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PHOTOGRAPHY: TRAVIS TEATE

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FILM REVOLUTION
BY JUSTIN JARRETT

Photograph: Jabberpics BRINGING
Jacket: The Rat on Bull HOLLYWOOD
Shirt: The Rat on Bull
TO SMALL
Pants: J Parker TOWN USA
Shoes: Globe Shoe Company

UP-AND-COMING ACTOR ALEXANDER
KANE HAS HELPED TRANSFORM HIS
SMALL HOMETOWN OF FITZGERALD,
GEORGIA, INTO A HOT SPOT FOR THE

FILM INDUSTRY
T
HE FIRST TIME SOMEONE from Hollywood told him
he needed to lose his Southern drawl, well … he had
a suggestion for a specific way they could entertain

themselves.

Kane always told folks in his hometown of Fitzgerald, Geor-

gia, he was going to be a movie star, but he’s never been eager to

pull up his roots, especially with six kids.

He took the leap into acting after retiring from surveying oil

pipelines, and his star quickly rose. But the roles he was booking

often required him to travel to far-flung small towns not too

different from Fitzgerald.

“I was thinking, you know, my small town in South Georgia is

economically depressed…,” Kane recalls, “and we have the best

damn tax credit in the nation.”

He concocted a plan.

“I started telling people I was going to start shooting my mov-

ies here,” Kane says. “And I started telling the town I was going

to bring Hollywood here. People kind of laughed.”

But Kane wasn’t joking.

He endured the giggles and guffaws, but in October 2018, he

and producer Danny Roth came together to shoot his feature

film “Lena and Snowball” in Fitzgerald.

Two years later, Kane is a rising star — filmmakers are falling

for his throwback style, a la Steve McQueen — and his vision to

build a booming economy in Fitzgerald is coming to fruition.

Fitzgerald is a fur piece from Hollywood, as someone from the

town of 9,053 in Ben Hill County might say. But it looks damn

good in movies.

Town officials, including Mayor Jim Puckett, have helped

build the framework for a booming industry — one that has $7

million worth of projects to the community in the first year, with

several top-secret projects and efforts to build a full-fledged film

studio on the horizon — and folks there are eager to keep the

jobs coming.

ALEXANDER KANE “We’re all chipping in,” Kane says. “We’ve got crackheads and

millionaires working side by side with a common goal to help the

movies be the best they can be.”

And if you don’t like that, Kane has a suggestion for another

way to entertain yourself. ★

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MARK MCCULLOUGH

WHILE MANY DREAM OF BEING AN ACTOR, THIS FORMER LAWYER TOOK MATTERS
INTO HIS OWN HANDS AND APPROACHED IT FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE. JUST A

FEW SHORT YEARS LATER, HE HAS FOUND THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.

Angeles, but I have filmed in Ukraine, Colombia, pretty awesome costumes and ride around in a
(and more.) $300,000 Rolls Royce Ghost. I also have a soft
spot for my first network TV role in the ABC
4. You are known for playing intense, menac- series, Secrets and Lies. I think every actor looks
ing characters that are often villains. How do back on their first big break with fondness.
you prepare for these roles?
Mark: I never approach a character by labeling 8. You just finished working with Amy Adams
him as a villain. I find the character’s internal and Glenn Close on Ron Howard’s new Netflix
justification for the actions he takes. It is others film, HILLBILLY ELEGY. What was it like
who define those actions as villainous. working with those guys?
Mark: Ron Howard is one of my all time favorite
1. What is it like being a professional actor and 5. You have worked with major stars such as directors. He is the only director I have ever au-
living in Savannah? Tom Cruise, Channing Tatum, Nicolas Cage, ditioned for who came from around the table and
Mark: I love it. I get to enjoy the laid back, friend- Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba, Glenn Close, shook my hand and thanked me for coming.
ly lifestyle of Savannah yet still do the career that Amy Adams and Mahershala Ali. What are Glenn Close was one of the few actors I have
I love. I find it is easier to live a balanced life in some of the similarities and differences be- worked with that I saw transform into another
Savannah. tween them? person when the camera rolled.
Mark: One consistent trait I saw in all of those Amy Adams played a very different character
2. What does a typical day look like for you amazing actors is that they always have a sense of than what she normally plays as well. She was
when you are not out of town working on a film fun when they are on set acting. And I never saw extremely down to earth and super easy to work
or TV show? any of them make excuses. They were all utmost with.
Mark: My job is to do auditions. Booking a film or professionals.
TV show and going to set is like vacation for me. 10. What are you currently working on?
6. Who was your favorite actor to work with Mark: I’m currently filming a recurring role on
3. Do you have to do a lot of traveling for your and why? the new Netflix series, Sweet Magniolias, which is
work? Mark: Tom Cruise was probably my favorite based on a book series of the same name. I play a
Mark: Although I sometimes get to work on a actor to work with. I loved his team spirit and his tough, no-nonsense blue collar dad.
project filming in Savannah, I usually have to trav- constant drive to make a scene better. He showed
el for work. I most often work in Atlanta and Los me that you can be a top level movie star and still 11. Where can we see you on screen next?
be a thoughtful human being. Mark: For television I’ll be appearing in the
upcoming HBO series, “The Outsider,” based on
7. What are some of your favorite roles and the Stephen King novel as well as in the OWN
why? series, “Greenleaf.” In theaters you’ll be able
Mark: I really loved playing Kobi in LA’S Finest to see me working opposite Will Patton in the
opposite Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba. The horror film, “Shookum Hills.” “Hillbilly Elegy”
character was described as a menacing and evil will have a limited theatrical release before it
enforcer for a drug cartel. I got to wear some
premieres on Netflix.★

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CONTRIBUTORS

FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS

Blake Crosby Paul Graham Kevin Garrett
Blake Crosby is a commercial photographer and ‘Purveyor of D. Paul Graham is a transplanted Kevin Garrett is a lifestyle advertorial
Light’ based out of Bluffton, SC. His focus on cinematic lighting is Canadian who first came to Savannah photographer and travel writer. After
indicative of his unique style of portraiture, advertising and still life in 1994. His travels around the globe his start covering the Caribbean for
work. He has a passion for adventure and the outdoors. When he’s have fueled the passion and inspiration over a decade, Garrett has continued
not shooting you can find him in his organic garden. Follow him on Paul finds in capturing light, the life of to tell stories with his camera and pen
Instagram @crosbycreative . Check out Blake’s photography of people, the diversity of cultures, the and shoot everything from tourism
thrill of travel, the elegance of lifestyles campaigns to rock and roll bands. See
the Equinox creators, Jeremy and Clay on page 44. and all things fast; particularly those
of four-wheel and winged modes. Paul his work in “World Class Heat” on
continues to publish business writings,
enjoys speaking publicly and when page 74.
he is not traveling, will often be found
taking spirited drives in a certain little
red car. See his work in “South’s

Greatest Kitchens” on page 68.

Sedona Baldaccini Mary Britton Sensensy
A Chicago native, Sedona comes to the Mary Britton Senseney is a versatile
south to study Fashion Marketing and photographer with expertise in product,
Management with a minor in Fashion environmental and interior categories,
Journalism at Savannah College of Art but she is best known for stunning food
and Design. Currently in her Junior year photography. With a deep understanding
of college, she plans on becoming an of visual brand storytelling and styles
editorial stylist for a magazine. that range from light and minimalistic
to moody and complex, she has a knack
See her styling on page 62. for masterfully conveying any given
narrative. She lives in Savannah, Georgia
with her husband and their two boys See

her photographs in the “Food Show”

and “DineSouth” on pages 98 & 108.

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