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Intern

5 days ago
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Part Two of the MTC 2007 Summer Intern film. Watch Part One here.

The Delta

Apr 6, 2008
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Working on a Google map of the Mississippi Delta. Here is a short film (photos and music) I made about the Delta last year:

The Delta...

Old School Disco

Feb 28, 2008
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Disco

"Old School Disco" with a basketball court on one side. Photo was taken in 2003, outside of Belzoni, MS.

Money, MS

Feb 27, 2008
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Bryant's Store in Money, MS

This is all that remains of Bryant's Store in Money, MS. Fourteen-year-old African-American Emmett Till was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered, for saying "Bye, baby" to Carolyn Bryant as he left this store in 1955. Bryant, a white woman whose husband, Roy, owned the store, resides, to this day, in Greenville, MS. After his acquittal Roy boasted publicly, and in print, about killing Till.

This photo was taken in June of 2007.

Greenwood and Money

Jul 8, 2007
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Last Saturday, second-year Ashley Johnson and I showed Lauryn Smith, the fabulous MTC intern, around the Mississippi Delta. We toured Greenwood and Money and parts in between.

Money is the small town where Emmit Till was tortured and murdered (interestingly enough, Till's Wikipedia page has caused a heated debate). The store, where he committed the unpardonable crime of whistling at a white woman, is still standing (barely). Photos of the trip are below. More photos here...