Check out upcoming showtimes and locations for films produced by Southern Studies students, alumni, faculty, and staff for this spring. SouthDocs Film Guide Spring 2025 Country Punk Black – Oxford Film Festival Director: Christopher C. Fisher, & Producer: NEEN Country Punk Black chronicles the musical journey of Twurt Chamberlain, a genre-bending singer-songwriter from Lexington, Mississippi, …
Former Mississippi Rep. Steve Holland gained notoriety as a colorful character during his 36-year career in the Mississippi Legislature, and he recently returned to the spotlight as one of the central characters in the Netflix series “The Kings of Tupelo.” But Holland’s first brush with cinematic immortality actually came in 2023 with the release of …
Campus premiere of ‘Our Movement Starts Here’ to include panel discussion, exhibit Filmmakers John Rash and Melanie Ho had a busy summer showing their documentary feature “Our Movement Starts Here” at film festivals. Now they’re bringing the acclaimed production to the University of Mississippi for a screening and discussion. The film chronicles the story of …
The Southern Documentary Project is hiring two new Professors of Practice in Documentary Expression to teach in Southern Studies and to produce their own documentary stories and to produce their own documentary stories. Open to storytellers of all mediums. Go here for more information.
Melanie Ho plans to use award to network with other emerging storytellers and hone skills Melanie Ho, producer-director at the Southern Documentary Project and an adjunct assistant professor in the University of Mississippi‘s Center for the Study of Southern Culture, has enjoyed many accolades the past few months. First, NeXtDoc, a national group of emerging …
This year at the 20th annual Oxford Film Festival, which is held from Wednesday, March 1 to Sunday, March 5, Southern Studies students and staff have films in many categories including music videos, documentary shorts and documentary. Named a Top 50 Film Festival worth the entry fee over several years by MovieMaker magazine, Oxford Film Festival …
Join us in the Tupelo Room of Barnard Observatory at 6 p.m. Friday, December 2 for the end of the semester celebration of Southern Studies student documentary work including film, audio, and photography. Students will be present to share and discuss previews of their projects which can be viewed online in their entirety. Free and …
A project documenting the stories and culture of skateboarders in Mississippi created by students at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture enrolled in the Southern Studies 533: Fieldwork and Oral History course in Fall 2022 (taught by John Rash and Melanie Ho). This video was originally screened at Oxford Skate Park, November 2, …
The Department of Theatre & Film in collaboration with the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at The University of Mississippi invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Film Production & Southern Studies beginning August 17, 2023. This full-time, joint, tenure-track position requires a terminal degree at the time of hire along with a …
The Center for the Study of Southern Culture’s Documentary Showcase will take place at the Powerhouse. Students from various disciplines enrolled in Southern Studies documentary courses and graduate students in both the M.A. and M.F.A. programs will present projects they have worked on this semester. This fall’s event promises to be the biggest one yet, with …