An 80s Midland, Texas Pep Rally

In 1984, noted Houston-based photographer Geoff Winningham filmed a motion picture documentary about the passion and importance of high school football in Texas. The film was never completed. This segment documents a pep rally organized by the Midland Christian High School, highlighting the pep squad, cheerleaders, and marching band, as well as the school's team spirit. While Winningham's’ footage was never made into a finished film, Don Howard learned of the project and believed that it "captured the reality of high school football in a way that Hollywood never has or will." An inspired Howard continued to work with the material and combined it with newly shot video to create this innovative documentary, "Nuclear Family," in 2003.