Spring 2024 Documentary Showcase

The Documentary Showcase is a celebration of the work created by Southern Studies documentary students. This semester’s showcase takes place on May 3 in the Barnard Observatory Tupelo Room. Each artist will present samples of their work followed by a panel discussion and questions from the audience. For more on each artist click the links below.

SST 534 – Documentary Photography
Prof. Brooke White

Alyssa Adair | The Old Rugged Church (Photography)
Bill Daley | How Nature Blends with Architecture (Photography)
Madelyn Godfrey | Obscured Spaces (Photography)
Angel Morgan | Farmstead Florals: Seed to Stand (Photography)
Jackson Steinert | The Evolution of the Square (Photography)
Olivia Whittington | Skateboarding Allowed (Photography)

SST 537 – Documenting the South in film
Prof. John Rash

Garrett Fuller, Neen., and Sochima Okafor | Mississippi Creates: Kell Kellum (Film)
Ellie Kish and Athula Samarakoon | Mississippi Creates: Andi Sherrill Bedsworth (Film)
Peter Muvunyi, Sela Ricketts, and Chase Taylor | Mississippi Creates: Susan Mah (Film)
Ashish Shrestha, Abby Stewart, and Leah Sumner | Mississippi Creates: Jere Allen (Film)

SST 538 – Advanced Documentary
Prof. Melanie Ho

Ashish Shrestha | Silent Fields (Film)
Peter Muvunyi | (film)

Additional student work

Michelle Bright | Tennessee’s Mississippi: an audio documentary (audio)
Neen. | Foundations for Reimagination (photography)