Film series keeps Georgia on viewers minds

A film series featuring productions related to Georgia culture encourages viewers to analyze how the media portrays our state.
The weekly “Georgia on My Mind” film series began Friday, Jan. 9 and will continue through Friday, Feb. 27. The films show in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium every Friday night at 7 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Center for Georgia Studies at Georgia College & State University.
The films selected address diverse aspects of Georgia culture, society and history.
“We wanted films that we thought would appeal to students and other community members and films that seemed fairly influential when they were released,” said Dr. John Cox, coordinator of the film series and assistant director of the center for Georgia studies.
The series began with “Deliverance” on Jan. 9. Other films featured in the series will be “Gone with the Wind” on Friday, Jan. 16; “Fried Green Tomatoes” on Friday, Jan. 23; “Smokey and the Bandit” on Friday, Jan. 23; “Daughters of the Dust” on Friday, Feb.13; “The Color Purple” on Friday, Feb. 20; and “Wise Blood” on Friday, Feb. 27.
Each week the film will be introduced and/or discussed by a different faculty member from GC&SU. The faculty members involved in this event are Cox; William Bragg, assistant professor in the department of history and geography; Susan Cumings, assistant professor of English; David Evans, chair and professor in the department of English, speech and journalism; Beauty Bragg, assistant professor of English; Eustace Palmer, professor of English; and Bruce Gentry, professor of English.
“We wanted to create a forum for people to explore the varied ways in which Georgia culture and history have been represented in film,” said Cox. “Films about our state and region can have a tremendous impact on the way people think about Georgia and the South, so these films might provide us a way to investigate the sort of modern mythology that has grown up about the South and southerners.”
According to Cox, this is the first time GC&SU has had a film series featuring only Georgia films.
“We’re hoping to hold this event every spring, and slightly change the theme each year to include a wider variety of movies,” said Cox. “This includes more independent, experimental or documentary films.”
The film series is free and open to the public.
“We especially want to draw students, staff and faculty to these films, but we’re also very interested in having members of the Milledgeville community come to our showings,” said Cox.
If you have any questions, please contact John Cox at 445-5139.

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