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11:00 AM

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: SIDNEY THOMPSON

Sidney Thompson is the author of The Bass Reeves Trilogy (Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves/Hell on the Border/The Forsaken and the Dead), the inspiration for the Paramount+ miniseries Lawmen: Bass Reeves, directed by Taylor Sheridan and starring David Oyelowo, Dennis Quaid, and Donald Sutherland.

LINK TO THOMPSON'S BIO

12:00 PM

VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE FINAL RESTING PLACES OF LAWMAN BASS REEVES AND OUTLAW BELLE STARR

NEGLECTED-RESTORED-PRESERVED!

THANKS TO OUR FESTIVAL HOST
THE HISTORIC ROXY THEATER

HISTORIC ROXY MUSKOGEE WEBSITE
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1:00 PM BLOCK
SAT. OCT. 7, 2023
ROXY THEATER

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THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE: The Story of the Oklahoma State Capitol

BRYAN BEASLEY-Director
BOB ROSS-Producer

26 Minutes

Politicians, activists, artists, and civil servants come together to restore the Oklahoma State Capitol building to match the state's noble and, perhaps surprising, trail-blazing roots.
CLICK THE IMAGE TO VIEW TRAILER
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THE HORNET'S NEST

ANDREW HUGGINS-Director
LARRY STEPHENS-Writer/Producer

28 minutes

The patriot Nancy Hart battles against the King's men to defend her homeland in eighteenth century America.
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BLACK HAWK ROCK
RUSS FRY-Director

5 minutes

Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, the Sauk war leader known to the American settlers as Chief Black Hawk, wrote in his autobiography about visits to Shokokon, the area that is now called Burlington, Iowa. He held counsel in a secluded but romantic spot in the midst of the bluffs, not far from the river.
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2:00 PM-FEATURE PRESENTATION
SAT. OCT. 7, 2023
ROXY THEATER

THE HUNTER

TIM ROSE-Director/Producer
JAMES MCCONNEL-Writer/Producer
KENNETH BARIST-Producer
DAISY LEEPSON-Producer

15 minutes

Set in 1870's Wyoming, "The Hunter" follows an ambitious young bounty hunter as he tracks down his first target. The legendary outlaw he pursues, known infamously as The Reaper of the West, has drifted through dozens of towns leaving a trail of bodies in his wake.

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YOU ARE MY GOD THING
VIC QUINTON-Writer/Director/Producer
CYNTHIA GARCIA-Director/Producer

4 minutes

Music Video will be featured in up coming Short Film, KIELIA. Faith based song about the love of family.
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4:00 PM BLOCK
SAT. OCT. 7, 2023
ROXY THEATER

DEATH IN LAVENDER

TYLER W. MOORE-Director
FRITZ ROBINSON-Producer

10 minutes

Secrets begin to unravel after the untimely passing of the patriarch of the Pennington family.
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BLOOD EVERYWHERE

FRANCESCO CAPPIOTTI-Writer/Director

3 minutes Animation/Music Video
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GAMMONS' GREED A WESTERN THRILLER

RYAN RIFFLE-Writer/Director
RICHARD RIFFLE-Director
RICK RIFFLE-Producer
SUZANNE RIFFLE-Producer

20 minutes

An 1880s gang robs a bank and finds a map that leads to a gold mine in an abandoned Western town. But their greed for gold wakes up the Ghost of Gammons, and he wants his gold back!

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NEW WEST

JORDAN MEARS-Writer/Director/Producer
COTY GREENWOOD-Writer
ZACH KEAST-Producer
COTY GREENWOOD-Producer

40 minutes

Trigger and Gene were Hollywood legends and the best of friends, but years after a falling out the two must team up once again to fight a villain from their past.

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5:15 PM-WELCOME TO OK MOVIE HALL OF FAME-MUSKOGEE, OK USA

ACTORS, RE-ENACTORS & COSTUMED CHARACTERS ON

THE RED CARPET EVENT WITH SONNY THE HORSE & SAMMY THE CHESSEY.



MORE PHOTOS COMING SOON...

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6:00 PM SHORTS BLOCK
SAT.OCT. 7, 2023
ROXY THEATER

DUST AND BOLTS

JON FONSECA-Director
MIKE ENRIGHT-Advisor
THOMAS CUCE-Composer

5 minutes-Animation

In a mechanical desert town, a group of bandits hijack a train carrying precious cargo. A reluctant deputy must seize the train or leave their town without power.
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OUTLAW JOSIE WAYLES
BRANDON LEE KEROPIAN-Writer/Director
LOLY TRUCKS-Producer
BRANDY LOPEZ-Producer

14 minutes

Rainfeather Sullivan looks through a family photo album and narrates the story of how his great grandparents met, bounty hunter Cody Suarez and outlaw Josie Wayles, in 1903 Texas.

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BONEHEAD AWARDS CEREMONY CLASS OF 2022
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BONEHEAD CLASS OF 2023-BASS AND BELLE WILD WEST FILM FEST

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MC-SHIRONBUTTERFLY AND PRESENTER-RUSS FRY

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OUTLAW JOSIE WAYLES
Loly Trucks
Brandon Lee Keropian

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MIRACLE IN THE VALLEY
Judy Belshe-Toernblom

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PROVIDENCE TRAILS
Anna Westerman

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THE OLDEST POSSE
Brett William Mauser

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THE OLDEST POSSE
Joey Venegas, Jr.

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THE OLDEST POSSE
Craig Rainey

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COSTUMED CHARACTER WINNERS
Brandon Lee Keropian-Outlaw Josie Wayles
Craig Rainey-The Oldest Posse
Jake Jecmenek-The Oldest Posse
ShIronbutterfly-Festival Director

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