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"'Bama Girl" Tells the Inside Story of Homecoming (Race & other)
Politics and Drama... The "star" will be at the non-profit Capri
Community Film Society to discuss her story at the documentary's one
night Montgomery Showing as part of the Southern Arts Federation'
Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers on Tuesday, April 21 at
7:30pm. Following a screening of the documentary, African American
"'Bama Girl" subject Jessica Thomas will engage the audience in a
discussion of the film.
This powerful and enlightening documentary follows Jessica Thomas'
quest to become homecoming queen at the University of Alabama.
Thomas, a native of Birmingham, was a senior double-major in broadcast
news and political science at the University of Alabama. The daughter of
Carl and Deborah Thomas, she was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
She is currently pursuing her JD at Samford University's Cumberland
School of Law.
The Crimson Tide's homecoming has a rich history filled with centuries
of privilege, old money and racial exclusivity. Thomas is an
African-American woman running against 15 other co-eds, a strictly
segregated Greek system, internal black politics and, most ominously, a
secret all-white association called "The Machine" that has controlled
politics at the University, including the student government and
homecoming queen elections, for most of the past century.
Along the way the film divulges some surprising revelations about black
vs. white, the Old South vs. the New South, and a surprising microcosm
of electoral politics that mirrors much of what is happening across our
country today.
"'Bama Girl" has screened at SXSW in Austin, Texas, the Atlanta Film
Festival, Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in Birmingham, New Orleans
Film Festival, and Indie Memphis Film Festival. "Bama Girl" was directed
and produced by Rachel Goslins.
Rachel Goslins is a documentary director and producer. She has worked on
productions for National Geographic, Discovery, PBS, A&E and the History
Channel, among others. Her short film "Onderduiken" was acquired for
incorporation into a standardized civil rights curriculum for Northern
California high schools. A former international copyright attorney, she
is currently directing a feature documentary on Muslims who saved Jews
from the Holocaust. She also serves as programming coordinator for the
Impact Film Festival which was featured at the Democratic National
Convention in Denver, Colorado, and at the Republican National
Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers is a program of the
Southern Arts Federation, a not-for-profit regional arts organization
making a positive difference in the arts throughout the South since
1975. Southern Arts Federation is supported by funding and programming
partnerships with the National Endowment for the Arts and the state arts
agencies of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. For more information on
the Southern Arts Federation and its programs visit www.southarts.org.
The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers is made possible in
part by a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the
National Endowment on the Arts. For more information, call the Capri
Theatre at 334.262.4858 or visit http://capritheatre.org
For questions contact:
Martin McCaffery
Director
Capri Theatre
1045 E Fairview Ave
Montgomery, AL 36106
334.262.4858
http://www.capritheatre.org
Know Justice, Know Peace,
Rev. Dr. E-K. Daufin, Professor of Communication
ASU FSA Co-VP for Faculty, AEJMC MAC Officer
Alabama State University, 915 S. Jackson St.
Montgomery, AL 36101-0271 PH:334-229-6885
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