Bill Text: GA SR129 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Milltown Pride; recognize the Georgia debut of a feature film
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-09 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR129 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR129-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 129
By:
Senator Butterworth of the 50th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending the Georgia debut of a feature film,
Milltown
Pride; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Milltown
Pride is a feature film depicting textile
and industrial league baseball in the 1920s and the sport's lasting impact on
athletic lore; and
WHEREAS,
the film features the legendary athletic exploits of young men as competitors in
the industrial mill leagues across the Southeast, depicting that industrial and
labor competitions extended well beyond the walls of a textile or manufacturing
plant; and
WHEREAS,
mill towns dotted the landscape of this country because of the abundance of
willing labor, rail transport, apparel markets, and the nation's rise as a world
leader in manufacturing; and
WHEREAS,
textile mill teams competed for workers and for victories on the baseball
diamonds of these mill towns; as every town had a mill, every mill had a team;
and
WHEREAS,
Unusual Films of Bob Jones University created, wrote, cast, filmed, directed,
and debuted Milltown
Pride in 2011 as the story of a privileged
youth who leaves his family and secure life, goes to work in a textile mill as
the only path to pro baseball, and becomes the rising star of a mill league
team; and
WHEREAS,
Milltown
Pride was primarily filmed at the famed
baseball field of Habersham Mill in Demorest, Georgia, where 125 extras came
into the film with the professional cast of 98; and
WHEREAS,
the film depicts 25 antique vehicles, 25 custom period-style wood bats,
secondhand overalls, and local scenery of northeast Georgia throughout the 36
hours of film shot; and
WHEREAS, Georgia is the home of many feature films which today generate $1.3 billion in economic activity for the state; and
WHEREAS, Georgia is the home of many feature films which today generate $1.3 billion in economic activity for the state; and
WHEREAS,
Unusual Films, the hospitality of the people of Demorest, the vibrant film
industry of Georgia, and the legions of players who ventured onto the baseball
diamonds as players in the industrial league baseball games of yesteryear made
this great film possible.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body recognize
the debut of Milltown
Pride and commend Unusual Films for their
remarkable depiction of the mill town era and its connection to the history of
baseball.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Unusual Films.
