“Many films have been made about the rural American South, often by people who have no understanding or sense of its history, culture, and traditions. The result is often phony pastiche. Not so with GUNFIGHTER PARADISE. Writer/Director Jethro Waters understands it, and portrays it through an unflinching, critical, yet also sympathetic gaze. This is a film as beautiful as it is disturbing. As horrific as it is comedic. It resonates with a genuine understanding of human nature, particularly our violent and religious drives and impulses.”

- DEAN BERTRAM, PhD

“With Gunfighter Paradise, director Jethro Waters has crafted a gauzy, eerily romantic, and disquieting picture about loss, regret, and the dark and twisted capacities of the human mind. It’s a riveting debut feature and the type of grass roots Americana that would make Altman and Lynch extremely proud.”

- MAKE BELIEVE SEATTLE

Movie Poster by Renato Casaro