Right at home: Virginia filmmaking attracts Hollywood attention


Big Stone Gap starring Whoopi Goldberg, John Benjamin Hickey, Jenna Elfman, and Ashley Judd will have its world premiere on Thursday, and the audience will be packed with industry reps, eying it for a distribution deal. Photo courtesy of Virginia Film Festival.

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