AUSTIN, Texas (April 6, 2015) – The Hill Country Film Festival (HCFF), an annual independent film event in Fredericksburg, Texas (April 30 – May 3, 2015) and presented by the Hill Country Film Society, has partnered with Fritztown Cinema to screen BUCK (d. Cindy Meehl, U.S., 2011), winner of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Audience Award, as part of its monthly “indie screening series” in Fredericksburg.
Cindy Meehl, presenting at Do Lectures, “How to Make a Horse Movie About People” (begins with BUCK film trailer 2:31 min)
LAST Sunday evening, Buck Brannaman strolled the High Line, two stories above the streets of Manhattan and hundreds of miles from his native habitat, the ranch country where he runs clinics in enlightened horsemanship. The documentary “Buck,” which won a Sundance audience award this year and will open on Friday in New York and Los Angeles, details his shaman-like skills around horses and the people who ride them. Read complete article >
Is it possible that a documentary film could cross enough cultural, geographic and demographic lines to become a mainstream phenomenon, without a political agenda or shock value? That’s the question L.A. Times film critic Betsy Sharkey is asking at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.