PLACE:
Opelika, AL
BIO:
Jasmine Cannon is a documentarian from Opelika, Alabama. She studied documentary storytelling at the Medill School at Northwestern University and has worked in various capacities in the film industry on projects for outlets such as PBS, Netflix and Disney+. Jasmine is passionate about telling stories about Black people in and from the American South.Â
PROJECT:
Black Southern Woman is a multimedia documentary project featuring Black women from the deep South. The Black Southern Woman exhibit features photos, videos and audio elements, taking audiences through a journey of the lives of these women whose stories would likely otherwise go unnoticed and untold to anyone other than themselves. Â