FAYETTEVILLE — A documentary film will premiere Monday that focuses on the history of Arkansas' radio play-by-play announcers, including current the current voice of the Razorbacks, Chuck Barrett.
The 23-minute documentary, The Voice of the Razorbacks, was made as part of a graduate-level documentary film class in the University of Arkansas' journalism school. It will be shown with two other films beginning at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Gearhart Hall on the UA campus.
Cassie Schirm and Jared Endsley made the film - an adaptation of the 2013 book "Voices of the Razorbacks: A history of Arkansas' Iconic Sports Broadcasters," which was written by Stanley Sharp and former UA journalism professor Hoyt Purvis.