| Mississippi Remixed

1 day 1 hour ago

I had the wonderful opportunity of screening Mississippi ReMixed at Queen Elizabeth Secondary School in Surrey, BC, where I taught for the last 29 years of my career. The film was shown at their Professional Development Day in the morning session, followed by a question and answer period. Here were some comments from the teachers:

How would you describe the film?

• Eye opening - it's interesting to view this topic from such an honest perspective.

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Funds needed for distribution

6 weeks 5 days ago

MPB recently re-broadcast Mississippi ReMixed on July 15th. The next time the film will be shown will be sometime in November. I'll post the date as soon as we know. The response we've gotten has been great. This is from Linda Mann who sent out about 120 notices of the rebroadcast:

Myra,

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Alumna Explores History of Segregation through Documentary

15 weeks 6 days ago

http://www.muw.edu/visions/

Mississippi University for Women "Visions" Magazine - Summer 2010

By Anika Mitchell Perkins

What started as an opportunity to speak to a group of high school seniors about her experience growing up in Mississippi in the 1960s, ultimately turned into a lesson for alumna Myra Williams Ottewell.

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Ottewell Speaks at University of B. C.

16 weeks 6 days ago

http://cic.cstudies.ubc.ca/issi/evening.html

The Centre for Intercultural Communication (CIC) at The University of British Columbia recognizes that understanding and respect between cultures is the key to success in the global arena.

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Documentary on Mississippi racism sparks parallels with Canada’s First Nations.

18 weeks 6 days ago

For Immediate Release – April 27, 2010

Documentary on Mississippi racism sparks parallels with Canada’s First Nations.

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