Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

I am very pleased that My Stretch of Texas Ground just received another film festival recognition. It is now an official nominee for Best Feature Film in the Golden State Film Festival.

What an outstanding festival run the film has had, exceeding my expectations. As someone pointed out to me today, in a friendly way, the film is certainly "controversial." That's true, but, it is also very bold, courageous, daring, original, and most of all, impassioned. And the way I feel is that if movies aren't going to be impassioned, there's no point in making them.

My focus now is on the completion of His Stretch of Texas Ground and the making of The Pro Bono Watchman. And I earnestly hope that both those films do well. That's because if they do, I will get to stay in the movie business and make more movies. I like to make movies. I like being around actors. I like experiencing their art and creativity first-hand. And I like the whole creative process of making a movie. I have another script already finished to follow Pro Bono, and it's ready to go. But, the other films will have to do well first for it to be financially possible.

I'm 70 now, but I feel good, and I feel like I could go on making movies for years, and I hope I can. But, even if I do, My Stretch of Texas Ground will always be my first love because it's a movie that stands up for the innocent victims of war.