Top American Film Schools in the South

Once again, five southern film schools made The Hollywood Reporter's annual list of Top 25 American Film Schools.

11. University of Texas, Austin
Austin, Texas 

14. University of North Carolina School of the Arts 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

16. Ringling College of Art and Design
Sarasota, Florida

17. Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, Georgia

20. Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

From The Hollywood Reporter,  The Top 25 American Film Schools 2017 (August 16, 2017).

Best American Southern Films

The Southern films listed in the American Film Institute's Top 100 Films of All Time (10th Anniversary Edition) are:

Gone With the Wind (1939)
The General (1927)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Nashville (1975)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Forrest Gump (1994)
All the President's Men (1976)
Easy Rider (1969)
The Last Picture Show (1971)

What are your favorites? Have you seen them all?

"Fried Green Tomatoes" 25 Years Later

For many people, "Fried Green Tomatoes", based on Fannie Flagg's novel of the same name is the definitive southern movie.

Garden & Gun magazine looks back in Celebrating 25 Years of 'Fried Green Tomatoes'.



http://gardenandgun.com/article/celebrating-25-years-fried-green-tomatoes

Deliverance: An Oral History in the August/September 2015 Issue of Garden & Gun

If you love southern literature and southern film, then you know that southerner's love to spin a good yarn. In the August/September 2015 issue of Garden & Gun magazine, Delivering 'Deliverance' by John Meroney, is a look back at the making of the film "Deliverance" (1972). An adaptation of James Dickey's novel, this oral history shows that making the film "Deliverance" was almost as much a southern adventure as shooting the rapids if more than a little bit more fun, with all of the colorful characters that you would expect in a southern classic.

http://gardenandgun.com/article/delivering-deliverance

2014 Sundance Film Festival - Southern Connections

Some films with southern connections screened at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.


The 2014 Sundance Film Festival
January 16-26, 2014
Park City, Utah

'Freedom Summer' (2013)

Directed by Stanley Nelson, 'Freedom Summer' is a documentary about the summer of 1964 when a thousand volunteers descended on Mississippi to encourage voter registration and and combat segregation.

More about 'Freedom Summer' on the Sundance website.

Cast and Credits

Director: Stanley Nelson
Screenwriter: Stanley Nelson
Executive Producer: Mark Samels
Producers: Stanley Nelson, Cyndee Readdean
Editor: Aljernon Tunsil
Line Producer: Stacey Holman
Archival Researcher: Christine Fall
Assistant Editor: Natasha Mottola

'Hellion' (2014)

A feature written and directed by Kat Candler based on her short film 'Hellion' (2012) and set in southeastern Texas.

For more about 'Hellion' on the Sundance website.

Cast and Credits

Director: Kat Candler
Screenwriter: Kat Candler
Producers: Kelly Williams, Jonathan Duffy
Executive Producers: Janice Beard, Tanner Beard, Jeff Nichols, Sarah Green, Suzanne Weinert
Cinematographer: Brett Pawlak
Editor: Alan Canant
Production Designer: Deneice O'Connor
Composer: Curtis Heath
Principal Cast: Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis, Josh Wiggins, Deke Garner, Jonny Mars, Walt Roberts

'Cold in July' (2014)

Directed by Jim Mickel this feature is set in Texas.

More about 'Cold in July' on the Sundance website.

Cast and Credits

Director: Jim Mickle
Screenwriters: Jim Mickle, Nick Damici
Producers: Linda Moran, René Bastian, Marie Savare de Laitre, Adam Folk
Executive Producers: Jean-Baptiste Babin, Emilie Georges, Manuel Chiche, David Atlan-Jackson, Joël Thibout
Cinematographer: Ryan Samul
Editors: John Paul Horstmann, Jim Mickle
Composer: Jeff Grace
Production Designer: Russell Barnes
Principal Cast: Michael C. Hall, Don Johnson, Sam Shepard, Vinessa Shaw, Nick Damici, Wyatt Russell

'Gone With the Wind' Actress Alicia Rhett Dies at Age 98

Alicia Rhett, the actress whose one and only film role was that of India Wilkes in 'Gone With the Wind' (MGM-193), died on January 4, 2014 at age 98. She was born February 1, 1915 in Savannah, Georgia and later moved to Charleston, South Carolina.

Alicia Rhett was discovered by publicist Kay Brown during the much publicized casting tour of the South to find undiscovered talent for the movie.



Alicia Rhett - obituary
The Telegraph
January 7, 2014

'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