Saturday, January 3, 8pm

Sunday, January 4, 3pm

Truck Stop Still Lifes: Films by Bill Brown 

Truck Stop Still Lifes is three short films about the New World that weren't exactly shot from the window of a moving car, but that's the idea. Titles include: Mountain State (2003): A brief history of the westward expansion of the United States as told by 25 roadside historical markers in the state of West Virginia; Buffalo Common (2001): A portrait of the prairies of North Dakota as the state loses its Cold War arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as its aging population of Scandinavian farmers; and Confederation Park (1999): A travel diary from Canada. Francophones, Anglophones, and Allophones duke it out over what it means to be a Canadian, and whether, in the end, it even matters. 

Bill Brown is from Lubbock. Lately, he's been shooting film along the US/Mexico border, south of Tucson.