Two Texas cities–Addison and Hico–are hosting film festivals with outlaw and/or Texas themes the first weekend of November.
The Billy the Kid Film Festival takes place Nov. 7-9 in Hico, Texas. The films and events for the 8th edition of the outlaw-themed film festival will focus on films with an outlaw spirit. A free-to-the public presentation of music-fueled films, featuring Natalie Aramendia’s Under the Western Skies, will be Nov. 7. An episode from the locally-produced PBS series Texas Dance Halls: Still Swingin’ series directed and hosted by BTKFF alumni Jay Pennington, will be joined by film and television legend Barry Corbin at Green Canoe.
The festival’s official closing presentations, prior to the always raucous Red Carpet Filmmaker Awards, brings Carl Bailey’s B-western homage, Dawn at Dominion, and Theordore C Flood’s Buffalo Bill Cody story The Last Outlaw as a fun Western-themed double feature. The VIP and Red Carpet Party following those screenings will be held at the Wide Saddle Saloon, offering attendees a lively and festive atmosphere…