As If We Were Ghosts

As If We Were Ghosts
Produced by
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Narrated byPam Oliver[5]
Production
company
Ours Studios LLC
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CountryUnited States of America
LanguageEnglish

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]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Taylor, Becky (14 June 2022). "As If We Were Ghosts' set to premiere: GIA documentary to air twice on GPB". Valdosta Daily Times. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. ^ Taylor, Becky (10 June 2022). "'As If We Were Ghosts' Set to Premiere: GIA Documentary set to air twice on GPB". Tifton Gazette. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Acclaimed Independent Filmmaker Monty Ross joins Ours Studios as Filmmaker-in-Residence". National Black Guide. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b Nizlick, Tzali (13 June 2022). "Georgia-born Herb White is making ghost stories real". Score Atlanta. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Top Black Female Sports Broadcaster Headlines Legends Film on Juneteenth". Black Enterprise. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b LLC, OURS Studios. "OURS Studios LLC". AS IF WE WERE GHOSTS.
  7. ^ a b c "(BPRW) Acclaimed Independent Filmmaker Monty Ross joins Ours Studios as Filmmaker-in-Residence | Black PR Wire, Inc". (BPRW) Acclaimed Independent Filmmaker Monty Ross joins Ours Studios as Filmmaker-in-Residence.
  8. ^ a b Correspondent, Joe Whitfield Staff. "Albany State Athletics Hall of Fame welcomes eight new members". Albany Herald. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)