Courtney Pledger Commits Herself To Arkansas, and Awaits Her Raise
Despite being wooed for other positions, Pledger, executive director and CEO of Arkansas PBS, has transformed the public media station in her five-year tenure. read more >
Despite being wooed for other positions, Pledger, executive director and CEO of Arkansas PBS, has transformed the public media station in her five-year tenure. read more >
She has led the organization for six years. read more >
A two-part production, “Hot Springs: The Experience of a Lifetime" is the centerpiece of Arkansas' first VR tourism campaign. read more >
Stanley Nelson, the documentarian behind “Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities,” received the Career Achievement Award in Documentary Film during the 26th annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival earlier this month. read more >
Courtney Pledger is named the new executive director of the Arkansas Educational Television Network. read more >
The 25th Annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival will open on Oct. 7 with "Command and Control," a documentary about the 1980 missile explosion at a Titan II launch complex near Damascus. read more >
The Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences has awarded $5,000 of special support to the 2016 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival through the Academy’s FilmWatch program. read more >
“The First Boys of Spring” chronicles the story of how Hot Springs, with its famed therapeutic mineral baths, became a home for spring training from the 1880s through the 1930s. read more >
One way to immediately take an event to the next level is by having celebrities present. And it may be easier than you think. read more >
In the last decade, the film industry has garnered increasing interest in Arkansas, as evidenced by the number of film festivals taking place across the state. read more >
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival has received a $10,000 grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. read more >
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival has named Lauren Wissot, a journalist and film critic, as its programming director. This year's festival is set for Oct. 10-19 at the Arlington Hotel. read more >
Since August 2007, Christopher Crane has been the state film commissioner, overseeing the promotion, recruitment and development of the state’s film industry by marketing Arkansas to a national and international film clientele. As film commissioner, he also is responsible for the statewide Digital Product & Motion Picture Incentive Program. read more >
Historic city has plenty to attract cutting edge business, young workers. read more >
