, AR and had an absolute ball. Lecile began his career as a bullrider and bullfighter, but a […]

The Fair

The Neshoba County Fair has been around since 1889, and Pat Banks Woodrick’s family was there at the very beginning. CABIN 25 is her story of fun and fellowship at Mississippi’s Giant Houseparty. Special bonus footage includes Ross Barnett on guitar and the melee that is the infamous chair race! Rex CABIN 25 from UM […]

The Other Philadelphia Story

Philadelphia, Mississippi is notorious for the 1964 Civil Rights killings of Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Schwerner.  In I CAN’T AFFORD TO FUMBLE THE BALL, Mayor James A. Young talks about the responsibility he feels as Philadelphia’s first black mayor and how the city has moved forward from its ignoble past. Rex

Memphis in the Meantime

There are much worse places to go to work than Rum Boogie Cafe, the Beale Street Music Festival, and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.  See a little bit of all three in BEALE, BLUES, & BARBECUE, a profile of Natchez native Lyman Aldrich, whose leadership helped make Memphis in May into the internationally known economic […]

One Hundred Years Young

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting with a young lady who has spent more than eighty years of her life in service of others.  The latest installment in our “Mississippi Stories” series is a portrait of Leola Dillard, the centenarian community activist who founded the nationally recognized Make a Difference Day Free Flea Market […]