MPB Independent Filmmaker | Producer Projects


	Independent Filmmaker \| Producer Projects Some of the independent projects with which we have been associated have included: • Mississippi Remembers World War II Kent Moorhead Forever Young Productions Program spot fillers examining the experiences of some Mississippi residents who fought in World War II. • One Night in March Robbie Coblentz Broadcast Media Group 1963 Mississippi State basketball team defies governor and state legislature to participate in 1963 NCAA tournament while playing an integrated Loyola [Chicago] team. • Faded Ladies Barbara Sillery Lagniappe Media Creole culture in fading Louisiana plantations. • Plantation Portraits Barbara Sillery Lagniappe Media The splendor of Southern plantations along the Mississippi River. Program was eventually offered to and distributed through National Educational Telecomuni- cations Association [NETA] • Mississippi Remixed Myra Ottewell Ottewell Media A close look at racial relations in Mississippi compared to those of the tumultuous civil rights era. This program is in production. • Freedom Riders: The Children Shall Lead Susan Glisson William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation College students travel to Mississippi to integrate public facilities and demonstrate for civil rights. • Pressing On Ralph Braseth University of Mississippi Weekly newspapers continue to publish in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. • Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover Live Dave Ramsey Personal financial advice. Production support. • Untitled Morgan Currie Public Media Works Letter of support for program on the aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast. • A Special Visitor Comes to Possum Ridge Elizabeth Coleman Museum of Mississippi History Christmas program. Production and broadcast support. • University Greys Micah Ginn Grandaddy’s Farm Productions The Eleventh Mississippi, one of the first regiments formed in Mississippi as a part of the Confederate Army, were students at the University of Mississippi and drawn from all over the state. • Walter Anderson: Realizations of An Artist Winston Riley, David Wolf Huracan Pictures Biography of Mississippi Artist Walter Anderson • Uprooted Kathryn Rodenmeyer Mosaic Media Disabled gardener forced to leave home and gardens of 27 years for city apartment complex. Program eventually distributed by NETA • I Eat Weeds and Trees Mickey Robinson Fillers on edible plants. Fillers distributed by American Public Television [APT]. • Mike DeWitt Delta Jews This documentary traces the history of the Jewish community in the Mississippi Delta. It examines the challenges faced by Jews in a society steeped in southern pride, dominated by fundamental Protestantism and historically divided along racial lines. Back to Top