2023
Short Documentary(World Premiere)

Accidental Athlete

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Closed captions online

Paulette Jones Morant waxes poetically about being one of the first Black woman scholastic athletes at the University of Virginia.

Directors Spotlight

A photo shows a portrait of Kevin Jerome Everson standing inside his workspace with his arms folded and looking directly at the camera.

Kevin Jerome Everson

Director

Kevin Jerome Everson’s practice encompasses photography, sculpture & film. Recipient of the Guggenheim, Alpert Award, Heinz Award, Rome Prize & Berlin Prize & grants from the Ford Foundation & Creative Capital, he is the Commonwealth & Ruffin Foundation Distinguished Professor of Studio Art & Director of Studio Arts at the University of Virginia.

A photo shows a portrait of Claudrena N. Harold outdoors looking directly at the camera.

Claudrena N. Harold

Director

Associate Dean for Social Sciences and Edward Stettinius Professor of History at the University of Virginia, writer and filmmaker Claudrena N. Harold specializes in African American history, Black cultural politics, and labor history. She is the author of When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras (2020).

Year
2023
Runtime
7 minutes
Country
US
Language
English
Director
Kevin Jerome Everson, Claudrena N. Harold
Cast
Paulette Jones Morant, Hailey Barnett, Myla Barnett
Cinematographer
Kevin Jerome Everson
Editor
Kevin Jerome Everson and Claudrena N. Harold
Producer
Madeleine Molyneaux
Sound Design
Kim Salak
Premiere
World

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