The key to success for any community that wants to cultivate arts and culture is a group of locals that are willing to support the arts--and that's certainly the case here. It's not just the international film community that descends upon Columbia each March. Local residents stand in line at 8:00 am in the morning to purchase tickets. Schools and churches open their doors for screenings. Columbians live blog the festival. Organizers estimate that about 80% of attendees are local.
So here's to True/False and the people that support it!