{"id":535,"date":"2014-03-12T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2014\/03\/12\/sxsw-continues-to-promote-original-voices-in-film\/"},"modified":"2014-03-12T12:27:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T16:27:00","slug":"sxsw-continues-to-promote-original-voices-in-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2014\/03\/12\/sxsw-continues-to-promote-original-voices-in-film\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSW continues to promote original voices in film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-niEcaPfMi8I\/UyCK7Iou3WI\/AAAAAAAABBE\/wNTO0U30S5s\/s1600\/sxswfilm.jpg\" height=\"201\" width=\"320\" \/><\/div>\n<p>South by Southwest , a cultural festival held every March in Austin, may have grabbed headlines this year for its keynote speech from whistleblower Edward Snowden. But SXSW is much more than a soapbox. Each year, the SXSW Film Festival hosts upcoming independent talent, debuting feature films and documentaries from newcomers in the industry. Not all of the highlighted filmmakers go on to big careers and future successes, but the talent is always worth checking out.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s far too early to say whether any this year&#8217;s films are the next big thing, but SXSW has a good track record. Many successful movies, including the first work by <i>Girls<\/i> creator Lena Dunham, debuted at SXSW. Many of the selections, like <i>Best Worst Movie<\/i> and <i>Winnebago Man<\/i>, err on the edgy, unusual side that SXSW specializes in. But if that means that this festival has become a haven for new, alternative voices in film, all the better.<\/p>\n<p>The AU Library&#8217;s film collection includes a number of notable world debuts from SXSW, from war crimes documentary <i>War Don Don<\/i> to nerd anathema outlet <i>The People vs. George Lucas<\/i>. Come check them out before SXSW ends this Sunday!<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Castle \u2013 HU DVD 2826<br \/>Beware of Mr. Baker \u2013 HU DVD 4400<br \/>Kumar\u00e9 \u2013 HU DVD 6716<br \/>Garbage Dreams \u2013 DVD 7149<br \/>I Love You, Man \u2013 HU DVD 7778*<br \/>&nbsp;Best Worst Movie \u2013 HU DVD 7880<br \/>Marwencol \u2013 DVD 8347<br \/>Barbershop Punk \u2013 HU DVD 9245 <br \/>Tiny Furniture \u2013 HU DVD 9713<br \/>War Don Don \u2013 DVD 10095<br \/>The People vs. George Lucas \u2013 HU DVD 10241 <br \/>The Cabin in the Woods \u2013 HU DVD 10724<br \/>Where Soldiers Come From \u2013 DVD 10604<br \/>Winnebago Man \u2013 HU DVD 11171<br \/>Short Term 12 \u2013 HU DVD 11178 <br \/>Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/proxyau.wrlc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/digital.films.com\/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8604&amp;xtid=52590\">Streaming video<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South by Southwest , a cultural festival held every March in Austin, may have grabbed headlines this year for its keynote speech from whistleblower Edward Snowden. But SXSW is much more than a soapbox. Each year, the SXSW Film Festival hosts upcoming independent talent, debuting feature films and documentaries from newcomers in the industry. Not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[128,290,339,355],"class_list":["post-535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-film-festival","tag-related-movies","tag-sxsw","tag-timely-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}