About this episode

Director Britt Bankhead discusses his film THE TOWN THAT TAKES, which explores the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke.

A new filmmaker for you today on BEHIND THE LENS! BRITT BANKHEAD - director, co-writer, producer, and lead actor joins me talking about his narrative feature directorial debut, THE TOWN THAT TAKES. How many of you remember some of your elementary school lessons about the early settlers of the colonies? I know I do, and so does Britt, and he is bringing us an interesting and entertaining film that blends the legend of CROATOAN with a present-day mystery-horror film that focuses on those 115 settlers in Roanoke, Virginia, who went missing in the 1500s. Inspired by CROATOAN, the only clue left behind following the disappearance of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, the film transforms one of America's most enduring unsolved mysteries into a chilling blend of Southern Gothic atmosphere, investigative suspense, a whodunnit, and supernatural terror, and lots of old-school action. For generations, historians, researchers, authors, and paranormal enthusiasts have searched for answers surrounding the disappearance of the Roanoke colonists. Science and documents have shown what theoretically happened, but with no definitive explanation ever discovered, the event remains one of the most debated…

People in this episode

Host: unknown

Guest: BRITT BANKHEAD

Topics covered

• filmmaking
• mystery
• horror
• Southern Gothic
• Roanoke
• CROATOAN
• investigative suspense

Keywords

• Britt Bankhead
• The Town That Takes
• Roanoke
• CROATOAN
• mystery horror
• Southern Gothic
• film debut

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: THE TOWN THAT TAKES

Places: Georgia, North Carolina, Roanoke, Virginia

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