LAFAYETTE, LA – From February 1st through March 11th, Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA), in Lafayette, Louisiana, will show Hogwash, a new 6½-hour film by Zack Godshall.
Hogwash is set in the sleepy bayou town of Oubliette, Louisiana, where a bizarre mystery begins to unfold when a group of dreamers and schemers come together to produce an original opera that could change the world.
A decade in the making and six-and-a-half hours long, Hogwash is unlike most movies. Broken into four acts and composed of 31 episodes, an overture, two intermissions, and an interlude, Hogwash is an absurd and loving parody of both the traditional episodic series and the comic opera. As an experimental narrative film, Hogwash blurs the lines between fiction and nonfiction, comedy and melodrama, and improvisational acting and dream-like imagery.
Samuel Oliver, Executive Director of AcA, says, “Zack’s latest project is a rich fantasy of a bizarre place not entirely unlike Lafayette. AcA is excited to showcase this unique new video work as part of our 2023 exhibition season.”
Featuring a cast of more than fifty (mostly) non-professional actors from South Louisiana, Hogwash is the result of a highly collaborative production that was almost entirely improvised. Made for the price of a few poboys and shot primarily in Lafayette, every actor and crew member volunteered their time, resources, and imagination to make Hogwash a wild, rollicking tribute to the community’s creative spirit.
For filmmaker Zack Godshall, Hogwash is the culmination of a seventeen-year career making microbudget films that are region-specific and often unscripted. The story and episodic concept were created by Godshall and Ross Brupbacher, the same creative team behind the Louisiana-based no-budget film Lord Byron, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, was a New York Times Critics’ Pick, and won Oxford American’s “Soul of Southern Film Award.”
Beginning February 1, Hogwash will play in AcA’s Side Gallery Tuesday-Saturday from 10am-4:30pm. On March 4, AcA will host “An Evening of Hogwash.” The 6½-hour show will begin at 5pm, and food and drinks will be made available. Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.simpletix.com/e/hogwash-by-zack-godshall-tickets-119724
Hogwash closes on March 11 during downtown Lafayette’s ArtWalk, 6-9pm.
Regarding the best way to watch Hogwash, Godshall says, “AcA is exhibiting Hogwash as a grand video installation in a gallery made to feel like a cozy home theater. You can dip in, watch a few episodes, dip out, walk around, look at some art in the other galleries, then come back and catch another episode or two. Ideally, you’d pack a lunch, get comfy on one of the couches, and watch the whole thing. Or better yet, join us on March 4 for ‘An Evening of Hogwash.’”
An EPK for the film can be found here: https://www.zackgodshall.com/hogwash
For more information, visit: Hogwash at the ACA | An Evening of Hogwash | www.hogwash.tv
Contact: zgodshall@gmail.com
