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January 5, 2009


Local filmmakers' A Fair to Remember selected for 2009 American Documentary Showcase

3:09 PM Mon, Jan 05, 2009 |
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A lot more people are going to get to know Big Tex. A documentary by local filmmakers Allen Mondell and Cynthia Salzman Mondell has been selected by the U.S. State Department for its 2009 American Documentary Showcase. A Fair to Remember captures the traditions and history of the State Fair of Texas.

According to program director Betsy A. McLane, the showcase is "is intended to offer a broad and diversified look at American life, and the values of a democratic society, as seen by American documentary filmmakers." The Mondells' film was the only Texas project chosen.

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