Dee Garceau’s “Remember Fort Pillow” Wins Best Shorts Competition Award

Dee Garceau’s “Remember Fort Pillow” Wins Best Shorts Competition Award May 6, 2015

Rhodes College Professor Dee Garceau interviewed R3 managing editor Andre E. Johnson for her documentary film, “Remember Fort Pillow.”  According to Rhodes College, the film “recently earned an Award of Merit in the Educational category of the Best Shorts Competition. This honor recognizes the significance and professional quality of her production.

Also according to Rhodes College:

The Best Shorts Competition is unique in the industry. Attracting both powerhouse companies as well as unknown, independent filmmakers, it is an international awards competition. A “short film” is defined as 57 minutes or less.

Under Garceau’s direction, a team of 14 Rhodes students researched and produced “Remember Fort Pillow” (2012-13). The Fort Pillow Massacre was a Civil War atrocity in which Confederate forces killed Union soldiers after they had surrendered. The film explores how and why the slaughter took place, and how the incident has been treated in public memory.

See the short film here

 


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