It's an early afternoon as packs of people swarm outside the Paramount Theater in hopes of getting in to see the movie Yakona. While typically other movies at SXSW are filled with festival goers, this audience was mainly filled with, not Austinites, but San Martians. Full interview of Yakona This beautiful documentary examines the San Marcos river and it's headwaters at Spring Lake. Following the river as it flows from […]
Former University of Texas Longhorn Emmanuel Acho argued for the student-athlete throughout the recent SXSports session, claiming that college athletes do not have an advocate or someone to represent their best interests. He stated that if Colt McCoy’s Longhorns jerseys are being sold, McCoy deserves a piece of the revenue. “The NCAA is more or less a dictatorship,” Acho said, when referring to its refusal to pay its players in […]
Writer – Nick Erskine, Photographer – Nick Erskine This session highlighted the selling of Nate Silver’s http://www.fivethirtyeight.com website to ESPN. Originally a site focused on covering politics, it will now have an increased focus on using sports metrics and analytics in order to maker better sense of sports events. Simmons, founder of Grantland and member of the ESPN NBA Countdown pregame show, gave some astute advice throughout the session on […]
Writer – Nick Erskine Photographer – Nick Erskine Head Coach Jurgen Klinsmann delighted the SXSports faithful Sunday afternoon with optimistic rhetoric surrounding USA’s chances during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In regards to reasons why the United States has not gravitated toward soccer like the rest of the world, Klinsmann stated that “the American culture is never happy being second in anything they do.” The men’s team is […]
Writer: Emily Reas Interviewee: Alysia Reiner Interview with Alysia Reiner Alysia Reiner is a force to be reckon with. Not only does she have over 40 film credits alone, but she has won awards both on and off screen, have had numerous praise in reviews, and was even suggested by the IMDB as one of the top 3 picks for the next "Bond Girl". During this past SXSW, I had […]
Documentary film maker Amy C. Elliott was in attendance of SxSW for the premiere of her latest film, Wicker Kittens. The film documents the world of competitive jigsaw-puzzling and follows four teams as they prepare for the St. Paul Winter Carnival contest. The film was directed by Elliott and produced by Mike Scholtz. Elliott is a Princeton graduate who currently works out of New York. She is also a photographer […]
The WWE has become a juggernaut corporation in professional wrestling and during their SxSports session, they were not shy about it, nor should they have been. Professional wrestling has had its controversies in the past of being considered more of a sport or entertainment due to it’s predetermined outcomes and fictional storyline driven segments. But the WWE has embraced the label of sports-entertainment and has made a successful brand of […]
Writer: Emily Reas Interviewee: Jen McGowan The world premier of Kelly & Cal screened on March 7th at the SXSW 2014 Film Festival. Kelly (Juliette Lewis), a once punk-rocker,free spirit, has been thrust into the land of suburbia, feeling emotionally detached from her newborn son and husband. Her nostalgia for her forgotten youth is released when she meets seventeen year old Cal (Johnny Weston). An immediate friendship is born as […]
Writer and Photographer (Unless noted): Ishmael Johnson Drones in Sports: The Sky's the Limit was a panel at SxSW, part of SxSports, based around the innovation and cultivation of drone technology to further enhance the experience of sports coverage. Conducted by Ty Hildenbrandt, host of The Solid Verbal podcast, the session highlighted Ryan Baker CEO of Arch Aerial, which is a photography and videography company out of Austin that uses […]
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