UT RTF brings the long-running documentary shorts initiative East Austin Stories to a close.
Tymir, full-time student, Uber driver, and the subject of"Hustle," one of the last of UT RTF's East Austin Stories
366K. That course code in the UT Radio-Film-Television prospectus has unlocked careers for many filmmakers. It's the four digits that have signed students up for the upper division Documentary Production class. Few names have been more synonymous with that program than lecturer Andrew Garrison, and you can't say Garrison's name without thinking of one of the most important initiatives to come out of that department: East Austin Stories.
This is filmmaking as ethnography, with each short documentary capturing an element, an event, an individual within the rich and unique culture of East Austin. However, it was inspired by Garrison's experiences outside of Texas, as a lecturer in Ohio and as part of the Appalshop collective in rural Kentucky, and his surprise at seeing so few nonwhite faces on campus when he joined the UT staff in 1997.
Is it the end, though? After all, there will always be more stories to be told, even if Garrison isn't the one encouraging students to record them. And even if the program itself is complete, its spirit will continue in the filmmakers who were inspired, and whose visions were shaped, by the process.
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