Bill Text: TX SR693 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the filmmaking team of There's Something in the Water.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-06 - Reported enrolled [SR693 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR693-Enrolled.html
|
|
||
| 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 | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 6, 2019. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
