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Spindletop
Film Festival
deadline set
for Feb. 12
The sixth annual Spindletop/Lamar
University Film Festival is accepting film and
video entries for its annual competition, with
the top films or videos winning in cash and
prizes, including entry into a hands-on film-
making workshop valued at $1,400.
“We’ve received entries from across the
nation,” O’Brien Stanley, contest coordina-
tor, said. “In the past, winning films have
Been screened at the festival- which are seen
by their peers and noted filmmakers. We
plan on doing all that again in 2005.”
With one independent feature film shot :
in 2004 and another two set for 2005, it is
evident that there is an interest in film in
Southeast Texas. Stanley said.
The Best of Show college filmmaker will
receive the Austin Film Works Summer
Intensive Scholarship, a two-week filmmaker
workshop valued at $1,400. The workshop
will be offered in Houston this summer by
award-winning filmmaker Steve Mims.
A former film-production professor al
the University of Texas, Mims quit his uni-
versity job in 1993 to start Austin Film
Works. Noted director and screenwriter
Robert Rodriguez studied under Mims.
The top college film or video entrant
also will receive a ticket to the Austin Film
Festival, $250 cash, and entry to the
Spindletop festival.
The top high school entry will receive
the Houston Film Commission Prize for
Outstanding High School Filmmaker Award,
a $500 scholarship for a first-year college stu-
dent to attend Lamar University, a $200 cash
prize and entry to the Spindletop festival.
The film competition offers divisions for
beginning and experienced filmmakers. High
school and college entries are $15 each and
others are $20 each. All entries must be post-
marked by Feb, 12. Finalists will be notified
March 8. The festival, scheduled for April 15
to April IT is sponsored in part by the
Southeast Texas Arts Council. It will include
workshops, as well as film and video screen-
ings.
“It’s a great opportunity for student
filmmakers and professionals alike to get
their work noticed,” said Stanley, assistant
professor of film and broadcasting at Lamar.
For rules, categories and other details,
visit www.spinfest.org or call 880-7222.
Barbara Maltese of The Cosmic Dust Devils performs the Janis Joplin tribute at Saturday’s ‘Birthday Bash,’ singing Joplin classics.
LPMike Tobias
Greene named
festival director
Lumberlon resident Cindy Greene has
been named director of the 2005
Spindletop/Lamar University Film Festival.
A native of Beaumont, Greene earned ah
associate of applied science degree in
Radiologic Technology from Lamar University
in 1995, then returned to Lamar to pursue her
passion for filmmaking. In 2003, she received a
bachelor’s degree in communication with an
emphasis in film.
While at Lamar, Greene produced “The
Derm’s Comer,” a cable TV and radio pro-
gram, as well as a documentary for
ExxonMobil titled “Magnolia: A Hundred
Years of Oil.” The documentary won Greene
several awards in the Golden Triangle and
Houston area.
Greene has worked on several short films.
She served as associate producer and first
assistant director for “Gemini,” a short film
from G-Sharp productions. In addition, she is
the associate producer and location manager
for “Noble Things,” a feature-length film
scheduled to shoot in Southeast Texas in 2005.
Greene doesn’t just make films; she writes
them, too. Her drama “Where Butterflies
Dance” took first place as best screenplay in
Film Expo Texas in 2003.
Spinfest 2005 is scheduled for April 15
through April 17, with a film and video compe-
tition deadline of Feb. 12. The film competition
offers divisions for beginning and experienced
filmmakers. High schobl and college entries
are $15 each and others are $20 each.
“I’ve been involved with the festival for
three years. Moving it from February to April
will enable us to grow” Greene said. “The
move will give students more time to work on
film projects and will allow the festival staff
more time to organize volunteers and publi-
cize the event.”
Port Arthur hosts 4Bash’ on what would be singer’s 62nd birthday
By KATHRYN EAKENS
UP Features Editor
Fans both young and old gathered at the
Robert A. “Bob” Bowers Civic Center to cele-
brate what would have been the 62nd birthday
of Janis Joplin in her hometown of Port Arthur
on Saturday night.
The 18th Annual Janis Joplin Birthday
Bash featured music from Barbara Maltese &
The Cosmic Dust Devils, Gene Kelton & The
Diehards with special guest Monica Marie, The
Beat Daddys and Barry Piggot & the Heartbeat
Band with the New Generation Homs.
“I think her spirit is in the house tonight,”
Maltese, who also performed the Janis Joplin
tribute, said.
Maltese, who sings with the Austin band
The Cosmic Dust Devils, had never done a Janis
Joplin tribute before Saturday.
“I was really honored and kind of scared,”
Maltese said of trying to fill the shoes of the
famous Joplin. “Even if she was here and 62-
years-old, she’d be giving me a run for my
money.”
Headlining the event was Archie Bell, who
was also inducted into the Museum of the Gulf
Coast’s Music Hall of Fame during the bash.
Bell and his band, Archie Bell and The
Drells, scored a No. 1 hit in 1968 with their song
“Tighten Up.”
“This is my first time out here and it is fan-
tastic,” Don Sawtor, a resident of Orange and
fan of Joplin for more than 30 years, said. “I’ll
definitely be coming back next year. My oldest
daughter will be 18 by then, so I'll be bringing
her with me.”
Proceeds from the event are used to fund
the Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame exhibit at
the Museum of the Gulf Coast, located at 700
Procter St. in downtown Port Arthur.
The museum houses the famous multi-face
statue of Joplin and a replica of her painted
1965 Porsche along with memorabilia of her life
and other area musical stars from Houston to
New Orleans.
The museum also set up a small display
near the entrance of the Civic Center, featuring
photos, including Joplin’s Thomas Jefferson
High School yearbook, and other artifacts dedi-
cated to her career.
Trae Branham, bass, and Robert
Segovia, vocals, of the local band La
Snacks perform at the Vortex Saturday
evening. Band members not shown are
Joe Deshotel, guitar, and Jamey Matte,
drums.
La Snacks joined Bring Back
the Guns and Bullets on Broadway for the
show, located at 2530 N. 11th Street in
Beaumont.
Nederland resident, Branham is
a junior at Lamar. Senior Deshotel is from
Beaumont and Matte, a freshman,
resides in Groves. Segovia is a recent
graduate from Texas A&M University.
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