Southern Documentary Project

The Center for the Study of Southern Culture and SouthDocs presents the Fall 2025 Documentary Showcase on Dec. 5 at 6pm at Barnard Observatory. This event celebrates the doc work of undergraduate & graduate students of CSSC. This catered event is free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!

A perfect fall day for class outside! Prof. Shiraz Armed guides his fieldwork students as they build on their interviewing skills.
Want to share stories about the South? MFA & MA priority funding deadline is Feb. 1, 2026. Apply today!
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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!

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

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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

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

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

✨️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.

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“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!!

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

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

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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....

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. 🎓🎉 🥳 👏

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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.

✨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!
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#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.”

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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....

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

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

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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!

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“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

“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.

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“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.

Logline vs. Synopsis – What’s the Difference?

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Y’all did it!! ❤️ 🎉 🎓

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✨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.
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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.

Peter Muvunyi stands with his committee Shiraz Ahmed, Andy Harper (Chair), and Melanie Ho.

And another successful defense!! Peter Muvunyi successfully defended his MFA thesis, “Afrissippi.” Congrats Peter! He is shown here with his committee, Shiraz Ahmed, Andy Harper (Chair), and Melanie Ho. 🎓🎉 🥳 👏

#MFAThesis #DocumentaryFilm #Film #Filmmaker #Documentary #StoryTelling

Athula stands with MFA committee members John Rash, Melanie Ho, and Chair Andy Harper.

Way to go Athula!!! Athula successfully defended his MFA thesis, “Relocation to Dislocation: The Vanishing Adivasi Community of Sri Lanka, with Special Reference to the Hennanigala Vedda Community.” He is shown here with his thesis committee members John Rash, Melanie Ho, and Andy Harper. 🎓🎉 🥳 👏

Sela is shown here with thesis committee members Annemarie Anderson, Andy Harper (chair), and Shiraz Ahmed.

Congratulations, Sela Ricketts, who defended her MA thesis "Don't Let Them In: Our Vampire Stories in the French Quarter." She is shown here with thesis committee members Annemarie Anderson, Andy Harper (chair), and Shiraz Ahmed. 🎓🎉🎓🎉
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