PDN Video: Gillian Laub on Winning Over Reluctant Subjects to Film “Southern Rites”

May 13, 2015 Marco | Editor

Gillian Laub: “Southern Rites” And The Challenges of Access from PDNOnline on Vimeo.

In 2009, Gillian Laub’s story in The New York Times Magazine about segregated high school proms in Mount Vernon, Georgia, stirred national outrage, which finally forced the community to integrate the proms. Afterwards, Laub faced down the hostility and threats of locals to work on a documentary film about race relations in the area. In this PDN video, she describes the challenges of filming where she was unwelcome, and how she managed to win the confidence of her …read more

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