![]() ![]() More: James Cameron’s Disney+ documentary wants to save the whales before it’s too late 5. Ramon Ramirez, special to the American-Statesman The subtext is clear: Forget apex predators of the ocean, we need to save these "apex thinkers" while we can. The series dives 50 feet underwater without a tank to understand the love, regional dialects and empathy whales exhibit in their culture. Oscar-winning director James Cameron discussed his upcoming Disney+ docuseries, "Secrets of the Whales." He called it a "gift from the ocean" and spoke with passion and purpose about conservation. Peter Blackstock, American-Statesman staff Oscar-winning actress Sissy Spacek provides perfect narration with passages taken from Susanna’s diaries, while archival cassette recordings provide glimpses of conversation between the Clarks and their close friend, fellow Texas songwriter Townes Van Zandt. ![]() Part-time Austinite Tamara Saviano and her husband, Paul Whitfield, co-directed “Without Getting Killed or Caught,” a remarkably thorough and well-sourced documentary that expands upon Saviano’s 2016 biographer of Texas songwriting legend Guy Clark by digging deep into Clark’s relationship with his wife, songwriter and painter Susanna Clark. Director Mary Wharton’s “Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free” earned its place as SXSW’s centerpiece film, chronicling the sessions for the late rocker’s 1994 album “Wildflowers” with recently unearthed black-and-white footage from the studio and insightful interviews with co-producers Rick Rubin, Mike Campbell and others. Two of the festival’s top-draw music films got world premieres on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. Gallaga, special to the American-Statesman Branson has been working with organizations to help free inmates who’ve been wrongly imprisoned, but this initiative, which will be rolled out with more supporters in October, is a more formal effort in a campaign against injustice. Richard Branson, billionaire founder of Virgin Group, spoke on the panel with initiative partner Celia Ouellette, a lawyer who founded the Powell Project and worked on death penalty cases, including some in Texas. Richard Bran son takes on capital punishmentĪ Thursday panel called “Business Leaders Against the Death Penalty” also served as a launchpad for a new initiative, Responsible Business Initiative for Justice. I think this election, the results of this election, though, were confirmed when Joe Biden got inaugurated as president,” Bush said. And when pressed to provide a more definitive answer, Bush said "No," the election was not stolen.Ĭommentary: Bush on the presidential election, immigration, baseball and how SXSW used to anger himģ. ![]() When asked whether the 2020 election was stolen, a false claim perpetuated by Trump and still promoted by his followers: “I think the election, all elections have some kind of improprieties. And I'm still disturbed when I think about it. And it really disturbed me to the point where I did put out a statement. I was sick to my stomach to see our nation's Capitol being stormed by hostile forces. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump: "I was disgusted. Bush that aired Thursday centered on his new book, “Out of Many, One: Portraits of our Nation’s Immigrants.” But his comments on partisan politics were the news of the day. A session with former President George W. ![]()
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