by Travis Mills | Sep 20, 2019 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
We are excited to announce that Grammy-nominated blues singer Cedric Burnside will play the lead role in our film Texas Red. The titular character was an African-American man who ran a juke joint in Mississippi during the late 1930s and was hunted by a posse of...
by Travis Mills | Aug 31, 2019 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
These are diary entries, tracking my progress and process making the 12 Westerns in 12 Months project. Every now and then I will be publishing these daily notes that were taken on my phone. They have not been edited at all. To learn more about my 12...
by Travis Mills | Aug 23, 2019 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
We are excited to announce that Jared Kovacs, cinematographer for If These Porches Could Talk and Cornbread Cosa Nostra, will return to Mississippi as our director of photography on two of the 12 Westerns: Bastard’s Crossing and Texas Red. Kovacs started working...
by Travis Mills | Jul 31, 2019 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
We are excited to announce that Sylvia Gayden has joined the cast of our Western TEXAS RED. She will play the “Grandmother”, a woman who helps Texas Red as he struggles to survive. This will be Gayden’s first time working with Running Wild Films. She...
by Travis Mills | Jul 27, 2019 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
We are excited to announce that Johnny McPhail has joined the cast of our Western TEXAS RED. He will play the Adams County Sheriff, a lawman with little tolerance who represents the worst of the South. McPhail has appeared in many motion pictures including The...