A t this year’s Lone Star Film Festival Gala, the spotlight wasn’t just on the attending Hollywood stars. Fort Worth itself was a cause célèbre, with Taylor Sheridan reminding guests at the sold-out Silverton Room why Cowtown has become one of the film world’s favorite backdrops.

“Fort Worth is a town of dreamers,” Sheridan told the crowd. “People came here to seek fortune, to stake their fortune on the plains, or dig in the ground in the hopes of finding black gold. I’ve achieved my dream. I’m going to introduce a man who is achieving his dream as we speak, Abraham Alexander.”

Alexander, who received the Stephen Bruton Award, opened his remarks with a poignant account of his family’s journey from Greece to Texas. This journey tragically ended with his mother’s death in a crash caused b

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