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MDP at the Summer OFF

marywarnerThe Media and Documentary Projects Center was well represented last night by two films showing at the Oxford Film Festival summer series.  The first was a documentary by Mary Warner and Joe York that resulted from Mary’s Southern Studies MA Thesis on Thacker Mountain Radio.  Mary Produced Thacker for several years and we were lucky enough to work with her that whole time.  Mary has graduated and moved on to Atlanta where we wish her well.

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The Second film was a screening of Joe York’s moving documentary, Saving Willie Mae’s Scotch House.  Both of these films represent the collaborative nature of our department and are great examples of the type of films I expect to be producing for years to come. — Andy

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Mississippi Premier of Willie Mae's and great news for John Currence and John T. Edge

Willie Mae CoverMay brings the great news that Saving Willie Mae’s Scotch House will make it’s Mississippi debut

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and that two of the film’s stars, Oxford’s own John Currence and John T. Edge have joined Willie Mae Seaton as James Beard Foundation Award winners.  Currence received a Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: South and our partner John T. was named to the  James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America.  We are happy to see Joe York’s documentary, which has already aired on public television in several states, be the featured program on MPB for the month of May.  Congratulations to Joe, John T., and to John Currence.  Saving Willie Mae’s Scotch House will air statewide on MPB May 28 at 9 pm.  Until then, enjoy the trailer!

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"Saving Willie Mae's Scotch House" Earns Nationwide Television Distribution

The University of Mississippi’s Media and Documentary Projects Center is proud to announce that it’s feature-length documentary film “Saving Willie Mae’s Scotch House” has earned nationwide television distribution.

Produced, directed, and edited by Joe York, the film chronicles the 18-month effort to rebuild Willie Mae Seaton’s famed Scotch House Restaurant, a New Orleans culinary landmark destroyed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Among those featured in the film are John T Edge and Mary Beth Lasseter of the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) — an affiliate of the University of Mississippi housed at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture –and Chef John Currence of City Grocery in Oxford, Mississippi.

Thanks to the National Educational Television Association (NETA) the film has been made available to over 100 public television stations in over 40 states. To date, the film has aired in California, Georgia, Ohio, Oregon, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Louisiana. With each station allowed to air the film 4 times over 3 years, that list is sure to grow in the coming months.

Click here to watch the film in its entirety.

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Saving Willie Mae's Scotch House


Before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans people came from all around to eat at Willie Mae Seaton’s famed Scotch House Restaurant. After the storm, they came back to help rebuild the ruined culinary landmark. This documentary traces their efforts seeing the tiny restaurant as an analog for the tremendous difficulties and small victories that play out everyday in post-Katrina New Orleans. (2007)