A filmmakers’ showcase will bring together the creative forces behind the camera to give people a glimpse into the art form.
The Arts and Letters Committee of the Augusta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.’s fourth annual Filmmakers Showcase will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 7 at AR Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School, 1324 Laney Walker Blvd. A reception is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. March 6 at INDIEGRIP Studios, 1644 Gordon Hwy.
Lucinda Clark, one of the event’s co-chairs and a filmmaker, said the showcase will feature discussion panels and question and answer sessions as well as highlighting short films some of which were shot in Augusta or created by Augusta area filmmakers.
A.B. Osborne, the Director of the Animation Program and an Associate Professor of Animation at Augusta University, will be one of the featured speakers.
The event will include a memorial tribute to Terrye Y. Thompson, the executive producer of the film “Two Classes of 1968” which “uncovers a rarely told chapter of American integration history. When Immaculate Conception Academy (ICA), a Black Catholic high school, closes its doors in 1968, its students are uprooted from the protective community nurtured by Franciscan nuns and sent to integrate the previously segregated Aquinas High School. This film features many of the former students and alumni at these schools and their experience in their own words,” according to a news release.
“Two Classes of 1968” appeared in its first film festival, the Bronzlens Film Festival in Atlanta in August 2022 and has undergone “significant refinement, including a 40-minute editorial tightening, additional interviews, and restoration of archival photographs. The current 101-minute cut represents a more cinematic, nationally positioned version of the story,” the release added.
Other participating filmmakers include Chad Henderson, “Toreador”; Roxanne Wright, “If She Only Knew”; and Shandrea Evans, “Bloom”.
Terrence Williams, operations manager of INDIEGRIP and a 2024 Emmy Award-winner, will serve as the event host.
Events are free and open to the public.
Charmain Z. Brackett, the publisher of Augusta Good News and Inspiring: Women of Augusta, has covered Augusta’s news for more than 35 years. She’s won multiple Georgia Press Association awards, is the recipient of the 2018 Greater Augusta Arts Council’s media award and was named Augusta Magazine’s best local writer in 2024 and 2025. Reach her at charmain@augustagoodnews.com. Sign up for the newsletter here.
