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OLD STRIPPER WINS TOP FILM HONORS IN IOWA
Old-Time
Burlesque Documentary Wins Best in Show at Interrobang Film Festival
Lamar,
Missouri – The world is opening their eyes to THE OLD STRIPPER.
And it starts in Iowa.
The
2018 Interrobang Film Festival gave top honors to the burlesque
documentary THE OLD STRIPPER. Interrobang, in conjunction with the
Des Moines Arts Festival and AARP Movies for Grownups, awarded the
film with the Best in Show award for the festival. The film, made by
the real-life Mother/Son filmmaking team Jack Truman and Opal
Dockery, is an epic documentary film about a burlesque legend who
travels across the country, coast to coast, visiting her old dancing
cities of yesterday.
The
Des Moines screening at Interrobang was the World Premiere for the
feature film.
Dockery
was a burlesque dancer for over 20 years in the 1970's and '80's.
Truman, her son, and director of the film, grew up on the road with
her during her burlesque circuit.
“This
is very special to me”, Truman stated in press materials. “The
burlesque industry is a lost era. I grew up in that environment, in
the adult entertainment business. As a child, I was raised around
nudity and pornography. And as a filmmaker, I want to open people's
eyes to a world they know nothing about. We are honored to have the
Interrobang Film Festival host the World Premiere of this film.
Receiving this award is icing on the cake”.
Over
last summer, Truman and Dockery traveled coast to coast, to all 48
states and the District of Columbia, on an epic journey shooting
footage in every state nationwide, interviewing dancers young and
old, visiting Opal's old dancing cities from her burlesque circuit,
seeing landmarks around the country, and interviewing people in the
burlesque industry.
“This
is a story only we can tell”, says Truman.
Earlier
this month, Dockery was inducted in the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
THE
OLD STRIPPER is scheduled to play the worldwide film festival circuit
this summer and fall.
ABOUT
DIXIE FILMS
Director
Jack Truman is an award-winning filmmaker and 30 year veteran of
stage and film. A former professor at Texas A&M University,
Truman has also appeared in several television series and major
motion pictures. His film directorial debut, the award-winning hit
cult short film PHONE SEX GRANDMA premiered at the 2006 Slamdance
Film Festival. Combined, Truman's films have screened at over 400
film festivals worldwide to date. Jack was recently on the Short Film
Jury at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
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