The Last of the Little Breweries (2024)

The Last of the Little Breweries

The Last of the Little Breweries, a student film documenting the history of the Spoetzel Brewery in Lavaca County, Texas, was produced and directed by University of Texas at Austin student Frank Binney (later a professor in the Radio-Television-Film Department) in 1976. Tracing Bavarian-born brewmaster Kosmos Spoetzel's journey through Egypt, Canada, and San Francisco before landing in Shiner, Texas, in 1915, it won an Achievement Award in documentary at the 4th Annual Student Film Awards (now known as the Student Academy Awards) in 1977.

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Edward Taborsky
as Narrator (voice)

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Joel Goldblatt
Sound Recordist

Frank Binney
Sound Recordist

Frank Binney
Director

Judy Dale
Location Manager

John Mills
Music

Bitty O'Sullivan-Smith
Sound Recordist

Cecelie Spoetzl A. Sedlmeyer
Consulting Producer

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