ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF DIGITAL AND SPORTS MEDIA
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
DOCUMENTARIES
Critical Race Theory (2022)
Critical Race Theory: Roots and Myths represents a communicative form of activism in support of CRT to outlines its origin and need to recognize and call out power in the face of political and rhetorical backlash that vaulted this theoretical construct into mainstream discourse. This film recognizes the significance of CRT at its core and highlights myths that circulate on television, in headlines, and across political arenas. Amid a time of recurring and growing threats to academic freedom, this film reflects on these challenges to democracy and CRT’s place in teaching and research in higher education.
Objects in Motion (2018)
Objects in Motion introduces a group of college students at the University of South Florida who use flow arts for creative expression, self-esteem, and tension relief from the stresses of everyday life while attempting to break stereotypes. Flow arts combine coordination with freestyling possibilities that provide alternative social activities to traditional sports and games. Through the use of public spaces, these individuals participate in the imaginative and fun world of flow arts as an aspect of human life surrounding interaction and sense-making through recreational play.
Tampa Technique: Rise, Demise, and Remembrance of Central Avenue analyzes the strategic and calculated Civil Rights Movement in Tampa, Florida through the lens of Central Avenue. Segregation created the thriving black business district until its demise beginning in the 1960s with urban renewal, interstate construction, and a 1967 riot sparked by the death of a 19-year-old black man killed by a white police officer. The documentary begins and ends in Perry Harvey, Sr. Park to situate how Central Avenue is publicly memorialized.
T's Up: Branding Team Tampa features more than a dozen Division I football recruits as they competed for a third national title in five years at the 2015 IMG 7v7 National Championship, Team Tampa was guided by Florida State quarterback Malik Henry, Clemson wide receiver T.J. Chase, and Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta. The documentary highlights Team Tampa's chase for the championship, explains the construction of the Team Tampa brand, and discusses the impact of 7v7 on college football recruiting and media coverage.
Packer Pride follows the first year for Marcus Paschal as the head football coach for Largo High School in 2014. After four years in the NFL, Paschal returned to his alma mater as the school's first African-American head coach. This documentary screened at four film festivals.
Rising Tide: Tampa Bay Craft Brewing documents the growth of craft brewing in the Tampa Bay area, focusing on Cigar City Brewing and Barley Mow Brewing Co. This film was a finalist in the 2013 Campus MovieFest at the University of South Florida.