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His Town

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Still Life

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Across The Line

According to the district attorney in Smith County, this building was the site of the most horrific child sex ring in Texas history. Three of the adults convicted of running it have already been sentenced to life in prison. There’s just one problem: The DA in neighboring Wood County, where the building is located, says nothing happened here at all.
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Runway or Another

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Dear Yankee

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The 50 Greatest Hamburgers In Texas

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Innocence Lost

Since August 23, 1992, Anthony Graves has been behind bars for the gruesome murder of a family in Somerville. There was no clear motive, no physical evidence connecting him to the crime, and the only witness against him recanted, declaring again and again before his death, in 2000, that Graves didn’t do it. If he didn’t, the truth will come out. Won’t it?
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Right Place, Right Time

An exquisite sense of timing—and a good deal of luck—has helped transform Rick Perry from an unknown Democratic state legislator into a swaggering Republican who’s spent more years in the Governor’s Mansion than anyone in Texas history. Is it enough to carry him past Kay Bailey Hutchison and all the way to the White House?
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Bob Hudgins talks to Katy Vine about the “Waco” controversy, tax incentives, and how to get your movie made in Texas.

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Sunday, July 19th, 2009, 9:37 pm
Steve says:
Let’s focus on the fact that incentives got passed and then maybe work on other aspects; clauses and what not, once we successfully proven to the citizen’s of our great State that Bob and many others like ourselves that this was good legislation. If you want to talk about it futher please feel free to contact me. Thanks Steve White Stevetxcz@aol.com

Sunday, July 19th, 2009, 9:37 pm
Steve says:
Cosmo, Bob is a hardworking man who does a lot for the film community. He is a big reason we have not lost our industry altogether. And he does more than read 10 scripts a week. Let’s focus on the fact that incentives got passed and then maybe work on other aspects; clauses and what not, once we successfully proven to the citizen’s of our great State that Bob and many others like ourselves that this was good legislation. If you want to talk about it futher please feel free to contact me. Thanks Steve White Stevetxcz@aol.com

Friday, July 17th, 2009, 5:50 pm
Cosmo Inserra says:
Thank you for this article It proves that Bob Hudgins is a huge waste of time and taxpayer money and part of the problem and not the answer. Bob Hudgins reads 10 scripts a week????? are you freaking kidding me??? of course he loves his job it is so intertwined with the legislation that he can sit around wasting our taxpayer dollars doing his "due diligence". As a filmmaker and community activist I am going to take partial credit for the "visceral" response he has received. my group SAMFI has, along with other similar film groups, led a fight against this content clause on the basis that it is not representative of the people of the state of Texas. This article further illuminates the fact that having a clause like this wastes so much energy time and money, all of which could be focused on what a state film commissioner should be doing.

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