On the Sidelines With New Documentary Fathers of Football

Bradley Beesley throws out the playbook for his high school doc

"...In technical terms, Bradley Beesley could be called an ethnographic documentarian - filmmakers..."

April 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fathers of Football

Oklahoma high school football documentary could have gone deeper

"...Directed by: Bradley Beesley...."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Austin Film Festival Review: Fathers of Football

High school football doc keeps to the playbook

"...the new Kickstarter-funded documentary by Sooner State native-turned-Austin resident Bradley Beesley...."

Nov. 3, 2018 Screens Post by Julian DeBerry

Putting the Austin in Austin Film Festival

What ATX and Lone Star titles are screening at next week's fest?

"...• Bradley Beesley may live in Austin, but as his documentaries..."

Oct. 17, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Snags Widows

High profile and local features fill out the schedule

"...Austin; Fathers of Football, the latest from Austin documentarian Bradley Beesley; another period drama, this time a family history..."

Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Turn Out the Vote Pep Rally at Scholz Garten

"...Ben Steinbauer (left) and Bradley Beesley..."

Sept. 10, 2018 Photo Gallery

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave

New films star Melissa McCarthy, Frankie Muniz, Joel Edgerton

"...strong local component, with current and former Austinites like Bradley Beesley ("Calls to Okies," Okie Noodling, Sweethearts of the..."

Aug. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami

Cultural icon Grace Jones, caught raw and wondrous.

"...D. A. Pennebaker’s Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back and Bradley Beesley’s Flaming Lips mindblower The Fearless Freaks. Happily, Fiennes'..."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One in a Crowd: Quaker Oaths

Quirky comedy seeks finishing funds

"...documentaries ("Jungle Fish," 61 Bullets) and her collaborations with Bradley Beesley (Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo). Now, she's branching..."

Nov. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"..."Calls to Okies: The Park Grubbs Story" Directors: Bradley Beesley, Ben Steinbauer In the early 1980’s, a group..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

One in a Crowd: Far Western

New documentary wants to bring Japanese Country and Western home

"...are longtime collaborators with our favorite transplanted filmmaking Okie, Bradley Beesley, sharing credits on his projects including Okie Noodling..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One in a Crowd: 'Calls to Okies'

Local documentarian Bradley Beesley hunts down prank callers

"...From Okie Noodling to Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo, Bradley Beesley is a familiar name around Austin's filmmaking community...."

Aug. 15, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Where Sexy Meets Political

Forbidden Film Festival puts the liberty into libertine

"...Raval, (Trouble The Water, Before You Know It) and Bradley Beesley (Sweethearts of the Prison Radio, Okie Noodling), and..."

May 7, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"..."Road Kill Zoo" Director: Bradley Beesley "Road Kill Zoo" follows Abby, a nearly-blind girl..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Thanks for the Memories

'Chronicle' staff past and present on 20 years of covering SXSW Film

"...juncture in one's career. I got to laugh with Bradley Beesley, Bob Byington, and the Duplass brothers. I got..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Film Flam

Can't stop noodling, festival news, & TX Film Hall of Fame

"...Bradley Beesley's documentary Okie Noodling, about competitive catfish hunting ("No..."

Feb. 6, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...Dolan 16) TV Room Geoff Marslett 17) Sculpture Garden Bradley Beesley 18) Les Amis at Night, Drive, Blue Bayou..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Restyling 'Slacker'

Local filmmakers join forces to reshoot the Austin classic

"...Drafthouse, and Reel Women, individual filmmakers include Miguel Alvarez, Bradley Beesley, John Bryant, Bob Byington, Mike Dolan, Sam Wainwright..."

April 29, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo

An engaging doc about the Oklahoma State Prison Rodeo.

"...Directed by: Bradley Beesley. "It's not a rodeo like you would go..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Behind Bars, But Bucking the System

Women inmates find redemption in the doc Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo

"...in suburban Oklahoma, Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo director Bradley Beesley had never been incarcerated or straddled a bucking..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...three crucial small-town staples: "Water, food, football." Austin filmmaker Bradley Beesley's "Mr. Hypnotism" expands on Jennifer Sharpe's NPR story..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Mama Was a Rodeo

Bradley Beesley's Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo debuts on Cinemax

"...In his previous films, Bradley Beesley has turned a camera on subjects who are..."

Sept. 16, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film News

It's raining cash for film in Texas ... but not a drop leftover for Waco

"...HBO Documentary Films has acquired Bradley Beesley's convict-cowgirls documentary Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo, which..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

The Watchmen

Three documentaries shine a light on playing to the audience

"...Bradley Beesley's film Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo follows the..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Good Company

Welcome to Austin and SXSW Film 09

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: The Incredibles

SXSW Film lines 'em up

"...University of Texas Radio-Television-Film Department. Notable among these are Bradley Beesley (Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo); Michel Orion Scott,..."

March 13, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Luv Doc Recommends: SXSW Screening of 'Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo'

Paramount Theatre, Saturday, March 14, 2009

"...about the Oklahoma Prison Rodeo by acclaimed Okie filmmaker Bradley Beesley, whose previous works include Flaming Lips documentary The..."

March 13, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Sweethearts of the Rodeo Director: Bradley Beesley Amidst stories of murder, hardship, heartache and redemption,..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Off The Record

Making the rounds for the third annual HAAM Benefit Day, while the Black Angels walk with a zombie

"...his sci-fi freak-out, Christmas on Mars, co-directed by Austin's Bradley Beesley...."

Oct. 10, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Take Me to the River

Noodling 101 with filmmaker Bradley Beesley

"...When Bradley Beesley's hugely popular documentary Okie Noodling was released in..."

July 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

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