Viva!
Matthew Graves here. I’ll be spending the week at the 2010 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention in Las Vegas. This annual meeting brings together content providers, filmmakers, visual FX artists, and more to display the new gear and practices in all things audio/visual. In other words, it’s a filmmaker’s heaven on earth. The […]
Invested in Service
Dr. Daniel Jones was inaugurated as the 16th Chancellor of the University of Mississippi in a ceremony this morning in the beautiful Gertrude C. Ford Center for Performing Arts. We will be posting the entire ceremony soon, but for now, here is newly inaugurated Chancellor Dr. Daniel W. Jones’ investiture speech.
Rock It!
As a part of the week of service leading up to the inauguration of Chancellor Jones, we will be producing a retrospective look at the variety of service projects that are happening on campus. One of the events that happened last night was the “Rock the Bus” where Graduate School members collected school supplies for […]
Pathway to Reconcilation
MDP was at the Overby Center tonight for “Ole Miss and the People of the World: A Symposium on Reconciliation.” The panel, sponored by the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, and moderated by Chanellor Dan Jones, looked at ways we can work toward reconciliation with nations we have historically had strained relations with.
Up Close and Personal
I was back in the water today for the profile video I’m producing on the scuba diving class. They let me strap on the gear and stay submerged which was pretty awesome, I’ve got to say. It definitely made a difference in my ability to shoot better footage. This might possibly be the coolest shoot […]
CUD goes Down Under!
CUD, a short film by MDP producer/director Joe York about Georgia cattleman Will Harris, is now an official selection of the Reel Earth Film Fetsival in…..NEW ZEALAND! And that’s not all! This weekend CUD will screen at the Going Green Film Festival in Los Angeles, where it is nominated for the Chipotle Food that Matters […]
Saving Willie Mae's Scotch House airs on Colorado Public Television
Last night “Saving Willie Mae’s Scotch House”, a film by MDP producer/director Joe York, aired on Colorado Public Television. Click here to read the CPT program listing for the film. To date, the film has aired on public television in Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, California, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Oregon, Georgia, and some other states we’re forgetting […]
Tell Your Ma, Tell your Pa, I'm gonna send you back to Arkansas!
MDP Producer/Director Joe York is just back from a week-long video shoot that took him and graduate assistant Alan Pike all across the great state of Arkansas. Collecting footage and interviews for the forthcoming SOUTHERN FOOD: The Movie, their travels included stops in Little Rock, Lake Village, Brinkley, DeValls Bluff, Stuttgart and DeWitt, Arkansas. In […]
Days of Intrigue
The Center for Intelligence and Security Studies recently held their 2nd annual training exercise “The Days of Intrigue”. Over two days, the intelligence analysts-in-training are given a fictitious terrorist plot they must uncover using artificial news and web material. At the end of the exercise, the students brief a visiting policy maker to mimic what […]
The Civil Legal Clinic
The latest Academic Network profile shines the light on the Civil Legal Clinic at the University of Mississippi School of Law. The Civil Legal Clinic helps prepare its students for the actual practice of law by teaching practical skills and substantive law through real life representation of low-income clients under rigorous faculty supervision.
Grisham Reads the Whiskey Speech
For years Soggy Sweat’s Whiskey Speech has been discussed as a particularly fine piece of southern oratory. Judge Noah S. “Soggy” Sweat was John Grisham’s law professor at Ole Miss and a former state legislator. Here Grisham remembers his professor at the Oxford Conference for the Book–this year dedicated to Barry Hannah.
CUT/CHOP/COOK "debuts" at Charleston Food & Wine Festival
On March 6th, MDP & the Southern Foodways Alliance gave folks at the Charleston Food & Wine Festival a sneak peek at their latest short documentary. The film CUT/CHOP/COOK, a profile of pitmaster Rodney Scott of Scott’s Barbecue in Hemingway, South Carolina, was produced and directed by MDP’s Joe York in association with the Union […]
CUD goes to Hollywood
CUD, a co-production by MDP & the Southern Foodways Alliance, will screen in Hollywood at the upcoming Going Green Film Festival on April 2&3. One of only thirty films chosen for the festival, CUD is a short documentary film by Joe York which profiles of Georgia cattleman Will Harris. To learn more about the festival, […]
MDP Films to be featured at Ozark Foothills Film Festival
Earlier this year MDP & our co-producers at the Southern Foodways Alliance were invited by the Ozark Foothills Film Festival to present four films at the festival, which runs from March 26-28 in Batesville, Arkansas. Here’s the write-up in the event from festival director Bob Pest: “New collaborators also include the UM Media & Documentary […]
"Smokes & Ears" to screen at Crossroads & Tupelo Film Fests
“Smokes & Ears”, a documentary short by MPD producer Joe York about the Big Apple Inn on Jackson, Mississippi’s famed Farish Street, will screen at the upcoming Crossroads Film Festival in Jackson (April 17th) and also at the upcoming Tupelo Film Festival (May 13-15). “Smokes & Ears” co-produced by MDP and the Southern Foodways Alliance, […]
MDP Shorts Showcased at Riverway South Summit
This past week MDP producer Joe York presented three short films at the Riverway South Summit in Apalachicola, Florida. Riverway South celebrates and promotes the culture of the Flint, Chattahoochie, and Apalachicola River basins and the three short films presented by MDP at the Summit do just that. York screened “Working the Miles” about oyster […]
CUD chews its way into Atlanta Film Fest
CUD, a short film by MDP producer Joe York, is an official selection of the Atlanta Film Festival! CUD profiles catlleman Will Harris of White Oaks Pastures in Early County, Georgia. Watch the trailer for the film above or check out the film at the Landmark Art Cinemas in midtown Atlanta during the Atlanta Film […]
A Civil Affair
I spent the day in Moorhead, MS with Desiree Hensley and the Ole Miss Civil Legal Clinic class shooting footage for a profile about the program. It’s a great service that this group provides and a wonderful opportunity for Ole Miss Law students. I know I sound like a broken record here but stay tuned […]
The Tax Man Cometh
More pics. This time from an upcoming profile video on a Tax clinic offered to Oxford residents with volunteers from the University’s School of Accountancy.
Load On
Here’s a few pics from an upcoming profile video I’m producing on the Ford Center. I spent the morning shooting the load-in of tonight’s show “Porgy and Bess”. I’ll head back tonight to grab some footage during the performance. You might be wondering why all the pictures of upcoming profile videos and no videos yet. […]
From the Vault
I was searching for a file the other day and I came across this short animation video we did for the Summer College for High School Students program. It was a fun video to make however it may contain the absolute worst impression of Fox News’ Shepard Smith ever. Regardless, let’s dust this baby off […]
Profiled Teacher Recognized
Congratulations to Mississippi Teacher Corp alumni Danielle Hall for winning District Teacher of the Year. Danielle was featured in our recent Academic Profile video about the Mississippi Teacher Corps. Danielle teaches math H.W. Byers High School outside of Holly Springs. Click here to watch the profile video. Congratulations Danielle!
Hold Your Breath
I started shooting footage today for a new Academic Profile Video. This one will focus on the Scuba Diving class offered by Campus Recreation. It’s a unique opportunity for Ole Miss students to learn and practice Scuba Diving. Stay tuned for more info and the finished video. To watch some of the other profile videos […]
A Captive Audience
Last week I had the opportunity to speak with a journalism class at West Union High School outside of Oxford about the type of production we do here at Media and Documentary Projects. As you can see from the photo, the students were highly engaged. Just kidding. I snapped this after they left…I promise. Thanks […]
Speaker's Edge makes the "Cut"
Here is the latest addition to our series of academic profiles. This video highlights the Speaker’s Edge competition at the School of Business Administration. Our goal is to produce around 10 – 15 more of these profile videos over the course of the semester so be on the lookout for new additions.
"Meet" you in Jackson! More rare film…
The below 8mm film was shot in 1937 at a track meet in Jackson, Mississippi. The film was brought to us by Oxford resident Margaret Grantham. The film was shot by her father, and we are very thankful that she is allowing us to share these clips with you. Who knows, someone out there may […]
Rare footage of an Ole Miss legend
In our work here at Media & Documentary Projects we restore and transfer old 8mm and 16mm film. Occasionally a film is brought in that features a piece of history that has rarely, if ever, been seen. That is the case with the below film clips. This footage belongs to Alyce Smith Krouse of Oxford, and […]
