AJ Schnack, Director of “About a Son: The Kurt Cobain Story” writes on his blog about his current project that is underway in Branson, Missouri:
For the past two months, I’ve been spending the majority of my time not in Los Angeles, but in Branson, Missouri, at work on a new nonfiction feature about the community that Bart Simpson once referred to as “Vegas if Ned Flanders ran it” and once famously dubbed “the live entertainment capitol of the world”.
For the first time in my filmmaking career, I am co-directing with my good friend David Wilson (on left in the photo), whom most of you know as the co-conspirator behind the popular and influential True/False Film Festival, but who I have known for years as an accomplished artist in his own right. David and I have been talking for a while about working on a project together and he had long wanted to make a film about Branson, specifically about those who make their home in Branson - a town of 7,000 that draws more than 8 million visitors a year with its mix of music shows, outdoor recreation and self-described family friendly values (read: patriotism and religious values worn proudly on sleeve).
We hope that our film - one that looks to the future of what Branson may soon become - is one that will challenge pre-conceived notions and we’re incredibly grateful to everyone in the community that has opened their door to us, particularly our main subjects who are constantly putting up with our cameras and our questions and what may sometimes appear to be stalker-like behavior.
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