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Council presses filmmakers for accounting after Pecos-funded feature fails to show clear HOT returns

Pecos City Council · December 19, 2025
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Summary

Council members criticized the Uniform film project that used hotel-occupancy-tax funds, demanded written accounting and asked filmmakers for more detailed metrics after a contentious update about distribution, royalties and promised local economic returns.

A contentious update from Uniform, the production company behind a feature film that received hotel-occupancy-tax (HOT) support, prompted sharp questioning from Pecos City Council and local hoteliers at the Dec. 18 meeting.

Brecken Hager and Ariana Verrado of Uniform (on the phone) said the film had been released on major platforms and…

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