Join The Big Picture for a Screening of 'Crawford'

Tonight, The Big Picture will host a special Phoenix Film Foundation screening of Crawford, a documentary about what happens to the town of Crawford, Texas (population 800ish) when George W. Bush decides to move there while a Presidential candidate back in the late 1990s. Crawford was a sleepy little town until W. came to town, and brought with him hordes of media as well as the Cindy Sheehan protests and some other dust-ups the residents weren't really accustomed to seeing. I suppose, like any town, Crawford has a diversity of opinion, so to see how such a small town reacts not just to the attention thrust upon it but also the success and failures of its most famous resident impact it should make for a good couple of hours at the movies. Premiering last year at South by Southwest, Crawford has done the festival circuit for a while and now winds up here in Phoenix, not so coincidentally on President Bush's last day in office. If you're interested in checking out the film, it's tonight at 7pm the Harkins 101 theater in North Scottsdale, with a question and answer session to follow. For tickets (which run you ten bones), call the Phoenix Film Foundation at 602.955.6444 or shoot them an e-mail. Or just show up with cash in hand. Attending the Foundation's screenings is a great way to join the PFF, which is responsible for the Phoenix Film Festival, on the way the first week of April, and many other events and screenings, as well.