David Modigliani's documentary Crawford (which played at last spring's South by South West Festival to much acclaim) is about the little Texas town where George W. Bush bought himself a ranch when he needed a stage set where he could strut and clear brush and generally establish his down-home bonafides. Reviewing the movie here, Scott Von Doviak wrote that its subject is both "media complicity in Bush’s myth-making" and the regular folks who are trying to continue living their lives in the same old place they were in before the circus came to town. (The President has delicately suggested that, because he "owes it" to his wife, now that his political career is coming to an end, Crawford may have seen the last of him.) Now comes word that B-Side Entertainment is announcing "a nationwide grassroots exhibition program for this exceptional film - 'Host Your Own Farewell to W. - CRAWFORD’s 50-State Screening Party'. From January 1-19, leading up to inauguration day on Jan. 20, we will be coordinating grassroots screening events in all 50 states - red, blue, and everything in between."
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