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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Andy Harper’s article “Conceiving Nature: The Creation of Montana’s Glacier National Park,” first published in 2010 for Montana Magazine, was recently cited in George Bristol’s book “Glacier National Park: A Culmination of Giants.” Great research keeps inspiring new works and ideas!

Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats Angela Lynn Tucker! Her film "The Inquisitor" was awarded a Special Mention at this year's 34th Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival!

#Documentary #FilmFestival #FilmScreening #Film #HSFF34

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 17d

Check it out! Dr. Cassandra Hawkins wil be presenting her research, "Palimpsests of Strength," during the Resistance and Resilience in Black Women's Networks panel at the Black Women and Girls in ntellectual Thought Symposium on October 29-30 2025, at Tougaloo College

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 24d

Did you miss Elaine's Q&A? No worries! Watch it on the CSSC's YouTube channel now!

#Documentary #Film #FilmScreening #DocumentaryFilm #KingCoal #SouthTalks

Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 25d

We've got quite the line up this October!! Check out our film guide! #Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #Film #FilmScreening #Filmmaking #Mississippi #FilmGuide

Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · Aug 25

✨️MFA Alum Spotlight ✨️ Greta is hosting a cyanotype workshop Saturday September 20, 1-3pm at the Arts Center of Mississippi in Jackson! Sign up using the link in Greta's bio.

#Cyanotype #Workshop #Photography #Photo #JacksonMS #Mississippi #MSArts

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · Aug 22

“Beyond Borders” has been selected for its first screening at the 2025 Cset URegina’s Festival of Arts and Discourse (FOAD) in September! Congrats, Samson!!

#Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #Film #FilmScreening #Filmmaker #FilmFestival

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · Aug 22

“Afrissippi” has been selected for another screening - the 2025 Music Imbizo Film Festival! Congrats, Peter!!

#Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #Film #FilmScreening #Filmmaker #FilmFestival

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · Aug 12

MFA Alum Peter Muvunyi’s film ‘Afrissippi’ has been selected for the 2025 Bijou Music Festival. Congrats Peter!!

#Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #Film #FilmScreening #Filmmaker

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · Aug 5

2025 Memorialization Gathering, Sep. 5-7, 2025, Oxford, Mississippi. The 2025 Memorialization Gathering, hosted by the Lafayette Community Remembrance Project (LCRP), brings together communities engaged in truth-telling and historical racial justice work. Register at oneoxford.org/memorializat....

Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · Jul 25

Whoop Whoop! Logan Kirkland successfully defended his MFA thesis, “Wasted.” He’s seen here with his committee Andy Harper (Chair), Vanessa Gregory, and Melanie Ho. 🎓🎉 🥳 👏

#MFAThesis #DocumentaryFilm #Film #Documentary #StoryTelling

Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · Jul 16

One of America’s most renowned photographers Sally Mann presents the 5th annual Ann J. Abadie Lecture in Southern Studies as part of this summer’s Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference. This event is free and open to the public. For more details visit southernstudies.olemiss.edu.

Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · Jul 3

✨Alum Spotlight✨Tonight is the opening of “Warped Southern Myth,” a solo exhibition by Greta Koshenina at the Arts Center of Mississippi! Greta’s artist talk is tonight 6-7pm and her exhibition will be up through July 27. Make sure to check it out!
#Documentary #Art #Artist #Exhibition #Mississippi

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Oxford American @oxfordamerican.bsky.social · Jun 18

#EyesontheSouth | The Body Politic | Christopher C. Fisher

Documenting Southern funeral traditions, Fisher captures how the spirit of the deceased “remains eternal, carried forward by the love and resilience of the community left behind.”

🔗: https://shorturl.at/MAHmV

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · Jul 1

Check it out! MFA candidate Christopher C. Fisher’s project “The Body Politic” is featured in Oxford American’s #EyesontheSouth series! (@oxfordamerican.bsky.social)

Find the full narrative here: oxfordamerican.org/eyes/the-bod....

#Documentary #Photography #Photo #Storytelling #OxfordAmerican

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · Jun 19

Y'all make sure to tune in!! Congrats, Greta!!

#MSArtsHour #MSArts #Mississippi #MPB

Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · May 27

“Country Punk Black” has been selected for the 2025 JXN Film Festival! 🎬 Congratulations Christopher & NEEN.!!!

#Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #Filmmaking #Filmmakers #FilmScreening #SouthDocs #SouthernStudies #Music #Musician

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · May 23

Want to share stories about the South? Southern Studies graduate students can pursue a documentary track MA degree as well as an MFA in Documentary Expression. Apply today!

#MFA #Documentary #Film #Filmmaking #Photography #Photo #Editing #Audio #Design #Storytelling #SouthernStudies #Mississippi

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · May 23

“Within the Frame” is a new series we’ve started here at SouthDocs. The goal of this series is to highlight the documentary photo work being created by our students, faculty, and staff. Our next look is at “Fishers of Men” by MFA candidate Dr. Christopher C. Fisher. Learn more-southdocs.org/showcase

Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · May 20

“Within the Frame” is a new series we’re beginning here at SouthDocs. The goal of this series is to highlight the documentary photography work being created by our students, faculty, and staff. Our next look is at “Building Pressure” by undergraduate student Elaine Baker.

#Documentary

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · May 15

“Within the Frame” is a new series we’re beginning here at SouthDocs. The goal of this series is to highlight the documentary photo work being created by our students, faculty, and staff.

This first collection focuses on S ST 534, taught by Assistant Prof of Practice in Doc Expression Shiraz Ahmed.

Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · May 14

Logline vs. Synopsis – What’s the Difference?

#Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #Film #Writing #DocumentaryPhoto #Photo #Photography #Filmmaking #DocumentaryPhotography #Storytelling #Mississippi #OxfordMS #Narrative #StoryBuilding

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · May 12

Y’all did it!! ❤️ 🎉 🎓

#HappyGraduation #MFA #Graduation #Graduates #Documentary #MFADocX #UniversityofMississippi #SouthernStudies #Mississippi #OxfordMS

Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · May 2

✨It’s the best Film Friday of the semester! TONIGHT is the Spring 2025 Documentary Showcase!!! This event is free and open to the public.
#Documentary #Film #Photo #Photography #DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryPhoto #SouthernStudies #Mississippi #Filmmakers #Photographers #Documentarians #Storytelling

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · May 1

Whoa what an evening! THANK YOU to everyone who came out last night to support our students!! Special thanks to Assistant Prof of Film Production and Southern Studies - John Rash, Assistant Prof of Film Production - Juli Jackson, Yokna Arts Council, Mississippi Hills, CSSC, and UM Theatre & Film.