When I was 12, I started driving a truck in the logwoods. When I was 14 years old, Daddy put me to sawing. I sawed till I was about 18 years old. And then I got married.

Craven’s just-completed “Life in the Logwoods” will be offered to PBS stations around the country later this spring by Austin affiliate KLRU. The film follows East Texans who make their livings ...