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Feb 16, 2023 · “They told their story no matter what,” says Dr. Kern Jackson, the film’s co-writer and co-producer. Jackson is also a subject in the film since, as a longtime folklorist in Mobile and Director of the African American Studies Program at the University of South Alabama, he conducted many filmed interviews with Africatown residents over the ...
Kern Jackson. Director of the African American Studies Program. Specializes in African American and Southeastern United States folklore and oral narrative. Co-writer and co-producer of the documentary Descendant (dir. Margaret Brown, 2022).
Oct 24, 2022 · The feature documentary Descendant, co-written and co-produced by Kern Jackson, won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Creative Vision at the Sundance Film Festival.
TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE. Tenure, Department of English, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL (Summer 2010) Director, African-American Studies Program, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, (Summer 2005 – present).
May 12, 2008 · Dr. Kern Jackson. @kemjacks. Professor/Race Man/Gpa Folklorist & Ethnographer; African Americanist; Curator of community engagement programming; Co- writer & Co-producer of #Descendant. Joined May 2008. 90 Following. 258 Followers. Tweets & replies. Media. Likes. Pinned Tweet. Dr. Kern Jackson. @kemjacks. ·. Dec 9, 2021.
Mar 2, 2023 · As co-writer and co-producer of the documentary “Descendant,” Kern Jackson has walked red carpets all over the world. Wednesday night the University of South Alabama professor got to walk one...
Oct 31, 2022 · A professor at the University of South Alabama for 20 years, Dr. Kern Jackson is chair of the African American Studies Program at the university and studies folklore, myths, legends and oral...
