Southern Discomfort' to explore love affair with Civil War reenactments

?The activist who recently filed a Department of Justice civil rights complaint against Gov. Nathan Deal and Georgia legislators for the state's support of Confederate memorials is also completing an indie documentary that attempts to dissect the psychology and politics behind Civil War reenactments.
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?The film Southern Discomfort, a joint project between Mark Patrick George, Dana Williams, and John Rogers of Dandelion Films, will focus on "the Deep South's love affair with the Confederacy and Civil War," according to the YouTube description of the embedded trailer. "It does so by exploring the reenactment of the 'Battle of Olustee' and what that event means to those around it."
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?George, who also serves as coordinator of racial justice organization the Mary Turner Project, is the activist behind last month's filing of the 37-page DoJ complaint against the state. His indie filmography includes the 2013 short doc Whitewashing: Unmasking the World of Whiteness, which explores the history of white privilege through interviews he conducted with white academics and lay people in 15 American cities including Atlanta. A former adjunct sociology professor of Valdosta State University, George resigned his position last year citing political pressure after he used his university email to launch a campaign challenging the state's support of Confederate memorials.
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?A rough trailer for Southern Discomfort first appeared in January, with a shorter rough cut hitting the web earlier this month. George tells Creative Loafing the documentary is currently being edited for a targeted late August release. ?embed-1