Texas Focus: A Way of Life: The East Texas Cowboys

When:

January 25, 2025 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Where:

Austin, TX

About the Event:

The East Texas cowboys, with the help of their remarkable cow dogs, carry on a unique tradition—forged in the forests, soggy bottomlands and pastures of the region. This feature-length documentary from Curtis Craven, A Way of Life: The East Texas Cowboys, follows a group of daywork cowboys and their dogs, a family of horse trainers, and the controlled chaos of an auction house located in the heart of Texas cow-calf country. Craven's storytelling sheds light on the often unknown world of the East Texas Cowboy. 

Stay after the screening for a discussion and Q&A with filmmaker Curtis Craven and featured cowboys Carroll Langham and Klay Currie.

Tickets are $8 for Museum Members and $12 for General Admission. Come early at 12:00 pm for complimentary coffee and treats. Quantities are limited. Seating for the film begins at 12:45 pm.

A cinematic exploration of the Texas narrative, the Museum's Texas Focus Film Series highlights stories by, for, and about Texans.

Film Credits:
Rating: UR
Director: Curtis Craven
Producers:  Curtis Craven
Runtime: 94 min.
Genre: Documentary
Release year: 2023


About the Filmmaker:

Curtis Craven is an independent filmmaker living and working in East Texas. He has produced numerous PBS documentaries with an emphasis on the culture, history and the natural environment of Texas and Mexico.  The Lost Grave of James Coryell (30 minutes), Life in the Logwoods: The East Texas Timber Legacy (60 minutes), and Koo-hoot Kiwat: The Caddo Grass House (30 minutes), Vanilla: The Sacred Orchid (30 minutes). A Way of Life: The East Texas Cowboys is his most recent film.
 

This program is supported by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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