An evening with three contemporary filmmakers presenting short films about minority communities in the South.
Provost’s Forum “Finding Common Ground”
Theme “Celebrate Our Stories”
April 2, 5:00 – 7 pm
Location: Russell House Theater
1400 Greene St. Columbia, SC 29208
Free Admission
Three short films about communities in the Carolinas. Meet the filmmakers and the characters in their films, as they talk about the need for a variety of voices in film.
+ The Gullah Project, 7 minute short documentary
Director Denise McGill, Associate Professor of Visual Communications
Producer, Sherard Duvall, founder of OTR Media
+ Dining Room music video by Southern Asian rapper G Yamazawa
Film Producer Saleem Reshamwala, founder KidEthnic Media, based in Durham, NC
+ When Porgy Came Home, documentary about Porgy and Bess opera
Film Director/producer Lauren Waring Douglas, Based in Columbia, SC