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FREE SCREENING (with POPCORN!)
7-10pm | Tues. May 01 | Tate Theatre
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DOC-U is a documentary series produced by university students at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia under the direction of Dr. Taylor Miller with original music scored by students at the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music under the guidance of Dr. Emily Koh. The episodes were produced alongside Mary Lynn Miller from the Richard B. Russell Jr. Special Collections Libraries Building who facilitated the research.
Each of the five episodes comprising Season One explores Georgia themes through an impressive array of collaborations, including with the UGA Veterinary Hospital and the Athletics Department, several local community groups and businesses, as well as the Departments of Economics, Anthropology, History, Geography, and Music Business, among others.
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"The Olympics Come to Georgia" -- Featuring legendary football coach Vince Dooley, this episode looks back at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the impact on neighboring city Athens and its University of Georgia campus where several events were held. The episode also includes interviews with former Athens mayor Gwen O'Looney and Athens renaissance man Dr. Dick Hudson, who each discuss their involvement coordinating efforts to bring events to UGA and lasting effects on range of topics, from nematodes in the hedges to Dooley's famous torch run.
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"Yonah and O'Ryan" -- This episode follows the treatment of two animal patients at the University of Georgia’s state-of-the-art veterinary teaching hospital. The first case features Yonah a Great Pyrenees with a terminal bone cancer and the difficult decision his owners made to amputate the affected leg and start him on an experimental drug trial not knowing if he received the treatment or placebo. The second is about a horse called O’Ryan, a 17-year-old Arabian Gelding who underwent surgery for ligament damage, and his owners are back to see if he’s ready to return to racing. The episode follows both families on their journeys as well as the specialists handling their care.
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"The Limits of the Hope Scholarship" -- Created in 1993 under the supervision of Gov. Zell B. Miller, the HOPE Scholarship (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) was meant to meet three objectives: 1) give students an opportunity to go to college who couldn’t afford to do so, 2) retain high-quality students in the state, 3) encourage students to work harder on academics. While it did keep students in state, the other two goals were not as effective. This episode discusses the limitations of the Hope Scholarship, from sidelining diversity to the creation of “HOPE mobiles”.
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"Athens' Downtown Music Scene" -- Today, Athens' downtown scene is known as an underground music mecca. But how did this come to be? The late 70s marked a revolution of arts and culture that changed Athens. Bands like the B-52s, R.E.M., and Pylon paved the way for decades of music talent to grow within city limits. With the ever changing music scene and developmental growth of Athens, music stands as a uniting factor between the college and the town itself.
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"Below Baldwin" -- On November 17, 2015, construction on Baldwin Hall on the University of Georgia campus came to a halt when workers discovered human remains on the site. DNA tests revealed what many local historians already knew to be true: these were the remains of former slaves. This discovery and the events that followed have forced the often-forgotten histories of slavery and segregation to rise to the surface, both at the University of Georgia and in Athens. As more and more universities around the United States begin opening dialogues about their historical involvement in slavery, “Below Baldwin” chronicles the series of events that sparked this conversation at UGA. Featuring Fred Smith, Linda Davis, Claudio Saunt, and Broderick Flanigan, this episode showcases a community’s need to connect to its past and attempts to help open the door for additional research, community collaboration, and repair – for both past and present injustices.
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