Bill Text: TX SR693 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the filmmaking team of There's Something in the Water.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-06 - Reported enrolled [SR693 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR693-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The short animated documentary about Caddo Lake | ||
There's Something in the Water is receiving considerable | ||
attention on the film festival circuit in 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, The only naturally occurring lake in Texas, Caddo | ||
Lake has been infested since 2006 by giant salvinia, an invasive | ||
species of fern that originated in Brazil; the Caddo Biocontrol | ||
Alliance and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are working | ||
to control the species, which blocks sunlight and decreases the | ||
amount of oxygen in the water, to the detriment of native | ||
species; and | ||
WHEREAS, There's Something in the Water is an eight-minute | ||
animated film featuring interviews with people who live and work | ||
on the lake; the film was directed by Rory WT, a London-based | ||
animator whose previous work has appeared on the BBC, Adult Swim, | ||
and Nature; it was produced by Shannon Wynne, a Texas | ||
restaurateur who purchased a camp on Caddo Lake in 1986, and | ||
Stephanie M. Casey, the owner of the Dallas-based marketing and | ||
communications firm Lovage Inc.; the associate producer is | ||
Daniel Villanueva, a radio/television/film graduate of the | ||
University of North Texas and a staffer at Lovage; and | ||
WHEREAS, The film is an official selection at eight film | ||
festivals in the spring of 2019, including the Earth Day Film | ||
Festival, the Sonoma International Film Festival, the Thin Line | ||
Film Festival, the Pasadena International Film Festival, the | ||
Environmental Film Festival at Yale, the Dallas International | ||
Film Festival, the EarthxFilm Festival, and the Manhattan Film | ||
Festival; and | ||
WHEREAS, This informative, entertaining, and provocative | ||
film promises to raise awareness about the serious situation at | ||
Caddo Lake, and its filmmakers are truly deserving of special | ||
recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
Legislature, hereby commend the filmmaking team of There's | ||
Something in the Water and extend to them sincere best wishes for | ||
continued success with their production; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for the filmmakers as an expression of high regard by | ||
the Texas Senate. | ||
Hughes | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 6, 2019. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |