The George Lindsey Film and TV Festival, how did it get started?
A lady named Bobbie Hurt and another lady named Lisa Darnell. We sort of came up with it. Bobbie was in the Communications Department. We just started talking about it, and went to see the legislature department and I volunteered to get speakers and have something that will be for the kids in North Alabama where they can learn more about acting, casting, production, script writing, marketing and all of the stuff that you are not actually privy to. This is a nonprofit, educational endeavor is what it is. We have had some success. I think that three films have been bought by cable because of the festival and shown commercially, which is great. If we had had something like this in Jaspur, Alabama I would not have had to go to New York. It’s great to give back like that. It’s not really giving back as much as it is something that I can make happen. There was lot of great stuff at this year’s festival for aspirants of the industry. To do this you have to go where it is done. They do not do
