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The 20 minute documentary, Thornton Dial, examines the extraordinary life and work of this 77-year-old contemporary artist from Bessemer, Alabama.  Born in Emelle — in the heart of the Black Belt—Dial is a former migrant farmer and steel worker who neither reads nor writes, and has never formally trained as an artist.  Yet art critics call him genius.

Winner of 2006 San Francisco Film Festival

Winner of Audience Choice Award, Sidewalk Film Festival

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Director/Producer: Celia Carey Director of Photography: Chris Holmes Editor: Matt Whitson
Sound:
Matt Whitson Post Production Sound: Barry Brooks, Brooks Audio Online
post and color correction:
Outpost Pictures