THEY WILL TALK ABOUT US: THE CHARLTON- POLLARD STORY (32:44)

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
by  Gordon S. Williams

4:50 pm
SLC - ROOM 115
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Description:  A young documentarian interviews a reluctant historian about the origins of the oldest Black neighborhood in Beaumont, Texas.

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Director's Bio: 
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Gordon S. Williams is the Lamar University Television Studio Operations Manager and adjunct instructor for LUTV News. He is an award-winning filmmaker whose projects have screened at over seventy film festivals and earned distribution deals from entities such as Amazon Video and Shorts International. Williams was the writer/co-producer of the historical fiction short film The Example (2016), set during the 1943 Beaumont Race Riot. Gordon is currently submitting a short documentary titled Delayed But Never Denied: Juneteenth 2021 – Cleveland, Texas to film festivals. He is awaiting the release of the documentary, They Will Talk About Us: The Charlton-Pollard Story about the oldest Black neighborhood in Beaumont. Williams is a board member of the Boomtown Film Festival and an advisor for the Jefferson County Historical Commission.