When:
Wednesday, October 20th. at 7:00pm
Thursday, October 21st. at 7:00pm
Saturday October 23rd. at 1:00pm

The acclaimed documentary film ON COAL RIVER will make its NC premiere at the Fine Arts Theater, Wednesday October, 20th. Directors Francine Cavanaugh and Adams Wood will be in attendance for Q & A.

ON COAL RIVER takes viewers on a gripping emotional journey into the Coal River Valley of West Virginia — a community surrounded by lush mountains and a looming toxic threat. The film follows four longtime residents as they confront their local school board, the state government, and a notorious coal company — Massey Energy — for putting their families and community’s health at risk.

On Coal River had it's world premiere at AFI-Silverdocs Film Festival this past June and will screen at many more festivals this fall.

"Hillbilly Davids best a corporate Goliath... Keenly observed... Respectful, thorough, and relevant." - Variety

"Smart and patient...Recalls Harlan County, USA" - PopMatters.com

"Compelling and transcendent." - Huffington Post

"A new masterpiece." - West Virginia Gazette

"You'll cheer at the tenacity of the fighters." - Washington City Paper

Asheville-based directors Francine Cavanaugh and Adams Wood produced ON COAL RIVER over a period of six years, beginning in 2004. This is their second feature-length documentary film.

For more information, visit oncoalriver.com.

When: Tuesday September 21st. 7:00 PM.

FLIGHT OF THE CARDINAL was shot earlier this year in the North Carolina Smoky Mountains and BLUE WATERS MOUNTAIN LODGE on Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina.

CARDINAL is the first of two North Carolina-based feature films from GASTON PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT and much of the same crew are gearing up for the Asheville production of MOUNTAINS BY MOONLIGHT.

Please join our cast and crew for cocktails after the screening at TRESSA’S (a few doors down from the theatre) at 9PM - 28 Broadway Street, Asheville, NC 28801-2917, phone (828) 254-7072. Enjoy Tressa’s one-night-only drink special: the Flight of the Cardinal Martini.

REVIEWS: “A very gratifying thriller…that grabs you and takes you on an uneasy yet exciting journey. Gaston creates a fabulous sense of foreboding..and the film’s climax is richly satisfying. Gaston is marking his territory as a terrific storyteller and a deft film director.” - NewYorkCool.com

“Robert Gaston’s intense and suspense-filled “Flight of the Cardinal”..opens with a quote from anthropologist Dr. Ernest Becker’s “The Denial of Death,” “Life cannot go on without the mutual devouring of organisms,” which well accords with the sense of paranoia that the film, set at a lakeside lodge-shades of “The Shining” and “Psycho”-conveys… ““Flight of the Cardinal” will keep you spellbound and keep you guessing about what reality is and who is really on your side.” - qmetropolis.com

“The film has a wonderful cast, especially Bonner, who plays a wickedly evil antagonist. Gaston creates an intense sense of foreboding as we get to know the characters and as Grady becomes more aware of what is really going on. The climax of the film is intensely satisfying. Gaston emerges as a wonderful storyteller and a fine film director.” - eurekapride.com

CONTACT:
OFFICIAL WEBSITE www.GastonPictures.com; FACEBOOK PAGE http://www.facebook.com/pages/Flight-of-the-Cardinal/106891836008678; for additional information, please contact Robert Gaston, Robert@GastonPictures.com; Michael Sheldon, Sheldon@GastonPictures.com

For more information, visit gastonpictures.com.

When: Friday August 6th. & Saturday August 7th. 9:45

Jacob is a train-hopping gutter punk haunted by the ritual abuse of his childhood. He is alone in the world drifting through a landscape of urban decay, quickened by blood, and shamanistic magic. He returns to his father’s grave hoping to escape the memories and nightmares that have cast a shadow over his life. There he encounters a beautiful young woman and pursues her down a path that will lead to his freedom or his damnation. Wanderlost takes place over three fantastical days in America’s dark underbelly, where wanderers, punks, artists, and mystics create their own worlds and destinies on society’s half-lit fringes: where beauty and madness, sacrifice and renewal are forever bound together by blood.

For more information, visit wanderlostfilm.com.com.