January 16, 2020 VALDOSTA, GA \u2013 The documentary film \u201cThem That Work\u201d by Valdosta State University Associate Professor Jason Brown continues to reach wider and wider audiences. The film, about filmmaking, coal mining, and unions, was included on the DVD for the Criterion Collection\u2019s international release of \u201cMatewan\u201d by filmmaker John Sayles. It is now announced that the film will be broadcast by West Virginia Public Broadcasting February 16, 2020 at 7:30 pm. Brown began working on the film a decade ago after meeting Sayles and his producing partner Maggie Renzi. The two encouraged the film as a document of the people and places impacted by their film and the change over time. Featuring interviews with Oscar nominees John Sayles, Morgan Spurlock, David Strathairn, Newton Thomas Sigel, and Oscar winners Haskell Wexler and Chris Cooper, the documentary includes never-before-seen-footage of the making of \u201cMatewan\u201d and looks at how filmmaking affected the state of West Virginia. Along with the Hollywood A-listers, the film includes interviews with the current mayor of the town of Matewan, the former head of the WV Film Office, extras from the movie and other native filmmakers. \u201cThe making of this one movie has had a lasting impact across people\u2019s lives,\u201d Brown said. \u201cMy film documents as much of that impact as possible.\u201d Receiving a prime time broadcast slot is further recognition for the film and to those it depicts. After its initial airing on WVPB, the film will be available on the state\u2019s other over the air outlet \u2013 the West Virginia Channel. Being a part of the Criterion Collection is high praise as well. Since 1984, the Criterion Collection has published important classic and contemporary films from around the world in editions of the highest technical quality with the bonus material that provides important insight and context for the work. Along with being a professor of mass media at Valdosta State University, Brown is the festival director of the upcoming South Georgia Film Festival. For more information on \u201cThem That Work\u201d or the South Georgia Film Festival, contact Prof. Jason Brown at 229-219-1298 or jasonebrown@valdosta.edu. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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