Regional Filmmakers Spotlight:
THE POWER OF PICKLEBALL
7 p.m. October 2
The Power of Pickleball, fresh off of its premiere at the Fox Studio Lot in Los Angeles, is a feel-good, heart-forward documentary about the impact of pickleball and the wonderful people who brought the sport to where it is today. Documentary, 1h 35m, NR.
Our Regional Filmmakers Spotlight series showcases emerging and talented independent filmmakers from Louisiana and the South. It also highlights the growth of Louisiana’s indigenous independent film industry. The screening will be held in Theater 1, RFC’s 124-seat capacity theater and followed by a Q&A with Filmmaker Alexander Jeffery.
Make a night of it!
Don’t forget reservations at Abby Singer’s Bistro before the screening.
Meet the Filmmaker
Alexander Jeffery
Alexander Jeffery is a Canadian-American filmmaker based in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he co-owns the production company Bespoke Works LLC with his longtime collaborator, Paul Petersen. Raised in El Dorado, Arkansas, Alexander earned a double major in Theatre Performance and Film & New Media from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln before moving to Los Angeles. After a brief stint in Hollywood, he returned to the South to tell authentic, character-driven stories with the creative freedom of independent filmmaking.
His debut feature, A Chance Encounter, premiered at Heartland Film Festival where it won the Audience Choice Award and was later released theatrically and on-demand by Samuel Goldwyn Films in 2022. The film turned a profit in less than a year and was featured in-flight on both Delta and United Airlines. His follow-up feature, Days of Daisy, was acquired by Good Deed Entertainment, and his first documentary, You Have No Idea, won the Audience Award for Best Southern Feature at the 2022 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival.
Most recently, Alexander produced the horror feature The Twin (formerly The Fetch), which won the Dark Matters Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival and was acquired by Vertical Entertainment for release in summer 2025.
Alexander is a Louisiana Film Prize Grand Prize winner (for The Bespoke Tailoring of Mister Bellamy), a passionate collaborator, and a committed mentor to young filmmakers.