Join filmmakers and friends of Bill Luckett at the Oxford Film Festival on Saturday at 3 p.m. to remember Bill and celebrate his life and film legacy.
Luckett’s relationship with actor Morgan Freeman opened doors in the movie industry that allowed Luckett to do business in Hollywood, bring productions to be filmed in Mississippi and even act.
Select clips of Bill’s work on screen will be exhibited along with video messages from colleagues across the nation. Guest speakers and a Q&A moderated by Ward Emling will follow the tribute reel. Join us to share your memories of Bill with the Mississippi film community who loved him.
The tribute to Luckett will be held at the Malco: Donna Ruth Roberts Auditorium at 206 Commonwealth Blvd., Tickets are $12 each and may be purchased at: https://2022oxff.eventive.org/schedule
IMBd, (Internet Movie Database) listed Luckett as an actor or producer of movies, such as The Poison Rose (2019), Vanquish (2021) and The Comeback Trail (2020).
He most recently played the part of a country sheriff in the yet-to-be released movie Paradise Highway that was filmed this past summer in Coahoma County.
A 1966 graduate of Clarksdale High School, he was President of his senior class. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in American government from the University of Virginia in 1970, where he graduated on the Dean’s List. He graduated from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1973 and returned to Ole Miss later in life as an adjunct professor.
The 19th edition of the Oxford Film Festival, taking place in Oxford, March 23-27, and has a five days of film and events scheduled for this year’s event.
OxFilm celebrates the art of independent cinema. Through year-round programming, the festival works to encourage filmmaking in Oxford and North Mississippi as part of the global film community, while cultivating audience appreciation of cinema through screenings, workshops and educational programs that culminate in the annual festival.
Oxford Film Festival will be led for the first time by incoming interim Executive Director Jim Brunzell III, known for his work revitalizing one film festival (Austin’s aGLIFF), and director of the Minneapolis-based Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival, which is a certified favorite of industry veterans and filmmakers, and Programming Director Justina Walford, the innovative founder of Women Texas Film Festival, the first full-fledged female-focused film festival in the state of Texas. They will take the baton from the departing Melanie Addington, who was largely responsible for building the Oxford Film Festival into a critical and popular favorite on the regional circuit, and a socio-cultural force of influence in the state of Mississippi and the South.
Please note that the Oxford Film Festival is requiring proof of COVID vaccinations for all attendees.
For more information contact: boxoffice@oxfordfilmfest.com or call (877) 560-3456.
