The current edition of "Go Triad," a weekly supplement to "The News-Record" has published an article about North Carolina actor R. Keith Harris, who still lives in the state despite the lure of Hollywood. Harris is originally from Reidsville, NC, where I now reside. Harris, at least, realized more things were going on in nearby Greensboro and he did head south down Rte. 29. He has appeared in "Big Fish" and the critically acclaimed independent film "Junebug," which was filmed around Winston-Salem, NC. He has also appeared in the films, "Fall Down Dead," with a Turkish actor I've actually never heard of (Mehmet Gunsur). It was also filmed in 'camel city.' And, speaking of 'camel city' (W-Salem), Harris also starred in a low-budget comedy called "Chicks 101" which was filmed there. "Chicks 101" was written and directed by fellow Hollins slum Lovinder Gill. The film is coming out on DVD later this year. Harris co-produced the film as well. In the article, Harris said a lot was going on in NC as far as film is concerned: "North Carolina is more than a back lot for Hollywood," Harris said. "The infrastructure for doing major motion pictures is here. The incentives have definitely helped, but what we lack most of all is investors." I can assure him that my friend Bilge Ebiri, who wrote and directed the independent film "New Guy" would probably agree with that sentiment!
The article about Harris was written by Winston-Salem film enthuiast Mark Burger.
I will update this blog when "Chicks 101" is released on DVD. It is listed in the IMDB.
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