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Fire Starters, Macon film festivals partner as ‘Red Fever’ debuts

Indigenous people, stories and creators are the opening night focus when the Macon Film Festival starts next week – it begins Thursday, Aug. 15 – with “Red Fever” having its international premiere at the Douglass Theatre and the “Ocmulgee to Okmulgee” art exhibit opening at the McEachern Art Center.

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The exhibit is called “Goin’ Down Slow” and it runs through August at the Macon Arts Alliance Gallery, 486 1st St. There will be an opening reception Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with wine and beer.

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