CHEATING THE STILLNESS: THE WORLD OF JULIA PETERKIN is a documentary produced, directed and written by Gayla Jamison that will debut on South Carolina ETV Thursday, April 15, at 9:00 p.m. An encore broadcast is scheduled for Sunday, April 18, at 6:00 p.m.
The documentary chronicles the fascinating life of author Julia Peterkin, the white wife of a plantation owner who wrote sensitive portrayals of the lives of rural African Americans in the early twentieth century. UGA Press has published four Peterkin books: a collection of stories,
GREEN THURSDAY, and three novels,
BLACK APRIL,
BRIGHT SKIN, and winner of the 1929 Pulitzer Prize,
SCARLET SISTER MARY.
Susan Millar Williams, author of the biography
A DEVIL AND A GOOD WOMAN, TOO: THE LIVES OF JULIA PETERKIN, is featured in the documentary. Williams will appear on a panel following a special screening on Wednesday, April 28, at the Charleston County Public Library. Also featured in the documentary is Harlan Greene, coeditor of
RENAISSANCE IN CHARLESTON: ART AND LIFE IN THE CAROLINA LOW COUNTRY, 1900–1940.
For more information on the documentary and the public events visit:
http://www.scetv.org/index.php/press/release/cheating_the_stillness_premieres_on_public_television_in_spring_2010/
