KLRU’s Docubloggers had a short but comprehensive primer on the film incentives issue on tonight’s show, in a segment titled “Is There a Future for the Texas Film Industry?” (We’re going with a cautious – but hopeful – yes.)

The segment’s a good gear up for the upcoming Lobby Day on March 4 – that’s when concerned citizens can lobby the legislature to pass the Moving Image Incentive bills. Get more information at the Texas Motion Picture Alliance’s website here and watch the Docubloggers piece embedded below. Or you can check out the Docubloggers site for the show as well as a web extra interview with Austin Film Casting’s Dan Eggleston here.

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This article appears in February 13 • 2009.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...