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First-time director Alexandra Pelosi discusses Journeys With George, her surprising and fascinating documentary on George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign, viewed from the back of the press plane.

First-time director Alexandra Pelosi discusses Journeys With George, her surprising and fascinating documentary on George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign, viewed from the back of the press plane.

Who needs enemies?

A cornucopia of delights await you at the South by Southwest Film and Music Festivals and Austin Music Awards this year.

Sanitized for your protection

Bush's so-called brain is Karl Rove, whose mastery of dirty tricks deserves clearer scrutiny than it gets in this documentary.

It wouldn't be a film festival without the deals, steals, and rash of black turtlenecks.

UT and SXSW host an all-day documentary summit.

SXSW Film gets political.

The agony and the ecstasy of SXSW 2002

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

Could Paris Hilton or Jonathan Antin teach Dubya a thing or two about how to work it?

Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky's Horns and Halos isn't so much about Bush, but rather the book about the Bush that Bush didn't want you to know.

Even a lot of memorializing would not have been enough to pay tribute to Waylon Jennings, who had a profound and spiritual impact on Austin and its music; the Austin Music Awards will feature a salute to Ray Benson; our preview coverage of SXSW Interactive and Film gets under way with a tech-centric meditation by Bruce Sterling and an interview with Journeys With George director Alexandra Pelosi.

It’s five weeks until SXSW season, which kicks off with SXSW Film presenting Peter Bogdanovich and his new film. If that weren’t enough, the Texas Film Hall of Fame will feature Sissy Spacek inducting Terrence Malick, along with presenters and inductees Marcia Gay Harden, Cyd Charisse, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Dan Rather, Bill Broyles, Bill Wittliff, Jack Valenti, Cheech Marin, and Dennis Hopper.