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Produced by | [4] |
Narrated by | Pam Oliver [5] |
Production company | Ours Studios LLC |
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Country | United States of America |
Language | English |
As If We Were Ghosts is a 2022 documentary about the Georgia Interscholastic Association (GIS). It was first broadcast at 9 p.m. June 13 and again on June 19, Juneteenth, on Georgia Public Broadcasting, and depicts the experience of Black athletes, coaches, and cheerleaders in Georgia during the era of segregation. [1]
Producer Ron Bivins is a real estate developer from Americus, Georgia who was a star athlete at Staley High School. [1] The film includes interviews with Walt Frazier, Wyomia Tyus, Otis Sistruck, Monk Johnson, and Rayfield Wright. [1] Don Adams, Willies Seay, and Edith McGuire are among the other athletes profiled in the film. [6] [7] [8] Seay went on to star on Albany State University's track team and carried the Olympic torch before the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. [8] Becky Taylor who works at the Tifton Gazette has been researching the league for years and assisted with the film. [1] Herb White, nicknamed the Elevator from Decatur, also worked on the films. A high school basketball star he went on to play for the Atlanta Hawks. [4] Ours Studios is a Black-owned and financed. Bivins is its CEO and Ann Wead Kimbrough who reported for the Atlanta Journal Constitution is its COO. [7] Nwandi Lawson also worked on the film. [7]
The GIS grew to include high schools for African American students from 147 of Georgia's 159 counties. [1] After the film was broadcast the filmmakers and some of those featured in the film participated in a panel discussion moderated by Ann Kimbrough. [6]
As If We Were Ghosts | |
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Produced by | [4] |
Narrated by | Pam Oliver [5] |
Production company | Ours Studios LLC |
Release date |
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Country | United States of America |
Language | English |
As If We Were Ghosts is a 2022 documentary about the Georgia Interscholastic Association (GIS). It was first broadcast at 9 p.m. June 13 and again on June 19, Juneteenth, on Georgia Public Broadcasting, and depicts the experience of Black athletes, coaches, and cheerleaders in Georgia during the era of segregation. [1]
Producer Ron Bivins is a real estate developer from Americus, Georgia who was a star athlete at Staley High School. [1] The film includes interviews with Walt Frazier, Wyomia Tyus, Otis Sistruck, Monk Johnson, and Rayfield Wright. [1] Don Adams, Willies Seay, and Edith McGuire are among the other athletes profiled in the film. [6] [7] [8] Seay went on to star on Albany State University's track team and carried the Olympic torch before the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. [8] Becky Taylor who works at the Tifton Gazette has been researching the league for years and assisted with the film. [1] Herb White, nicknamed the Elevator from Decatur, also worked on the films. A high school basketball star he went on to play for the Atlanta Hawks. [4] Ours Studios is a Black-owned and financed. Bivins is its CEO and Ann Wead Kimbrough who reported for the Atlanta Journal Constitution is its COO. [7] Nwandi Lawson also worked on the film. [7]
The GIS grew to include high schools for African American students from 147 of Georgia's 159 counties. [1] After the film was broadcast the filmmakers and some of those featured in the film participated in a panel discussion moderated by Ann Kimbrough. [6]