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Director: April Grayson
Run Time: 17 min
Year: 2007
Category: Documentary Short
This film is included in the SOUTHERN EXPOSURE DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE II, one of a series of short film showcases generously supported by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Synopsis: In this 17-minute experimental documentary, the filmmaker returns to her small hometown in the Mississippi Delta to explore the burden of its troubled history and its impact on her own life. Through both new Super 8 footage and family archives, the film confronts how a community and its individuals deal with the legacy of racism.
Screenings: Oxford Film Festival; Crossroads Film Festival
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Born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, April Grayson grew up in the era following integration of public schools, the daughter of a public school superintendent. That situation led to a deep-rooted interest in matters of race, history, and ideas of redemption and reconciliation. She completed a program in Documentary Video at the University of Washington in 1996 and began making short documentaries. In 2001 she and her husband moved to Mississippi, where she worked on several films and television documentaries, including the PBS series "The Blues," with directors Wim Wenders, Sam Pollard, and Charles Burnett. For the past few years, April has been working in experimental film and video. She earned a Master of Fine Art in Film from the San Francisco Art Institute, where her graduate project was a film-based installation on the legacy of the cotton industry in the United States.
