A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend and do podcast coverage at the 50th Nashville Film Festival. While there, I interviewed a number of filmmakers and filled an entire notebook with observations about the various films and events I attended.
My Nashville Film Festival podcast coverage began with this interview I did with some of the filmmakers behind Lost Bayou. More filmmaker interviews are coming soon.
Here, I’ll recap some of the notable films and experiences I had at the festival and share some of the things I learned while attending. The filmmakers, musicians, and creative people who I aim to serve with this podcast are those who seek truth and care about exploring big ideas, and so I will strive for both, as I’ve done with other festivals I’ve covered.
The first pass at my podcast commentary of Nashville Film Festival came in close to three hours, so I’ve broken it up into three parts.
Part I
Part I includes
- General observations and strengths of the festival
- Music insights from a few panels and films
- Reactions to Marriage Story, the new Noah Baumbach film; Speed of Life, a narrative film in which the death of David Bowie causes a disruption to the space-time continuum that threatens the romance of a young couple; and Chuck Berry, the documentary about the founding father of rock n roll that premiered at the festival.
This is the player for Part I:
Part II
Part II is the meat of my coverage, where I go through a number of feature films I saw at the festival and discuss what worked for me and what didn’t. Some of the related topics that come up include doing the right thing in spite of social pressure, police brutality on screen, gender identity issues, and more.
This is the player for Part II:
Part III
In Part III, I share my top five films from Nashville Film Festival and why I picked them. It’s a more personal take, so I also share some related things that came up when trying to put together the list.
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Related Episodes
A number of the films that screened at Nashville Film Festival this year also screened at SXSW 2019. Episodes from my SXSW 2019 podcast coverage are here.
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Johnny Cash influenced how actor John Schneider (Dukes of Hazzard) thinks about faith, which came up in this podcast interview.
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Related Things
- Nashville Film Festival
- Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- Collegiate film T-shirts from Chad McClarnon
- SNL’s 1950s music sketch featuring Will Ferrell
- Tunefind, useful for finding music featured on films, TV shows, and games
- Bureau of Justice Statistics 2018 report on police encounters with the public
- The court battle in Dallas for the gender identity of a seven year
- Dr. Anne Georgulas’s Google reviews
- Unplanned, the documentary about Abby Johnson, a Planned Parenthood employee of the year who became a pro-life activist, is now streaming online
- Shortcut for the podcast: nicksav.show
Additional music for the show provided by Rob Costlow.
Films Discussed
- III
- Alice
- America, America
- Appalachian Holler
- Bluebird
- Berry Hill: From Creative Workshop and Beyond
- Chuck Berry
- Cool Daddio: The Second Youth of R. Stevie Moore
- Country Music (the docuseries from Ken Burns)
- Eternal Winter
- Five Women in the End
- The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
- A Hidden Life
- Jojo Rabbit
- The Kill Team
- Lost Bayou
- Manuel
- Marriage Story
- Mickey and the Bear
- The Planters
- Reckoning
- Red Dog
- The Sheriff of Mars
- The Short History of a Long Road
- Stuffed
- The Thin Red Line
- Tuscaloosa
- Unplanned
- The Way you Look Tonight
- What’s Eating Ralphie May
- VR films
- Accused #2: Walter Sisulu
- Ambrosia
- Agreda’s Dungeon
- Only at the Air, Only at Each Other
Bands & Musicians Discussed
- Bob Dylan
- Bruce Springsteen
- Chuck Berry
- Corey Hart
- Dave Bartholomew
- Garth Brooks
- Hank Williams
- Haroula Rose
- Jimmy Buffett
- Johnny Cash
- John Carter Cash
- June Carter Cash
- Kanye West
- Lauren Daigle
- The Lumineers
- The National
- Taylor Swift
- Vince Gill
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