Filmmaker Tim Tsai shoots on the deck of Captain Ron Galloway’s boat in the filming of “Seadrift.” Stephen F. Austin State University’s Friday Night Film Series will screen “Seadrift” at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.
In 1979, a Vietnamese refugee shot and killed a white crab fisherman at the public town docks along the Texas coast in Seadrift. What began as a dispute over fishing territory erupted into violence and ignited a maelstrom of boat burnings, Ku Klux Klan intimidation, and other hostilities against Vietnamese refugees along the Gulf Coast, according to information at seadriftfilm.com.
Set during the early days of Vietnamese arrival in the U.S., “Seadrift” is a feature documentary that examines the circumstances that led up to the shooting and its dramatic aftermath, and reveals the unexpected consequences that continue to reverberate today.
The School of Art’s Friday Film Series is sponsored in part by retired filmmaking Professor William Arscott. The Cole Art Center, SFA’s historic downtown gallery, is located at 329 E. Main St. For more information, call (936) 468-1131.
ABOUT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY
Stephen F. Austin State University, the newest member of The University of Texas System, began a century ago as a teachers’ college in Texas’ oldest town, Nacogdoches. Today, it has grown into a regional institution comprising six colleges — business, education, fine arts, forestry and agriculture, liberal and applied arts, and sciences and mathematics. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, SFA enrolls approximately 11,000 students while providing the academic breadth of a state university with the personalized attention of a private school. The main campus encompasses 421 acres that include 37 academic facilities, nine residence halls, and 68 acres of recreational trails that wind through its six gardens. The university offers more than 80 bachelor’s degrees, more than 40 master’s degrees and four doctoral degrees covering more than 120 areas of study. Learn more at sfasu.edu.
By Robbie Goodrich, director of arts information
