Truth Marching On: Documenting the Plan to Bring Robert F. Kennedy to the University of Mississippi in 1966

<p>My documentary project focuses on the group of students who planned this event and why they invited Kennedy. The thesis project consists of two parts: a film and a paper. This paper accompanies the documentary thesis film <em>Truth Marching On: Robert F. Kennedy at the University of Mississippi</em>. In this paper, I attempt to do the following: 1) summarize the necessary backstory of Kennedy’s 1966 visit to the university that is central to my film and paper; 2) provide information and analysis of the components that make up the short film, which include interviews, archival materials, and additional film components; 3) give an overview of the structure of my short film and provide analysis about some of my filmmaking choices; 4) discuss some definitions of documentary film that inform my thinking about this project and discuss certain ways in which my film falls within the boundaries of these particular definitions.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.F.A. in Documentary Expression

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Southern Studies

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Blessey, Mary Paige

Contributors dc:contributor

• Andy Harper
• Kathryn McKee
• Ted Ownby

• American Studies
• United States History

Repository record dc:identifier

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1553

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-2552