Hot Springs Film Fesitval: ACC Members Star In Documentary

[DeBo]

"The Buffalo Flows," a one-hour documentary showcasing America’s first national river, will premiere at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Friday, Oct. 17, at 7:15 p.m. Get Festival schedule and directions here: http://www.hsdfi.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Last summer I was asked by Larry Foley at UA to put together a trip on the Buffalo River for the film crew. Several canoe club members went along to be camera fodder. We had a great two day trip, climbed up to the Nars and took out at Woolum. Larry tells me that Cowper and Margaret Bartelt “Stan” are the stars of the show. Craig Dodson is also seen paddling his solo canoe.
Here is an excerpt from the press release:

The film is written and produced by two-time Emmy award winning filmmaker Larry Foley, Professor of Journalism at the University of Arkansas, who will be available for questions and discussion after the premiere. Joining him will be AETN Executive Director Allen Weatherly.
The Buffalo River begins in the Ozark Mountains, flowing through hills and rock framed valleys – a place people fought to preserve.

"There’s not just one thing that makes the Buffalo so special, so unique," Foley said. "When the ‘Battle for the Buffalo’ was won, protecting the river from being dammed, we saved a national natural treasure.
"People know of the river as a canoe stream, and it’s one of the best. But, the Buffalo is so much more, and the film captures exactly what it is we protected. This story is about the bluffs and the trees, the flowers and the birds and the giant elk. It’s about hiking and floating and camping and fishing. And, it’s also about the people who make their home in Buffalo River country year round, and have for generations."

Academy Award winner Ray McKinnon of Little Rock, an actor and film director, narrates. Trey Marley of Fayetteville captures the river’s magnificent beauty over four seasons, while Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker Dale Carpenter, also a UA professor, lends his talent as the film’s editor.

"‘Save the Buffalo’ was the cry," Foley said. "They won that battle and federal protection.
"Today there is a future that mirrors the past because the Buffalo flows."
Folk singer Jimmy Driftwood called the Buffalo River, "Arkansas’s gift to the nation – America’s gift to the world."

Funding for "The Buffalo Flows" was provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History.

Foley, an accomplished documentary filmmaker, has earned many national and international awards, including an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, four Emmy nominations, first place awards from the Broadcast Education Association, WorldFest Houston, the Aurora Film Festival, and the International Film and Video Festival. He specializes in writing and producing films on cultural history.

Foley’s PBS credits include "Saving the Eagles," "The Lost Squadron" and "When Lightning Struck: Saga of an American Warplane." In 2003, "The Forgotten Expedition" and "It Started Here: Early Arkansas and the Louisiana Purchase" were distributed nationally to public TV stations by the National Educational Telecommunications Association.

[Butch Crain]

Cool! Nice job Deb.

Now that Cowper and Stan are film stars, I'll be checking out the papparazzi rags in the grocery store for y'all's pics with the other Hollywood types.

[Randy Dodson]

thanks for posting this Debo. Looks like our fri. night plans have just changed.

We're not even going to tell Craig where we're going, just gonna surprise him :shock: