A film festival in southern Illinois next week features a documentary about the Illinois town of Cairo.
The Big Muddy Film Festival runs Feb. 21-26 at locations in Carbondale and Murphysboro. The documentary "Between Two Rivers" will be screened Friday at 1 p.m. at the University Museum in Carbondale. The film compares Cairo's troubled past with the challenges the town faced during the record-breaking 2011 floods.
Sylvia Dadian is the annual film festival's director. She says the Big Muddy Film Festival celebrates independent filmmaking and helps Southern Illinois University students learn about organizing events. SIU students also are able to attend workshops with professional filmmakers.
More information about this year's Big Muddy Film Festival is available on line at www.bigmuddyfilm.com.