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Brian J. Easley

@brianjeasley.bsky.social

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Texatuckian in mideast America. Producer of the Steven Fromholz and Shawn Phillips docs. VP of @idruthergoto.bsky.social. Board Member. Combat-Disabled Iraq Veteran. DePaul, Trinity Washington, & UofL alum. www.brianjeasley.com

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 7d

The Man with the Big Hat (2026) - Teaser Trailer

I'll start uploading more videos and photos on @bsky.app and other platforms as we approach premiere and festival circuit.

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The Man with the Big Hat (2026) - Teaser Trailer

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 15h

Good (and haunting) memories of Texas. Check out the story "Bouldin" and you might see a familiar contributor's name.

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Thanks @oliviamesser.bsky.social !

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to the newest Nobel Prize laureates, and to the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Corina Machado.

Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 7d

The Man with the Big Hat (2026) - Teaser Trailer

I'll start uploading more videos and photos on @bsky.app and other platforms as we approach premiere and festival circuit.

youtu.be/XWIcbNRlGxM?...

The Man with the Big Hat (2026) - Teaser Trailer

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 10d

Scored my @sxsw.com badge today. Good times.

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(solemnly) You've had mail.

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 11d

Sent!

Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 15d

Doing the legwork on The Man with the Big Hat. We don't know any film programmers, so are reaching out to directors & folks who've recently played at these more prominent festivals. Also, trying to find big names or producers with a good doc track record who want to attach themselves to a project.

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 15d

Dido and Rollo Armstrong collaborated on several projects

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 15d

Yeah, that's a Trump Temple, y'all

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 17d

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 17d

State-Sanctioned Hitler Youth

Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 17d

Understood!

Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 17d

You're more than welcome to jump onboard as a producer if you like, then I could show it all to you immediately, haha

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 17d

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Three Chords And The Truth

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 17d

Agreed, we're looking at several follow-ups. B.W. Stevenson, Terry Allen, etc.

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 17d

The Shawn Phillips documentary series is six hours long. 6 episodes roughly an hour each, detailing basically a little over a decade in his 60+ year musical career.

Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 17d

Phillips will probably go straight to streaming next year, I'm excited about that one too! Only took us a decade to finish, hahaha, it's great. We even screened it for Shawn in a Louisville theater, filmed his reactions, then added that back into the docuseries.

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 17d

And then we plan to release all of his albums online.

Rumor is, we even have a secret, unheard Fromholz album..........

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Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social · 17d

We hope to premiere at SXSW in March, then it will be streaming afterward. Took us 5 years to make. Interviews with Lyle Lovett, Terry Lickona, Butch Hancock, Ray Benson, Darcie and Felicity Fromholz, etc. Archival footage of Willie Nelson, John Denver, Stephen Stills, etc.

85 minutes of Fromholz.