Film Screening of “Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power” + Q&A with Director Sam Pollard, Fall 2024 Visiting Documentarian

The Center for the Study of Southern Culture and instructors affiliated with the MFA in Documentary Expression host a visiting documentarian once per semester. The invited documentarian spends two days on campus meeting with students one-on-one and participates in a public screening of their work followed by  Q&A. This series provides opportunities for students to enhance their professional development and allows the university and the larger LOU community to engage with renowned documentarians.

This fall, Sam Pollard is the Center’s Visiting Documentarian. Pollard is an accomplished feature film and television video editor and documentary producer/director. 2022 and 2023 were very productive years for Pollard. In December 2022, Peacock began streaming Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power, a film Pollard co-directed with Gandbhir, which tells the story of the courageous campaign of citizens and activists who faced violence and oppression in the struggle for the right to vote. Pollard also co-directed South to Black Power, inspired by New York Times columnist Charles Blow’s book, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto; it premiered on HBO in Fall 2023.

SouthTalks is a series of events, including lectures, performances, film screenings and panel discussions, that explores the interdisciplinary nature of Southern studies. All events are free and open to the public.