San Marcos Cinema Club Hosts Lost River Film Fest
San Marcos Cinema Club — hailed as “wonderful organization” in Austin Chronicle & winner of 2016 Arts Commission award — presents four-day film extravaganza featuring concerts, workshops & downtown BMX spectacle entitled “Wheelz ‘N’ Reelz.”
San Marcos, TX — Beyond an enthralling line-up of internationally culled short films, features & TV/web content — shown in a variety of charming San Marcos venues — Lost River Film Fest announces these marquee screenings:
SIR DOUG & THE GENUINE TEXAS COSMIC GROOVE
Legendary music journalist Joe Nick Patoski (biographer of Selena & Willie Nelson) accompanies his documentary of hippie-cowboy rocker Doug Sahm’s voyage from a musical prodigy, sparking a riot at his San Anto high school, into the Summer of Love & eventual formation of Tex-Mex supergroup The Texas Tornadoes: Thur, Nov 2, 7 PM at Price Center.
WHEN WE BURN OUT
Never-before-seen stoner comedy from Vanessa Pla, up-&-coming apprentice of Richard Linklater, shot at Wonder World: features Lorelei Linklater (star of Oscar-nominated BOYHOOD) & musicians Loulou Ghelichkani (Thievery Corporation) & Christian Bland (Black Angels). Pla will be joined by famed songwriter James Hand, who’ll perform prior to the Director’s Cut viewing: Fri, Nov 3, 7 PM at Wonder World Cave.
TOWER
Award-winning, animated retelling of the courage exhibited by ordinary people throughout the tragic UT Tower massacre fifty years ago: the first American killing spree ever broadcast live on television, prompting creation of the SWAT team. Director Keith Maitland & Ramiro “Ray” Martinez, the off-duty officer who stormed the gunman atop the tower, in attendance: Sat, Nov 4, 6:30 PM at Starplex Theater.
SOUTHWEST OF SALEM
Chronicles the nightmarish persecution of four Latina lesbians in San Antonio, wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls during the Satanic Panic of the 90s. A court ruling last fall, finally exonerating the women of all charges, cited this documentary in its first paragraph. Anna Vasquez, one of the falsely accused San Anto 4, will be on hand for the screening: Sun, Nov 5, 2 PM at LBJ Museum.
Cinema Club has received scores of submissions — hailing from Kenya, Iran, Poland, South Africa, India, Turkey & beyond — in its first year.
A highlight of Lost River Film Fest is WHEELZ ‘N’ REELZ: a free spectacle overtaking a downtown block with ramps & national BMX champs, as well as demos from the San Marcos River Rollers derby team, Unicycle Football League & the skateboarding community. Films will play in the Good Stuff Community Store adjacent.
More info, & online ticket purchases available, at www.LostRiverFilmFest.org.
