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BBQ: A Texas Love Story and Something's Brewin' in Shiner

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CineSol Film Festival, Cine El Rey, Texas Independent Film Network and the Austin Film Society have teamed up to bring you Texas-made independent films the 1st Tuesday of every month.


BBQ: A TEXAS LOVE STORY

No other state has a culture as distinct as Texas, and there's no better way to understand the passions and oddities of Texans than through their absolute love for Texas barbecue. Narrated by Governor Ann Richards and featuring notable Texans such as Dan Rather, "Barbecue: A Texas Love Story" is an entertaining and humorous journey through the common fabric that weaves Texans together and makes them a never-ending object of fascination around the world. The documentary is 46 minutes long.

Take a tour across the Lone Star State and meet some of the most amusing folks you've ever seen at everything from the Great Texas Mosquito Festival to a tiny East Texas church that raises money through their truly world-famous "Holy BBQ." You'll even meet a group of University of Texas students so passionate about barbecue they lead "barbecue missions" (and now they're in trouble with the school.)

Click here to see the trailer or click here for their website.

SOMETHING'S BREWIN' IN SHINER

It's hard to keep a secret in Shiner, TX. And in the summer of 2003 there was no bigger secret than what the new beer was going to be from their own Spoetzl Brewery. The mayor, the fire chief, the Old Geezers - everyone in this town of 2070 had an opinion. SOMETHING'S BREWIN' IN SHINER is a humorous 30-minute documentary that captures this moment in Spoetzl Brewery's long history and is the true story of how Shiner's newest beer was submitted for the approval of an entire town.