My Toxic
Backyard had its first screening at the Thin Line Film Festival in Denton,
Texas and I was able to attend. This was my first time in Texas. Denton is about 30 minutes North of
Dallas. Sadly I didn’t meet any real cowboys
on my short visit. I had been expecting to see horses, holsters and hats
everywhere. The cowboy hats I did see a
lot of, but Texans are not all cowboys. In Denton everyone happen to be
friendly and welcoming. The land is flat
and scrubby, but the sky is huge. I know
the sky seems like the kind of thing that should be the same everywhere you go,
but it’s not. In Texas the sky is just
bigger.
There was a
great line up for documentary films at Thin Line. The festival covered room, board and
transportation while there. The staff was fantastic. They were on
call 24 hours a day! The greenroom was stocked with food and drinks and
was a great place to network with other filmmakers and VIP festival
goers. I met some great people there. The town square is really cute and
full of musicians. I think over half the population is in a band.
My screening was at the Campus theater, which was a wonderful historic theater
in the middle of town. This was my first time attending this wonderful
documentary film festival and I tip my hat to the festival organizers for putting on such a great festival.
