Call me bitter, but some people don't deserve the credit they're given.
As a senior at UT, my friends Tre Berney, Jane Barr and I produced a full-length Civil Rights documentary. And at the risk of sounding arrogant, it's damn good. We interviewed some really high-profile civil rights leaders in the process, including CT Vivian, Andrew Young, Ernest Green and Jesse Jackson, as well as renowned child psychologist Melanie Killen, broadcaster Richard Heffner, CNN's TJ Holmes and controversial Author Jonathan Kozol. It's a pretty big project for three kids from Knoxville.
The three of us traveled all over the United States (largely on our own dime) conducting interviews and gathering information. Tre directed it, Jane produced, and I filmed it in it's entirety. Dr. Bob Legg at the University of Tennessee provided direction and assistance from the University.
We submitted a draft of the film to Documfest: The International Documentary Film Festival and got selected to present. We won a Accolade Award, and apparently, Dr. Legg won second place at the Broadcast Educators Association Festival. Wait, what?
Yeah. Dr. Legg won the award. The University even wrote up a nice little article about it. They mentioned that Tre and I 'helped' with the documentary. And this is important: They spelled Tre's name wrong. The DIRECTOR of the film. This is a JOURNALISM department and they have staff writers who can't be bothered by getting names right.
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