AFI Dallas International Film Festival - ‘CRAWFORD’

Target 10 Documentary Feature Competition

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(USA, 2008, 74 mins)

Directed By: David Modigliani

Documentary filmmaker David Modigliani explores a deceptively simple question: What happens to the 705 people of Crawford, Texas, when George W. Bush moves to town?

Crawford exploded overnight when Bush moved there and later declared his candidacy for President, using the tiny town as the perfect set-piece to project a folksy image. The town was thrust into the spotlight and instantly overrun with reporters and tourists. Shops opened; Main Street boomed; and the locals watched themselves on national TV. But the changes didn't stop there. Tensions grew between locals with opposing political points of view, and in 2005, the President's mounting problems followed him home in the form of Cindy Sheehan's peace movement when 20,000 impassioned protesters and counter-protesters battled it out on Crawford's tiny streets.

Bush's tenure as president will soon end; but the aftermath of his time in office may be felt in Crawford for quite some time.

Information from the AFI website

Some nearby drink specials on April 4th

• State & Allen Lounge: 11 am - 8 pm: $1 off all drinks
• Sushi Zushi: 3 pm - 7 pm: 1/2 off liquors
• Hook Line and Sinker: 4 pm - 7 pm: $1.75 domestics, $2.75 imports
• Uncle Julio's (Dallas / Lemmon & Douglas): 4 pm - 6 pm: $4 margaritas, $2 domestic bottles, $2.50 import bottles
• Phases: 9 am - 9 pm: $2.50 domestic bottles, $2.50 wells

Some nearby restaurants

• Great American Hero (Dallas)
• The Old Warsaw
• Jake's Old Fashioned Hamburgers (Dallas / McKinney Ave)
• Panera Bread (Dallas / Lemmon Avenue)
• Denny's (Dallas / Knox-Henderson)

Some nearby events on April 4th

• The Blonde, The Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead, Dallas Theater Center, 8 p.m.
• Richard III, The MAC (McKinney Avenue Contemporary), 8 p.m.
• AFI Dallas International Film Festival - 'Shorts Program 6 - Midnight', Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar, 11:55 p.m.
• AFI Dallas International Film Festival - 'Faro - Goddess Of The Waters', Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar, 4 p.m.
• AFI Dallas International Film Festival - 'Heckler', Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar, 10:30 p.m.

Event posted March 11, 2008
Last updated March 11, 2008