From Ranching To Filmmaking: The Director of Broke spoke with us about making a contemporary western

Pushing through the hard times is a key value of the rural lifestyle, and it is on full display in the new movie Broke.

A contemporary western following the story of bareback rider, True Brandywine, as he fights for his survival and confronts his life choices.

Writer and Director, Carlyle Eubank spoke with RFD-TV’s own Suzanne Alexander about his rural roots and how the film came to be.

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