'Red River Moon' filmed on location in Kentucky's Red River Gorge

'Red River Moon', a film by Bruce Barnett, premiered at Lexington's Kentucky Theatre on June 20, 2013. It was filmed on location at Kentucky's Red River Gorge.

'Red River Moon' official website http://www.redrivermoon.org

Red River Moon: Latest Kentucky-made movie to premiere at Kentucky Theatre
BY KAKIE URCH, June11, 2013, ACE

Appalshop -- Appalachian Arts and Education Center

Appalshop (appalshop.org) is a non-profit multi-disciplinary arts and education center located in Whitesburg, Kentucky in the heart of Appalachia. Appalshop produces original films and video as well as theater, music and spoken-word recordings, radio, photography, multimedia, and books.

Begun in 1969 as an economic development project of the War on Poverty to teach young people in Appalachia media skills so that they could find employment outside of Appalachia. The focus soon changed. Instead of leaving the region, students used those skills to stay in the region and to begin making films to document their own communities from their own perspective.

Now Appalshop is a nationally recognized media center. Projects range "from documenting traditional arts to exploring history to dealing with the social issues that affect the region today. The underlying philosophy has always been that Appalachian people must tell their own stories and solve their own problems."

As stated on their website, "Appalshop is dedicated to the proposition that the world is immeasurably enriched when local cultures garner the resources, including new technologies, to tell their own stories and to listen to the unique stories of others. The creative acts of listening and telling are Appalshop's core competency."


Some significant Appalshop projects:

Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man (1975)
Buffalo Creek Revisited (1984)

Both films, directed by Mimi Pickering. Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man was added to the National Film Registry in 2005.


You can view films and videos online at the Appalshop Channel or purchase DVDs through the Appalshop General Store.

'50 to 1' to premiere March 24, 2014

The movie. '50 to 1', about the longshot 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird is set to premiere March 24, 2014 in New Mexico.


Mine That Bird movie premieres in March; "big stuff" planned for local debut
by Jonathan Lintner
Courier-Journal
November 26, 2013

Behind the Scenes of '12 Years a Slave'

Director Steve McQueen talks about filming '12 Years a Slave'.

Horrendous Acts in a Beautiful Way: Behind the Scenes of '12 Years a Slave'
by Bilge Ebiri
November 13, 2013
Vulture

'12 Years a Slave' Shot On Location in and around New Orleans, Louisiana

Filming locations for '12 Years a Slave' included:

St. Joseph Plantation  and Felicity Plantation in Vachery, Louisiana
Audubon Park and The French Quarter in New Orleans


For more information about New Orleans and '12 Years a Slave':

'12 Years a Slave': Five Cool Things to Know about the New Orleans-shot Historical Epic
by Mike Scott
NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune

29th Annual Independent Spirit Awards

"12 Years a Slave" was nominated for seven categories for the 29th Annual Independent Spirit Awards (including Best Feature).

'12 Years a Slave' Leads 2014 Spirit Award Nominations from Indiwire
by Peter Gnet
November 26, 2013

Atlanta History Center's Swan House Capitol Tours (November 22, 2013 - January 6, 2014)

Swan House Capitol Tours 
Friday, November 22, 2013 – Monday, January 6, 2014 
Monday – Saturday from 1:00 – 5:00 PM 

Fans of The Hunger Games can visit one of the most-recognizable Atlanta locations used in the movie. One of the Georgia filming locations for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the Swan House is offering the Capitol Tour from November 22, 2013 through January 6, 2014.

For more information or tickets, visit the Atlanta History Center's webpage at http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/cms/Swan+House/116.html