Spring SFA Symposium

Sunday, March 14 Films

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4 films + livestream in package
Philoxenia
Birmingham-based filmmaker Jessica Chriesman highlights the synergy between the Greek notion of philoxenia (“friend of the stranger”) and Southern hospitality, as expressed through the city’s Greek-owned restaurants. Through hot dog vendors and James Beard award nominees, she explores the enduring influence of Greek immigrants on Birmingham’s culture and cuisine.
The SugarBeat Project
Columbia, South Carolina-based photographer and filmmaker Roni Henderson-Day follows Tahirah Shakir of Sugar Beat, LLC as she sources, roasts, grinds, and simmers local, organic peanuts into a Southern take on West African peanut stew. Peanut Stew celebrates African cultural retention in African American Southern cooking as well as the resilience and innovation inherent in their journey.
A Bit of This, A Bit of That
Documentary artist Devon “Vonnie” Smith follows the passage of recipes from one generation to the next in the Black community through his experimental film A Bit of This, A Bit of That. Join a woman on her mission to archive recipes given to her as a child and teach her niece and nephew to prepare Southern cuisine.
Drowned Land
In Drowned Land, filmmaker and educator Colleen Thurston joins unintentional activists in the Choctaw Nation of rural Oklahoma as they seek to end a legacy of environmental exploitation and protect the Kiamichi Richer, the state’s most ecologically diverse waterway and community’s cultural heartline. A citizen of the Choctaw Nation and a seventh-generation Oklahoman, Thurston shares stories of resilience and hope in the face of incredible odds.
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Documentary artist Devon “Vonnie” Smith follows the passage of recipes from one generation to the next in the Black community through his experimental film A Bit of This, A Bit of That. Join a woman on her mission to archive recipes given to her as a child and teach her niece and nephew to prepare Southern cuisine.


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Facebook: @DevonDeeSmith

Personal Website: www.vonniequest.com

 

Devon Smith, better known as Vonnie, is an interdisciplinary documentary artist whose works explores the intersections of geography, narrative, and politics. He received his BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and currently finishing his MFA at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. His work has been screened at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, New York, Smithsonian African American Film Festival in Washington DC, and the Milwaukee Film Festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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