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Multiple Grammy and Oscar winning artist, musician and producer T Bone Burnett gave a thought provoking keynote speech at SXSW today, warning of the current dangers of the dominance of digital monopolies like Google and Facebook, while championing the value of the independence of artists. See below for the full text of the speech. Burnett has teamed up with Jay Bellerose and Keefus Ciancia for The Invisible Light Triliogy who’s first installment The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space comes out April 12 via Electro Magnetic/Verve Forecast. T BONE BURNETT SXSW KEYNOTE SPEECH: I am going to begin today with a quote from Marshall McLuhan from…
ACCLAIMED NEW FILM ON BORDER WALL ALONG TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER The River and The Wall has received standing ovations at SXSW 2019, and Gravitas Ventures will release it theatrically and on demand May 3rd. The timely new documentary feature The River and The Wall (www.theriverandthewall.com), from award-winning director Ben Masters (Unbranded) and Emmy-winning producer Hillary Pierce (Tower) is having its world premiere screenings at the SXSW Film Festival. The next screening is this Friday, March 15th at 11:15 AM at Paramount Theatre. Distributor Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, plans a North American theatrical and on demand release starting Friday, May 3, 2019. Gravitas previously…