Fall 2021 Showcase Huff

Christina huff
Sardis, MS

This photo project of Sardis, Mississippi lends itself as a way to challenge the viewer in looking at the parts of Mississippi that are rough and uncovered. In several ways, this photo series documents small-town living in a community with many hidden treasures, such as graffiti and signage on buildings and streets, drawings in the wet concrete, and unique buildings that are hidden from plain view.

The Hollidays in Mississippi

The Hollidays in Mississippi focuses on the relationship between Eric White (GoDiva Holliday) and Justin Holbrook (DeePression Holliday), two drag performers born and raised in small-town Mississippi. While the film highlights the importance of queer families (the families we create outside of our biological families) through the lens of White and Holbrook, this story will ultimately follow the unique relationship between White and Holbrook. The two drag performers work together to create and celebrate queer space in small-town Mississippi. However, when COVID-19 stops them in their tracks, White loses his passion for show directing and passes the baton onto Holbrook to finish his legacy of building queer communities in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Christina Huff is an MFA student in Documentary Expression in Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. Christina received an undergraduate dual degree in Art and Southern Studies from the University of Mississippi in 2017, and received her Masters degree in Southern Studies in 2021. Her thesis work revolves around queer communities in the conservative South with a primary focus on drag queens and drag performance.