Southern Documentary Project producer Rex Jones is merging a love of nature and storytelling with his latest film about the longleaf pine ecosystem. Jones, who specialized in natural resources media and nature videography while earning an MFA in science and natural-history filmmaking from Montana State University, hopes to incorporate both of his interests in this documentary.
The Gammill Gallery, located in Barnard Observatory, currently hosts an exhibit of photographs by students in Dr. David Wharton’s spring 2014 Southern Studies 534 Documentary Photography Seminar.
Hamilton’s thesis, “Bottling Hell: Myth-making, Cultural Identity, and the Datil Pepper of St. Augustine,” was the winner of the Ann Abadie Award for Documentary Media. The annual award goes to the Southern Studies student (undergraduate or graduate) with the best documentary film, photography project, audio recording, or website.
Attention, Mississippians. The broadcast premiere of the Southern Documentary Project’s The Toughest Job: William Winter’s Mississippi will be Thursday, October 2 at 8pm on Mississippi Public Broadcasting. The film, made by Matthew Graves, tells the story of former Mississippi Governor William Winter’s career in politics with an emphasis on his hard-fought battle to reform education …
From time to time we’ll feature articles from our print newsletter, the Southern Register. Here, an interview of Dr. Wharton by Associate Director for Publications and Register Editor Jimmy Thomas.
In collaboration with the Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference currently underway, the Center’s Gammill Gallery is hosting a documentary photography exhibit by Michael Ford, entitled Homeplace. Ford will give a lecture on Wednesday, July 23 at 12:30pm in the Tupelo Room of Barnard Observatory. The lecture and exhibit, both in Barnard Observatory, are free and open to …
A new film by SouthDocs filmmaker Matthew Graves, The Toughest Job: William Winter’s Mississippi, profiles former Mississippi Governor William Winter. It will be broadcast this fall.