"God's Architects" Inspired by the Landscape of Visionary Artists as Architects
The Capri Theatre in Montgomery presents "God's Architects" with Producer/Director Zachary Godshall as part of the Southern Arts Federation's Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Monday, March 22 at 7:30pm. Following a screening of his documentary, "God's Architects," Godshall will engage the audience in a discussion about the film and his work as a filmmaker.
God's Architects
"God's Architects" tells the stories of five visionary builders and their enigmatic creations. With neither funding nor blueprints, these builders, unbeknownst to one another, dedicate their entire lives to creating architectural worlds and realms that for most of us exist only in the wilds of the imagination. In the fall of 2005, filmmaker Zack Godshall set out with a camera, tripod and microphone to interview and document the work of Floyd Banks, Jr., a divinely inspired castle-builder living in the east Tennessee hill country. Four years later, Godshall completed a feature-length film that both examines and celebrates the work of Banks along with four other solitary builders who have constructed similar monuments. Beyond the builders and their work, the film indirectly functions as a personal essay that explores the nature of inspiration and one's dedication to a creative project, no matter how absurd or mysterious the circumstances may seem. "God's Architects" features builders from Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Zachary Godshall
After earning an MFA in Film from UCLA, Zachary Godshall premiered his first feature, "Low and Behold," at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. A fictional film that includes documentary footage to tell a story set in post-Katrina New Orleans, "Low and Behold" garnered numerous awards at festivals around the US and is slated for distribution in the spring of 2009. Currently, Godshall lives in his native south Louisiana where he teaches Film and Screenwriting at Louisiana State University. While finishing "God's Architects," Godshall was awarded an Artist Fellowship by the Louisiana Division of the Arts and named to the Southern Artistry Register. Godshall is also presently writing a screenplay adaptation of the soon to be published novel by the award-winning writer David Madden. "God's Architects" is Godshall's first documentary and his second feature film.
The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers
The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers is a program of the South Arts, a not-for-profit regional arts organization making a positive difference in the arts throughout the South since 1975. South Arts is supported by funding and programming partnerships with the National Endowment for the Arts and the state arts agencies of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Special support for Southern Circuit is provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. For more information on the Southern Arts Federation and its programs visit www.southarts.org.
The Capri Theatre
The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers is presented in Montgomery by the Capri Community Film Society, a non-profit organization. Support is provided in part through a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts. Accommodations for the filmmakers are provided by the Lattice Inn. |
