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Last September, the Press reported on the making of local filmmaker Greg Carter's project, Resurrection: the J.R. Richard Story. Back then, Carter hoped to finish the movie, a biopic of the legendary Astros pitcher, in time for this year's Sundance Film Festival. That didn't happen, but Carter did finish the film in time for a February 11 screening at the annual Pan-African Film and Arts Festival in Los Angeles. Houstonians will get the chance to see the film about hometown hero J. R. Richard at this summer's Houston Black Film Festival. Plagued with casting and logistical problems from the beginning, Resurrection was made for $250,000 and shot in less than a month. For Carter, however, that's just par for the course. "This was my seventh film," Carter says. "I take a no-nonsense approach. I visualize the shots I use and I know how things are going to cut together." The Houston native is probably best known for 1998's Fifth Ward, a gritty gangland drama in the mold of Menace II Society that pops up occasionally on cable TV. Thug Life, released in 2000, cemented Carter's tendency toward urban Houston settings. Recently, Carter straightened up his gangsta lean with two family features set in urban Houston: My Big Phat Hip Hop Family and Treasure in Tha Hood (both released in 2004). Resurrection boasts the biggest budget of Carter's movies, and it packs the most punch.