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Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers
Program Description
The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers connects independent filmmakers with communities throughout the South for screenings and conversations around stories, important topics, and the art of filmmaking. Since Southern Circuit’s inception in 1975, hundreds of filmmakers from around the country have toured, sharing their work and perspectives with over one hundred Screening Partner communities across the South.
Screening Partner organizations include universities, community arts centers, municipalities, museums, historic cinemas, places of worship, and more, serving diverse audiences of all ages. Screening Partners act as the hosts for touring filmmakers and present screenings with Q&As and other engagements such as class visits, meet-and-greets, and workshops.
Southern Circuit prioritizes featuring Southern filmmakers and stories. We are committed to presenting films by filmmakers of color, LGBTQ+ filmmakers, and filmmakers with disabilities as well as filmmakers in every stage of their career including emerging and first-time filmmakers. Filmmakers are expected to be able to respond to questions regarding the ethics of their practices and their relationship to the topics, individuals, and communities featured in their work.
Southern Circuit is made possible through a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.
The 2023-2024 Southern Circuit Season
Films On Tour
ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ - We Will Speak
with ᎤᎶᎩᎳ / Schon Duncan (Director), Michael McDermit (Director), ᎨᎳᏗ / Keli Gonzales (Producer), and Jacob Koestler (Cinematographer / Editor)
1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture
with Sharon “Rocky” Roggio (Director)
A Run for More
with Ray Whitehouse (Director / Producer / Cinematographer)
After Sherman
with Jon-Sesrie Goff (Director)
Battleground
with Samantha Blakely (Protagonist)
Black Barbie: A Documentary
with Lagueria Davis (Director / Producer) & Aaliyah Williams (Producer)
Breaking the News
Bridge Builders Series
Burned: Protecting the Protectors
with Elijah J Yetter-Bowman (Director)
Butterfly in the Sky
with Bradford Thomason (Co-director / Editor) & Dava Whisenant (Executive Producer / Consulting Editor)
Crossing Overtown
with Scott Barnett (Director) & Johanna Vega (Executive Producer)
The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
with Chad Benjamin Stockfleth (Director / Producer)
Freedom Hill
with Resita Cox (Director / Producer)
Hollow Tree
with Kira Akerman (Director), Monique Walton (Producer), & Chachi Hauser (Producer)
King Coal
with Elaine McMillion Sheldon (Director / Producer)
Little Satchmo
with John Alexander (Director) & JC Guest (Producer)
Master of Light
with George Anthony Morton (Protagonist)
One Pint at a Time
with Aaron Hosé (Writer / Director / Producer / Editor) & Brigitte Hosé (Producer)
The Only Doctor
with Matt Hashiguchi (Director) & Anjanette Levert (Producer)
Razing Liberty Square
Screening Partners
- Birmingham, AL – Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema
- Hanceville, AL – Burrow Museum at Wallace State Community College
- Fort Myers, FL – Lee County Alliance of the Arts
- Miami, FL – O Cinema
- Sarasota, FL – WSLR
- Atlanta, GA – Plaza Atlanta and Fox Theatre, Atlanta
- Hapeville, GA – City of Hapeville
- Lawrenceville, GA – Aurora Theatre
- Rome, GA – Rome International Film Festival and Berry College
- Roswell, GA – City of Roswell
- Bowling Green, KY – Western Kentucky University
- Lexington, KY – The Living Arts and Science Center
- Alexandria, LA - Arts Council of Central Louisiana
- Cleveland, MS – Bologna Performing Arts Center, Delta State University
- Jackson, MS – Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Raleigh, NC - NC State University Libraries
- Wilmington, NC – University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Cucalorus Film Festival, Working Films, and WHQR Public Media
- Winston-Salem, NC – a/perture cinema
- Clemson, SC – The Arts Center of Clemson & Clemson University World Cinema Studies Department
- Nashville, TN – Global Education Center
Opportunities
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Views from the Southern Circuit
As filmmakers, we want our films to reach as broad and diverse an audience as possible. The Southern Circuit Tour makes that possible.
Pam Tom, Director, TyrusStories
Questions?
For questions about Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, contact Jordan Young.
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