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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Join us Monday, Nov. 2 at 5:30pm for a screening of “Natchez” + Q&A with filmmaker Suzannah Herbert! The event will be held in the Overby Center in Farley Hall at the University of Mississippi. This event is free and open to the public! #Documentary #Film #Natchez #Mississippi

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We are hiring!!!! The Southern Documentary Project is looking for 2 Assistant Professors of Practice in Documentary Expression. Visit olemiss.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/External__Fa... to apply today! #Hiring #Documentary #Jobs #SouthernStudies #Mississippi

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Mark your calendars! The Center for the Study of Southern Culture and SouthDocs presents the Spring 2026 Documentary Showcase on May 1 at 6pm. This showcase celebrates the documentary work of undergraduate and graduate students of the Center. This event is free and open to the public.

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Got our graduating MFAs in front of the cameral!! Info about their thesis shows coming soon! #SouthernStudies #MFA #SouthDocs #Mississipp #Documentary

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Check it out! Angela Tucker, Assistant Professor of Documentary Expression with SouthDocs and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, is featured on a new episode of Making Media Now. #Documentary #PBS

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Join us March 5th at 6pm for An Evening with Grace Lee! The event will take place in Barnard Observatory and is free and open to the public. We hope you'll join us for this thoughtful and timely discussion about public media and documentary storytelling. #SouthernStudies #Documentary

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Want to learn more about grad programs at the UM's Center for the Study of Southern Culture? The Center invites prospective grad students to learn about the MA program in Southern Studies and MFA program in Doc Expression in a virtual open house! Register here: olemiss.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

There's still time! The priority funding deadline for our MA & MFA programs is Feb. 1, 2026. We can't wait to work with you! #Documentary #Film #Photography #Audio #Photo #Storytelling #SouthernStudies #GradSchool #Mississippi

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

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!

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

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! #Documentary #Filming #GradSchool #SouthernStudies #ApplyToday

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

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!

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

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 · 17/10/2025

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 · 10/10/2025

Did you miss Elaine's Q&A? No worries! Watch it on the CSSC's YouTube channel now! #Documentary #Film #FilmScreening #DocumentaryFilm #KingCoal #SouthTalks

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

✨️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 · 22/08/2025

“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 · 22/08/2025

“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 · 12/08/2025

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 · 05/08/2025

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....

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

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.

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

✨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 · 18/06/2025

#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.” 🔗: shorturl.at/MAHmV

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

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 · 27/05/2025

“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 · 23/05/2025

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 · 23/05/2025

“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

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

“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 · 15/05/2025

“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.

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

✨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 · 01/05/2025

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.

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

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

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

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

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. 🎓🎉 🥳 👏

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

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

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. 🎓🎉🎓🎉 #MFAThesis #DocumentaryFilm #Film #Filmmaker #Documentary

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

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Congrats Greta! Greta completed her amazing MFA thesis, "Warping Southern Mythologies," which included a multimedia exhibition of her cyanotype photography. She is shown here with her committee Katie McKee, Melanie Ho, and Shiraz Ahmed. 🎉 🥳 👏 🎓 #DocumentaryFilm #Film #Filmmaker #Documentary

Greta stands with her committee Katie McKee, Melanie Ho, and Shiraz Ahmed. Each committee member holds a small cyanotype print that Greta made for them.

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Ah oh its Film Friday!! 🎬 Congrats to MFA candidate Ashish Shrestha and MA candidate Olivia Whittington! Their films will be screening today at the RedFish Film Festival in Panama City, Florida! #Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #Film #FilmScreening #Filmmaking #FilmFestival #FilmFriday #StoryTelling

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Congrats on a beautiful exhibition, Greta!!! Thank you to everyone who came out Saturday to celebrate Greta’s amazing work! Keep up with Greta's beautiful projects at gretakoshenina.com. #Photo #Photography #Cyanotype #WaterValley #Mississippi #Documentary #DocumentaryPhoto #Art #DocumentaryArt

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Congratulations Shiraz!!!!! 🎉Shiraz’s film, “This World” was awarded the Audience Award for Best Short Documentary at the Rung Film Festival!! #Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #Film #Filmmaker #FilmFestival #FilmAward #StoryTelling

Shiraz smiles has he stands holding up his award.

Shiraz’s award stands up against a solid background.

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

IIIITTTT'S FILM FRIDAY!!! 🎬🍿🎞 Congrats Shiraz!!! Shiraz Ahmed's film "This World" will be screening this Sunday at the Rung Film Festival in Houston, Texas! #Documentary #DocumentaryFilm #Film #FilmScreening #Filmmaking #FilmFestival #FilmFriday #StoryTelling

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Congrats Samson! Samson Oklobia, MA Candidate with the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, was among the featured artists at the 19th Annual Creative Arts and Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival, hosted by Jackson State University on April 4–5, 2025. #Documentary #DocumentaryPhoto #Photo

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Southern Documentary Project @umsouthdocs.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Watch “Our Movement Starts Here” online this weekend!!! “Celebrate Earth Month with the CEFF's Earth Month Online Encore, featuring a selection of dozens of powerful films from the 2025 Festival. Streaming online 4/19-4/27 only. Watch from anywhere: watch.eventive.org/coeff "

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