'Six Man Texas' Documents Small Town America's Struggle with Shrinking Population While Following Six Man Football
Austin, Texas (PRWEB) March 23, 2008 -- NEVERTOOLATE Films and Visual Vagos are pleased to announce the world Premiere of the documentary film Six Man, Texas, a story of the real Friday night lights. Six Man, Texas is a film about the struggle of rural communities to keep their tiny schools open and to keep playing their unique "Six Man" version of football. The film will play on two consecutive Saturdays, the world Premiere on March 29th and a second screening on April 5th.
NEVERTOOLATE Films chronicled many small public schools with Six Man teams throughout Texas from 2000 through 2003. The filmmakers then re-visited the 2000 Aquilla team in the summer of 2005, five years after their Cinderella season. They also filmed the last graduation of Three Way School in 2002 before it closed after serving the surrounding South Plains communities since 1947.
Many rural schools throughout Texas have fallen below student populations needed to reasonably support a public school. However, without the school as a vital community center and without the game as a socially unifying force, the town would eventually disappear. For many communities, simply keeping the school open and finding enough students for the game is an annual struggle.
"We focused on public schools because they are such a critical part of small town culture," said Alan Barber, Six Man, Texas Producer and Director. "At one time in America, public schools were the vibrant backbone of the educational system. In Six Man towns they still are."
Although many similarities exist among more than 120 Texas public high schools that play Six Man football, the film highlights the story of two schools as metaphors for shrinking rural economies. "The similarities seem to create a community of towns united by their common priorities, the school and a passionate commitment to their children." It is as if there exists a state within a state, the state of Six Man, Texas.
For additional information and ticket availability see Six Man Texas (http://www.sixmantexas.com)
AFI Dallas (http://www.afidallas.com)
Contact - Alan Barber
###
Related Articles:
Football ? Social Sport Of The Us?
Are you getting bored and yearning for some human company in your house? Well, all that you have to do is switch on the TV and invite your neighbor. Done. Just see how the atmosphere in the house is charged with electricity with all the screaming and shouting that is bound to happen! Just watching National Football League and United States Football League tackling the football is sure to raise the adrenalin.
Football Training Tips
Top Six Football Training Tips: Basics for Improving Your Game
Fanball's Fantasy Football Weekly 2007 Annual Guide Rated Best Fantasy Football Magazine for Second Consecutive Year
Fanball.com, a subsidiary of FUN Technologies Inc. (TSX:FUN) (AIM:FUN), and the premier provider of online fantasy sports contests, advice, strategy and insight, is pleased to announce that its Fantasy Football Weekly 2007 Annual Guide magazine has been rated the best fantasy football magazine for the second consecutive year by the Detroit Free Press.
Shoot To Score It's Football Baby
No matter what activity is involved on the playing field the object is to score the points that mark your skill in the game Rarely will a player be rewarded for a near miss and there is no such thing in football
The Best Business and Football Two-Minute Drills of 2007: Rapid Improvement is the Name of the Game
America's Leaders in Rapid Organizational Improvement at twominutedrill.org announce their Best Two-Minute Drills of the 2007 Business and Football Seasons!
Sport Manager Takes Football Management from the Sideline, Online
Nigel Clough, Burton Albion Manager and former England star, today unveiled the football version of Sport Manager, the UK's first online amateur sports management system.
Football Myth's Debunked
As with any human endeavor there are often ideas that take hold and are firmly contended as truth when they are in fact either misunderstood or patently false Association football is no different
The Problem with Most Football Rankings
?The better football team does NOT always win.? This may sound like an obvious statement, but if you look at most "Power Rankings" and "Football Polls", the main criteria for the rankings are a team?s win/loss record once the season gets started. When the season gets a few early "upsets" where more talented teams lose, the traditional ranking systems start elevating less talented teams with good win/loss records even though they might not be as good a football team.
Football Fans Love The Hat Trick
As with any sport, soccer or football in the UK has its elusive accomplishments that make individual players stand out from the average
Point-Spreads.com Announces College Football Conference Previews
Recently Relaunched, Point-Spreads.com Makes Available its Wealth of Expertise for the 2006-2007 College Football Season