Diary of a Misfit: The Roy Hudgins Documentary

10/08/2020

I'm holed up for the month, finishing the book version of "Diary of a Misfit." Four more chapters left to write ...

10/17/2019

I've been reading old newspaper articles about north Louisiana cotton plantations, and today, I found tucked in all my cotton files an 1877 article about Ben Jane Jones, a Louisiana prisoner who identified as nonbinary: Jones said "he did not belong to one s*x or the other, although claiming to be of the feminine gender as near as possible."

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01/13/2019

We're back in Delhi, working on "Diary of a Misfit" this weekend !

03/19/2016

Mississippi family: We're coming to Jackson on April 2 to screen "Battle of Little Pam," a short culled from "Diary" at The Crossroads Film Festival. Casey will be speaking in a panel discussion after the film. Holler if you need ticket information!

10/17/2015

We made a short film based off one of the characters in "Diary of a Misfit." Here's a 15-second clip. "The Ballad of Little Pam" premiers Sunday in New Orleans at !

07/31/2015

Every time we've screened previews of Diary of a Misfit, people ask where they can find the music. Good news: Telegraph Canyon today released an album with many of the tracks you've heard. Check it out!

https://t.co/JNKIjmOYA3

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05/27/2015

We're beginning the editing work on Diary of a Misfit. We're hoping to hire editors and sound mixers. We're raising money now to hire them. Want to contribute? You can donate on our website now: http://www.diaryofamisfit.com/donate-1/

04/23/2015

For those of you wondering what's up these days, here's an update.

http://www.diaryofamisfit.com/roydocumentary/

Editing phase! Half-a-decade ago we started shooting. We expected to wrap the story up that year. We thought the answers were find-able, one microfilm or key interview away.Of course, they weren't. We went back and back, searching sometimes for stories that may have never been there. Thanks to the m…

04/22/2015

Cabin writing provisions -- trucking right along here on the script.

04/19/2015

I'm heading out to a cabin on the river for a few days to write what I hope will be a script for Diary of a Misfit! Thanks everyone for hanging in there so many years as we find our way through this story.

03/08/2015

Director Casey Parks told a story last night about Roy and grandma Louise at Portland's Back Fence PDX. Check back in a few weeks for video footage of the story.

http://backfencepdx.com/

Back Fence PDX: MAINSTAGE Sat MARCH 7 | 21+ DOORS 6:30PM | SHOW 8:00PMALBERTA ROSE | 3000 NE ALBERTA St Telling stories on the theme Something I Cannot Unsee or Undo: returning crowd favorite the Emmy Nominated Director of Six Days to Air: the Making of South Park, ARTHUR BRADFORD (PDX), Primetime E…

02/23/2015

Start, Louisiana -- the town where Pam attended high school