http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2002/twotownsofjasper/index.html
Airs Jan 22 on POV.
Also, tomorrow night on POV: "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin" Monday, January 20, 2003 (10-11:30 pm) This fascinating documentary profiles Bayard Rustin, a vital force in the civil rights movement whose open homosexuality forced him to remain in the background. Rustin's achievements are many, including the organization of the 1963 March on Washington, but his story is largely unknown. (CC, Stereo)
http://pbs.org/pov/brotheroutsider/
it jiss be cultural phenomenon y'all. makes no never mind aboudit!
kelley
>From: "Andi Stepnick" <stepnicka at mail.belmont.edu>
>To: teachsoc at vance.irss.unc.edu
>
>Jan 18 03
>
>Hi All,
>
>I hope everyone's doing well!
>
>I just saw this film last week as part of our MLK festivities here in
>Nashville. The filmmakers were here for a panel discussion and had
>some interesting things to say. They spent quite a bit of time in
>Jasper
at least 32 weeks, I believe, and used "white" and "black" crews
>to gather their "data." Although the filmmakers are friends, they
>stayed at separate hotels, didn't speak to one another and didn't
>acknowledge each another if they ran across each other in town. As I
>recall, the white filmmaker (Whitney, I think) had breakfast with
>the "Bubbas" about 35 times and filmed about 25 of those times. (The
>Bubbas, btw, are mostly college educated!) At some point found Whitney
>at one of the local auto body shops. While there, he interviewed the
>group of black men hanging out there
and he thought he got some really
>good stuff, too
until his black colleague filmed them a different
>time. Turns out the men had lied about everything
their names, how
>long they'd lived there, everything.
>
>We learned that the filmmakers also screened the films separately--even
>privately. For example, the Bubbas watched it on their own. So, in
>addition to raising obvious questions, you might also raise issues of
>methodology and how one would best study such a situation, respect
>participants, etc.
>
>For all practical purposes, Jasper really is two towns. It was
>interesting to hear how the whites felt like there'd been radical
>change since the murder/trial and the blacks felt like not much had
>changed. Seems like those attitudes might carry over to race relations
>in general in this country.
>
>Note that PBS has a good study guide online. I didn't check the "after
>the film" section, but it may have some interesting news, too.
>
>Also, the next night FRONTLINE will be in Jasper talking with town
>members.
>
>Andi
>
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