{"id":37159,"date":"2016-12-23T13:39:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T19:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=37159"},"modified":"2016-12-24T08:50:32","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T14:50:32","slug":"free-screening-of-local-film-glorious-mail-at-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/free-screening-of-local-film-glorious-mail-at-shelter\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Screening of Local Film Glorious Mail at Shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Oxford, Miss. (TLV) &#8211; Marking the 10 year anniversary of <strong>Oxford<\/strong> local\u00a0<strong>Alice Walker<\/strong> and <strong>Mississippi<\/strong> native\u00a0<strong>JD Evermore<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<em>Glorious Mail<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>Shelter on Van Buren<\/strong> will be hosting a free screening of the film Friday, December 30 at 7 pm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>Glorious Mail<\/em>\u00a0is the story of a gay antique dealer and community theatre actor who causes a local and federal controversy with his new mailbox which was made by his lesbian artist friend, prompting a Jewish filmmaker to travel from <strong>NYC<\/strong> to the small town of<strong> Sinnaville<\/strong> to cover the story. Set in 2004, this hilarious Southern mockumentary explores tolerance and equality and celebrates gay marriage in Mississippi long before it was legal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The cast list features several familiar names including the <strong>Bruce Butler<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Susan McPhail<\/strong>, Oxford&#8217;s Favorite Townie <strong>Ron &#8220;Ronzo&#8221; Shapiro<\/strong>, and Oxford&#8217;s favorite comedian <strong>Bruce Butler.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This local film has garnered several awards. It was an Official Selection for the 2007 <strong>Bluegrass Independent Film Festival<\/strong>, the 2007 <strong>First Annual Long Beach Q Film Festival<\/strong>, and the 2007<strong> Indie Memphis Film Festival<\/strong>. It was awarded Second Best Feature at the 2007 <strong>Appalachian Film Festival<\/strong> and Best Actor at the 2007 <strong>Birmingham SHOUT! Gay and Lesbian Film Festival<\/strong> and was the Winner of the <strong>True Grit<\/strong> <strong>Award<\/strong> for Best Feature at the 2007 <strong>Indie Grits Film Festival<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This will assuredly be a night of nostalgia and rejoicing in the progress Mississippi, as well as the nation, has made towards creating a tolerant and supportive world. Stop in an support local efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cDoes the world need another mockumentary? When it\u2019s all about a mailbox shaped like a person bending over and taking the days correspondence in the rear, the answer is yes. . . Christopher Guest\u2019s &#8216;Waiting for Guffman,&#8217; an ode to the joys of small town drama, has finally spawned a kissing cousin.\u201d -FilmStew.com\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14544 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"The Local Voice Ligature\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z5OSn6A2rl4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxford, Miss. 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