EPISODE · Jul 13, 2026 · 1H 5M
BEHIND THE LENS #528: Featuring Britt Bankhead
from Behind The Lens · host debbie lynn elias
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 mysteries in American history. The only clue left behind was a single word in Algonquin: CROATOAN. The official synopsis for THE TOWN THAT TAKES is that this is the story of Dean Richardson, a troubled Army veteran living alone in Georgia, who travels to North Carolina following the sudden death of his ex-wife. After the funeral, he brings his estranged twelve-year-old son, Wyatt, home with him in hopes of rebuilding their fractured relationship. Directed by Britt Bankhead, and written by Bankhead and Jon Blaze, THE TOWN THAT TAKES stars Bankhead as Dean Richardson, Miles Mussenden and Grace Patterson as Detectives O'Shea and St. Claire, respectively, Nico Tirozzi as young Wyatt (and he is fantastic), and Mike Markoff as Officer Adams. http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com
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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 mysteries in American history. The only clue left behind was a single word in Algonquin: CROATOAN. The official synopsis for THE TOWN THAT TAKES is that this is the story of Dean Richardson, a troubled Army veteran living alone in Georgia, who travels to North Carolina following the sudden death of his ex-wife. After the funeral, he brings his estranged twelve-year-old son, Wyatt, home with him in hopes of rebuilding their fractured relationship. Directed by Britt Bankhead, and written by Bankhead and Jon Blaze, THE TOWN THAT TAKES stars Bankhead as Dean Richardson, Miles Mussenden and Grace Patterson as Detectives O'Shea and St. Claire, respectively, Nico Tirozzi as young Wyatt (and he is fantastic), and Mike Markoff as Officer Adams.
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