Up A Creek Did Not Win Best Documentary Short Film At Fort Worth's Lone Star International Film Festival

Lone Star Film Festival Did Not Show Up A Creek

Fort Worth's Lone Star International Film Festival ends today, Monday, November 14.

The fact that I did not realize this was taking place is a good indicator of how un-festive this film festival is.

It's not like the Telluride, Sundance, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver or Cannes Film Festivals with a herd of celebrities coming to town.

If I remember right, last year's big deal, at the LSIFF, was low level film star, hometown boy, Bill Paxton, showing up.

The Lone Star International Film Festival rejected the award winning documentary "Up a Creek" from appearing on the roster of films shown this year.

"Up a Creek won the Best Award in some category I'm not remembering, in September, at the prestigious Glen Rose Neo-Relix Film Festival.

It is sort of ironic that Fort Worth's film festival would choose not to show "Up a Creek" due to the fact that it was filmed mostly in Fort Worth and focuses on a Fort Worth issue, that being the Trinity River, deadly flooding and the billion dollar boondoggle known as the Trinity River Vision.

I believe "Up a Creek" will be shown at the Seattle and San Francisco film festivals.

I already told the star of "Up a Creek" that I would go to the Academy Awards, in Los Angeles, with her, if "Up a Creek" gets nominated for Best Documentary Short Film.

I suppose I could be talked into going to Seattle and San Francisco. But not Telluride. The high elevation makes me too dizzy.

First Photo Of Layla Caraway Accepting GRNRFF Award For Up A Creek

On of my sources who was in Glen Rose for the Labor Day Weekend Glen Rose Neo-Relix Film Festival sent me this photo of Ms. Layla Caraway receiving the coveted Grand Prize Award in the Conservation Category.

I think I may have already mentioned the film that won the award at the GRNRFF was a Trinity River Improvement Partnership (TRIP) documentary titled "Up A Creek."

You can watch Up A Creek in 4 parts on this very blog. If I remember right at the end of the documentary, when the credits scroll by so does the name of this very blog. I think some photos I took of Trinity River litter may have been used in the documentary. I may be wrong about that.

You can also watch Up A Creek on TRIP's website.

If I had the energy to do so, I would re-watch Up A Creek to see if the part is still there where Adrian Murray makes remarks about Fort Worth's lack of a real newspaper playing the role of Fifth Column (referring to the Star-Telegram) when the term Mr. Murray was intending to use was "Fourth Estate."

However, I think a case could be made that the Fort Worth Star-Telegram does sort of act as a Fifth Column when it comes to how it looks after all the interests of the citizens in the area it covers.

Or doesn't look after all the interests of the citizens in the area it covers.

The Star-Telegram definitely does not play a Fourth Estate role in Fort Worth.

Heading To Texas Dinosaur Country For The Labor Day Weekend Glen Rose Neo-Relix Film Festival Viewing Of Up A Creek

The Layla Caraway/Bob Lukemon/TRIP documentary Up A Creek is one of the featured documentaries at the Glen Rose Neo-Relix Film Festival this Labor Day Weekend.

Up A Creek will be aired twice during the Neo-Relix Film Festival, Saturday, September 3 at 2 pm, then again on Sunday, September 4 at noon.

You can find more information at the Trinity River Improvement Project (TRIP) website, where you can also watch Up A Creek.

Or you can also watch Up A Creek, in 4 parts, on this very blog.

Now that Up A Creek has entered the Film Festival circuit I assume it is only a matter of time before it gets an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Short.

When that happens I am scheduled to be Ms. Caraway's escort to the Oscars.