Post Nashville Film Festival: Filmmakers and Supporters: Part III Tom Wills: Film preservationist and ardent supporter of independent film
Tom: "I discovered the Belcourt Theater shortly before it closed. I was absolutely not a film buff at the time. But, I was a painter and an ardent supporter of the arts, which are two different roles for me. I still have an art studio in The Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville where I curate a film series during lent and where I met you. I was the first artist there, and now there is an artist community that is supported by the church without the church getting in its way, which is kinda rare for this town if not this country. I think it provided a psychological template for me to get involved in the Belcourt: a no strings attached embrace of the arts template. So, I guess you could say that I welcomed the Belcourt because I was welcomed as an artist by my church. Others who I joined with to save the Belcourt had their own different reasons. Those are just mine."
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