SouthDocs Film Guide for Spring

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, to uncover how his lived experiences have influenced his evolving sound. Backed by a soundtrack of Twurt’s unique blend of hip-hop, blues, and rock and roll, the film also delves into his aspirations and inspirations.

Oxford, MS Showing: TBA

Jere Allen – Oxford Film Festival & South Georgia Film Festival

Director/ Producer: Ashish Shrestha, Producers: Abby Stewart & Leah Sumner

80-year-old painter Jere Allen reflects on a life of art, overcoming blindness in one eye, and the family inspiration that has fueled his lifelong passion as he nears retirement.

Oxford, MS showing:

South Georgia Showing: Saturday, March 8 at 1:30 p.m. at Pound Hall

Loving Bill – Oxford Film Festival

Director – Athula Smarakoon

This short biographical documentary provides a window into the subtle and sublime relationship between William Faulkner and his paramour Meta Carpenter from her perspective, as the ‘other woman’ who never crossed the threshold.

Oxford, MS showing- Saturday, March 1 at  3:45 p.m. at Malco Oxford Commons

Alum:

Evidence – Oxford Film Festival

Director/Producer: Lucy Gaines

Black and Filipino queer-femme musical artist A.J. Haynes finds freedom of expression and bodily agency in ancestral ties to Mississippi land. Through genre-expansive music and community activism, A.J. invites us through a portal where the roots of black and queer futures grow infinitely through time and space.

Showing – Saturday, March 1 at 6:30 p.m. at Malco Oxford Commons

Current Faculty/Staff:

Our Movement Starts Here – Oxford Film Festival & South Georgia Film Festival (will be adding more to)

Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor: John Rash & Director: Melanie Ho.

The story of a rural community in the American South that inspired the environmental justice movement in 1982 by fighting the state of North Carolina’s toxic landfill. This feature documentary follows the story of the Warren County activists who articulated the concept of environmental racism through 40 years of civic engagement as they pass the torch to the next generation of environmental and climate justice organizers.

Oxford, MS showing – Saturday, March 1 at 12:45 p.m. at Malco Oxford Commons

South Georgia Showing – Friday, March 7 at noon at Health Science & Business Administration 1101 and  on Saturday, March 8 at 3:30 p.m. at Pound Hall

Warp Weft Water Weeds – South Georgia Film Festival

Director: John Rash, Producer: Lia Newman and John Rash

Elizabeth Bradford draws inspiration for her paintings from a profound connection to nature through direct observations while hiking or kayaking primarily in the Appalachian Mountains and foothills where she resides.

Showing- Sat, March 8 at 1:30 p.m. Pound Hall

Gateway Toys – South Georgia Film Festival

Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor – Olivia Whittington and Color Correction/Grading Editor – John Rash

Matt Robinson, a Tupelo, Mississippi native, has been cultivating a space for skateboarding in the American South since 1996. Although the shop’s name has changed over the years, many things haven’t. Change Skate Shop in Tupelo, Mississippi is a place where all are welcome. Whether you want to skate in the bowl, film your friends doing sick flips, check out the newest and most exclusive gear, or just talk about life, the door is always open at Change. The main rule is, just don’t be a dick. Follow interviews with Matt, Change Skate Shop owner and the cast of radical skaters that make the Tupelo skate scene come alive. Watch them bring people together, from radical skate/rock shows to public festivals that bring skateboarding to everyone.

Showing – Friday, March 7 at  1:30 p.m. at Pound Hall

This World– Rung Film Festival

Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor – Shiraz Ahmed

Showing – TBA