The Rome International Film Festival recently premiered two films with Berry College connections.
“Let Us Tell Our Story: Black Resilience in Northwest Georgia” was directed by Berry Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Anthropology Brian Campbell. The film is a follow-up to Campbell’s 2021 film “Her Name was Hester.”
Viewers of “Her Name was Hester” discussed a need for additional context. “Let Us Tell Our Story” aims to follow Campbell’s initial film by educating viewers about the black experience in Northwest Georgia.
The film emphasizes the role of education and faith, opening discussion about relationships between different populations. It facilitates reconciliation in a collaborative academic community.
For more information visit https://filmfreeway.com/LetUsTellOurStory.
The short documentary “Kenya” also premiered alongside several other educational documentaries. It was produced by Berry Director of Photography Brant Sanderlin and former Berry Videographer Alex Ruble. The film chronicles a group of Berry nursing students as they traveled to Kenya for clinical hours in June 2024.
According to Berry Director of Nursing Carolyn Reilly, the future health-care professionals did everything from building a mud house to delivering a baby. The students worked in rotations at a hospital and clinic, where they cared for more than 2,000 people in just six days.
“The pledge our nursing students take when they enter the program echoes Martha Berry’s desire to ‘leave the world more beautiful than when I found it,’” Reilly said.
The students logged clinical hours and gained three hours of academic credit during the cross-cultural immersion experience. For more information about the festival, please visit https://www.riffga.com/.
Written by Public Relations Student Associate Abigail Dunagan
