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WV Filmmakers Festival to feature Evans, Barbour

By Scott Finn

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September 29, 2009 · This year for the first time, the West Virginia Filmmakers Festival starts Wednesday at Glenville State College, and then moves back to Elk Theater in Sutton for Friday, Saturday and Sunday showings.
Russ Barbour is competing for West Virginia filmmaker of the year. Watch his PBS documentary on the West Virginia governor who ended up driving a cab in Chicago.

For ten years, the West Virginia Filmmakers Festival  has allowed filmmakers and the public to see homegrown art and talk about what it means.

Scott Finn spoke with festival director Kevin Carpenter about the films, including “Coal Country,” which has brought national attention to mountaintop removal mining.

 

Braxton County native Mari-Lynn Evans, who made the film, will be at the festival to talk about her experiences.

 

Evans is competing for West Virginia Filmmaker of the Year, along with Russ Barbour, the West Virginia PBS producer whose most recent documentary chronicles the life of former West Virginia Governor Bill Marland, who fought off an alcohol addiction by becoming a cab driver in Chicago.

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