Arkansas has its fair share of legends and tall tales. It s a state with rich folklore from the ghastly Gurdon Light that floats aimlessly above the railroad tracks in Clark County to the haunted Woodson Lateral Road in Pulaski County with its phantom hitchhiker that s destined to wander alone forever. Last week in a sold-out theater in Jonesboro, a group of Arkansans gathered to witness a new spooky tale as the Arkansas Cinema Society (ACS) presented a special screening of "Ghosts of the Ozarks," a feature-length narrative shot almost entirely in the Natural State by homegrown filmmaker Jordan Wayne Long.
The Entrepreneur Educational Center Inc. (EECI) will host their next business seminar at East Dominguez Park on Saturday, July 23, the second in a series of outreach to BIPOC and multicultural entrepreneurs located in the 2nd Supervisorial District.
Ask anyone who knows, and they'll tell you the Arkansas film scene is burgeoning as never before. More major film and television projects to say nothing of dozens of short and independent films are finding their way to The Natural State where costs are cheaper, people are friendlier and the backdrop is unparalleled by anything in the industry's traditional production centers.
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Producer-director-screenwriter Corbin Pitts, a sophomore at North Little Rock High School and founder of Heroe Productions Entertainment LLC, introduces his short film, "Salad Days," with a world-premiere red carpet screening Wednesday at the Argenta Community Theater, 405 Main St., North Little Rock.