Mississippi Delta

From 2014 to 2021 I worked very closely with the Delta Center for Culture and Learning and the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area, both based out of Delta State University. My duties focused primarily on cultural interpretation, which included audio and video production, grants management, and community engagement. I worked individually, with students, and with communities to develop stories and other interpretive outlets that included short films, exhibits, oral histories, and recorded lectures. I also worked very closely with GRAMMY Museum Mississippi, producing much of their video and photography content. Below is a selection of those projects.

This is Our Home

Written, video, audio and editing by Will H. Jacks

Emerge: Fly Away by Mic Hargrove

Student-based project in collaboration with the Delta Music Institute.
Concept and direction by Will H. Jacks

The Senator’s Place

Student-based project in collaboration with the Delta Center for Culture and Learning. Concept and direction by Will H Jacks.

Photographing Junior Kimbrough: a conversation with Bill Steber

Written, video, audio and editing by Will H. Jacks

Emerge: DMI Showcase

Student-based project in collaboration with Cleveland (MS) School District and the Delta Music Institute.. Concept and direction by Will H. Jacks

Dockery farms

Student-based project in collaboration with the Delta Center for Culture and Learning. Concept and direction by Will H Jacks.