Video Gallery

Experiencing the Mississippi Delta — 2007

Student Video Projects

Music

"Messenger" – written by Adrian Kosky

"Silver Dollars" – written by Adrian Kosky

Course Description

The Mississippi Delta is rich in oral history and holds old and new stories waiting to be discovered and shared with the rest of the world. Explore new ideas at the birthplace of blues artists like Robert Johnson, B.B. King, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, and Muddy Waters. Walk the fields and film where cotton was king and interview the people who lived and breathed the civil rights movement. Visit endless catfish farms spread across vast cotton fields. Tell stories about factories closing and the importance of preserving local economy. Experience a historical place and meet people waiting to share their personal stories of hardships and triumph.

This 2-week delta workshop is designed for new documentary filmmakers who want to launch their careers in film and television documentaries or for those with experience in some aspects of filmmaking that are looking to expand their skill, understanding and mastery of the whole process. producers, cinematographers, editors and writers with narrative experience who are considering working in non-fiction filmmaking are also encouraged to enroll. This workshop is ideal for working professionals who want to develop important skills, which will allow them to work with other filmmakers.

Student Comments

"Barefoot workshops is like no other. This is the most supportive down to earth approach there is to the process of telling stories via the electronic medium. I not only became part of something bigger than myself by participating, it totally made me want to go out and share with others this creative process. Thanks Chandler for helping me to find my inner voice."
— Treyton Rex Williams - Experiencing the Delta 2007

"If you wish to go further, deeper, and harder, in the pursuit of what you believe in go barefoot. If you want to be challenged to feel the environment you inhabit, go barefoot. If you have a desire for the dirt road over the freeway, go barefoot. Pack light, bring your heart, your passion, your imagination and go barefoot on a pilgrimage of lifelong learning."
— Adrian Kosky - Experiencing the Delta 2007