Author Archives: Erik Button

Why hello there! My name is Erik Button, but everyone calls me Erik. I have lived in Charlotte for less than a year. I film things for CLT Blog and will occasionally write a thing or two. In my free I make films, and try and get into film festivals so I can be the Uwe Boll. Besides that, I enjoy watching movies, reading, and debating.

Boo! Charlotte ghost stories

31 Oct 08 – 3:38 pm

photo of lunar eclipse taken from the Discovery Place parking deck, credit: Justin Ruckman
I’ve been looking around for some good ghost stories this week and this one is from the book Ghost Stories of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County by Stephanie Burt Williams. I’m not saying these are facts, but this book is really fun and [...]

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Morgan Spurlock at UNC Charlotte

21 Oct 08 – 11:11 am

Morgan Spurlock from such popular things as Super Size Me, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden and 30 Days came and gave a lecture and at UNCC. I also got the amazing opportunity to interview him as well.

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Andrew Disney at the Charlotte Film Festival

14 Oct 08 – 3:26 pm

A couple weekends ago I had the opportunity to check out some fantastic films and some, um, less than fanstactic films at the third annual Charlotte Film Festival. It featured several short films, documentaries, and feature length narratives. As an extra bonus they held panels featuring various film industry professionals discussing, among other things, new technology.
Matt Tyndall [...]

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