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Two film festivals — both at the same time

Last weekend, Little Rock played host to two drastically different film festivals. At the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA), the Arkansas Cinema Society (ACS) presented a summer film program that included screenings of several Arkansas-connected short films and features; they also brought in filmmaker Craig Brewer ("Hustle & Flow" and "Coming 2 America") to showcase a couple of his films, and provide a lecture on filmmaking. On the other side of town, the 9th annual Kaleidoscope LGBT+ Film Festival took place at The Studio Theater, celebrating queer cinema by featuring internationally renowned and locally produced Arkansas films by emerging gay filmmakers. ....

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Working Red Carpet for 'God's Country Song'

Last week I was invited to attend and report on the premiere, red carpet event and screening of the latest film to come out of Northwest Arkansas, "God s Country Song." Honestly, the title of this movie had me a bit nervous. Frequent readers of this column should know my knowledge of music isn t too great and my tastes are, well, rather peculiar. Out of every musical genre, well. let s just say that the dial on my radio tends to fray away from country stations. Nonetheless, being the decent ragtag reporter that I am, I piled up my gear and made the three hour trek up to Bentonville. ....

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