{"id":74353,"date":"2019-04-10T08:47:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T14:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=74353"},"modified":"2019-04-18T09:43:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T15:43:10","slug":"new-mississippi-film-comes-to-oxford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/new-mississippi-film-comes-to-oxford\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mississippi Film &#8220;Son Of A Gun&#8221; Comes to Oxford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A famous myth turned feature film screens  at 7 pm April 24 at the Malco Oxford Commons<\/h3>\n\n\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-cohIf-p9hc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Son of a Gun<\/em><\/strong>, a new Mississippi film from writer\/director <strong>Travis Mills<\/strong>, makes its Oxford debut this month. The filmmaker along with local actor <strong>Damon Burks<\/strong> and other select members of the cast will be present for the showing on April 24, which is sponsored by the <strong>Oxford Film Festival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Son of a Gun<\/em> is inspired by the \u201cminie ball pregnancy\u201d tall tale from the <strong>Civil War<\/strong>. Eleven years after the war, a doctor based in <strong>Vicksburg<\/strong> named <strong>Legrand Capers<\/strong> published a story in a renowned medical journal that has been talked about ever since. He claimed that during a battle, a bullet  passed from the private parts of a soldier and struck a young woman, therefore causing her to bear child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This myth, which has been discussed at length and disputed since (even in an episode of <strong><em>Mythbusters<\/em><\/strong>), is the subject of the feature film <em>Son of a Gun<\/em> which focuses on Dr. Legrand, played by three leading men including <strong>Hattiesburg<\/strong> filmmaker <strong>Miles Doleac<\/strong>, Florida-based actor <strong>Shannon Williams<\/strong>, and Mississippi character-actor <strong>Cotton Yancey<\/strong>. Damon Burks, an actor and producer who works frequently in the Oxford area, plays a key role in the film, sharing scenes with <strong>Bill Luckett<\/strong>, the former mayor of <strong>Clarksdale<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film was written and directed by Brookhaven-based filmmaker Travis Mills who has produced six feature films to date in Mississippi. With a focus on local stories, Mills has showcased the history of Mississippi in movies such as the Lawrence County-centered <strong><em>Blood Country<\/em><\/strong>, the Dixie Mafia tale <strong><em>Cornbread Cosa Nostra<\/em><\/strong>, and this recent Vicksburg-set <em>Son of a Gun<\/em>. He is in the process of completing post-production on the sequel to his first Mississippi movie <strong><em>Porches and Private Eyes<\/em><\/strong>, titled <em>If These Porches Could Talk<\/em>. This film, to be released late this summer, also features Damon Burks in a supporting role. Mills is also committed to casting Mississippi talent in<br> principal roles, showcasing their talent on a national scale through streaming platforms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/814654382250389\/\">event&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a>. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A famous myth turned feature film screens at 7 pm April 24 at the Malco Oxford Commons Son<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":74363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[14280,7085,14279,14077,14275,14273,14277,14276,137,14278,14274,11154,312],"class_list":["post-74353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-film","tag-bill-luckett","tag-civil-war","tag-cotton-yancey","tag-damon-burks","tag-legrand-capers","tag-malco-commons","tag-miles-doleac","tag-mythbusters","tag-oxford-film-festival","tag-shannon-williams","tag-son-of-a-gun","tag-travis-mills","tag-vicksburg"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-09-Son-of-a-Gun.jpg?fit=620%2C349&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}