A locally shot and produced film will round out the screenings at the Fayetteville Film Fest this weekend. Shot at locations in War Eagle, Cane Hill and Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park, "Freedom s Path" is a Civil War drama starring RJ Cyler, Carol Sutton, Ewen Bremner and Gerran Howell. Rockhill Studios of Fayetteville provided production assistance, and owners Blake and Kerri Elder acted as executive producers on the film as well. The director, Brett Smith, answered these questions for What s Up!
Oris Buckner III, a Black former police detective and whistleblower who spoke out about police brutality in the aftermath of a white officer's 1980 shooting death in New Orleans, has died. He was 70.