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Arts & Entertainment

L.M. Kit Carson Has Died

He wrote Paris, Texas and co-founded the USA Film Festival.
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Kit Carson, RIP.  (photo by Elizabeth Lavin)
Kit Carson, RIP. (photo by Elizabeth Lavin)

Comes word today that the North Texas filmmaker, whose career included co-writing the Wim Wenders movie Paris, Texas and co-founding Dallas’ own USA Film Festival, has died.

In 2011, D Magazine ran an article penned by Carson that was ostensibly about his work making a series of short documentaries about Africa on his cellphone, but it really reads more like a fever dream than a magazine story. Tim called it “uneditable,” yet “quite charming.” You should too.

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