USAFF Presents Panel Discussions with Texas Filmmakers

Writer-director Del Shores.

Texan director Del Shores (Sordid Lives) and actor-producer Emerson Collins will headline a two-day series of panels (below) presented by the USA Film Festival on Friday and Saturday, at the Angelika Film Center. Shores and Collins will also open their latest feature, Blues for Willadean, featuring recent Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer (The Help).

Friday, October 26:
4:15pm – “The Film Casting Process – What I Look For in an Actor”. Q&A with director Del Shores, producer Emerson Collins, and composer Joe Patrick Ward.

7:15pm – Q&A and talk back with Shores, Collins, Ward, and Dallas-based actors Kristen McCullough, Andrea Cohen, Vivian Fullerlove, Shalitras Flowers, Louisa Cambridge, and Hunter Barnett.

Saturday, October 27:
10:35am –  “The Film Casting Process – What I Look For in an Actor”. Q&A with director Del Shores, producer Emerson Collins, and composer Joe Patrick Ward.

1:15pm – “From Stage to Film – Making the Journey”. Q&A with Shores, Collins, and Ward.

4:15pm – “Discussing Domestic Violence”. Q&A with Shores, Collins, Ward, and Jan Langbein, Executive Director of Genesis Women’s Shelter.

7:15pm – Q&A and talk back with Shores, Collins, Ward, and Dallas-based actors Kristen McCullough, Andrea Cohen, Vivian Fullerlove, Shalitras Flowers, Louisa Cambridge, and Hunter Barnett.