Georgia film fest celebrates South
This spring, the students of Georgia College & State University and the community of Milledgeville are invited to the Center for Georgia Studies Film Festival.
Friday nights in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium from now until Feb. 25, there will be an entertaining variety of Georgia films beginning at 7 p.m. There will be an introduction from a faculty member and the evening will end with a brief discussion after the movie.
Dr. John Cox, assistant director of the Center for Georgia Studies and professor at GC&SU, said he’s looking forward to seeing all community members attend.
“Although I’m very interested in having faculty, staff, and community members attend, my main interest is the students,” said Cox.
The films left for this semester include, “My Cousin Vinny,” “Song of the South” and “Paris Trout.” They are composed of many drastically different elements, yet contain the same theme of Georgia in some way.
One movie that would hold the attention of Milledgeville residents is “Paris Trout,” based on the true story of a Milledgeville murder.
The movies were carefully picked by the Center for Georgia Studies in hopes of bringing together historical, cultural and life-applicable pieces of Georgia in order to gain an accurate picture of what Georgia is like. A part of the Center’s mission is to serve “as an arena for discovering and presenting ‘the whole story’ of Georgia, one that goes beyond stereotypical and one-dimensional representations of the state.”
Cox said he hopes students will not be hesitant to come to films they haven’t heard of. In the past, the GC&SU Film Festival has had a good turnout, and Cox said he is expecting this year will be even better.
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on Feb 4 2005. Filed under News.
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