The Heart of Texas is a 2008 American documentary film. The documentary is made up of individuals from Simonton, Texas

Simonton, Texas

Simonton is a city in Fort Bend County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 718.-Geography:Simonton is located at ....

, Fulshear, Texas

Fulshear, Texas

Fulshear is a city in northwest Fort Bend County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 716 at the 2000 census.-History:The city incorporated in 1977....

 and Wallis, Texas

Wallis, Texas

Wallis is a city in Austin County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,172 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wallis is located at ....

, where most of the film's participants reside. The film features Grover Norwood and Ulice Parker as the primary characters. On November 11, 2008, Plaid Shirt Pictures announced that the film would open in Houston area theaters on November 19, 2008.

Synopsis

The Heart of Texas is the story of Grover Norwood and Ulice Parker. When tragedy pierces the heart of a small community on the quiet Texas plains, its townspeople witness what can happen when grace and forgiveness triumph over angiush and outrage. Against the traffic of our crowded lives, a story of such forgiveness can seem more of a work of fiction...yet every moment of this story is true.

Documentary interviewees

• Grover Norwood
• Jill Norwood
• Ulice Parker
• Carrie Parker
• Rev. Steve Littlefield
• Steve Norwood
• Rev. Clay Spears
• Rev. Nathaniel Hall
• Larry Smith
• Carol Smith
• Wayne Vincent
• Bruce Smith
• Kerryl Ann Frank
• Christopher Parker
• Rachel Parker
• Larry Nemec
• Travis Koehn
• David Fischer

Production

The Heart of Texas was filmed for 12 nonconsecutive days between April 16, 2003 and November 3, 2007. The 2008 expanded and updated verion of The Heart of Texas was shot in various locations, throughout Austin and Fort Bend Counties in south Texas.

Awards

The Heart of Texas has won several awards.

• Best Documentary, WorldFest International Film Festival, 2009
• Best Texas Film, WorldFest International Film Festival, 2009
• Best of Show (Grand Remi Award), WorldFest International Film Festival, 2009
• Best Feature Film, Castle Rock Film Festival 2009
• Redemptive Storyteller Award Winner Redemptive Film Festival 2009
• Best Feature Film Award Winner! Kingdomwood Film Festival 2009
• Official Selection: Thin Line Film Festival 2010
• Official Selection: Projecting Hope Film Festival 2009
• Official Selection: Indie Spirit Film Festival, 2010
• Official Selection: Gideon Media Arts Film Festival, 2010
• Official Selection: Faith Film Festival, New York, 2010

Release

The Heart of Texas was released on DVD

DVD

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 in 2008. Included as special features are extended interviews

Interviews

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, trailers, and promotional materials.

External links

• http://lonestartimes.com/2008/11/21/the-heart-of-texas/
• http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/6121726.html
• http://www.bignews.biz/?id=793436&keys=Heart-Texas-documentary-dvd
• http://cornerstoneepc.org/?p=612
• http://www.huffmanarea.com/
• http://www.imakenews.com/hapc/index000322464.cfm