Video Production: WFU 50th anniversary celebration of the Winston-Salem sit-ins
By Hoyle in Tuesday, February 23rd was the 50th anniversary of the Winston-Salem sit-ins, which happened 1 week after the Greensboro Woolworth sit-in. 10 white students from Wake Forest joined in with 11 black students from Winston-Salem State to protest segregation at several local lunch counters including the Woolworth’s in downtown Winston-Salem. Shortly after that, the civil rights movement went national.
I was asked to provide video production services for the 50th anniversary event, which is part of the Worship in Wait series. One of the speakers, the Rev. Dr. George Williamson, was one of the sit-in participants. He had a very interesting recollection of the incident that I encourage you to watch. And WFU invited a former faculty member of the Divinity School, the Rev. Dr. Brad Braxton, to provide a sermon titled “The Danger of an Incomplete Transformation”. An excerpt is available on that same page.
From the technical side, I was asked to shoot the entire event with a single High Definition video camera, while tapped in to the Wait Chapel audio board. I was also asked to produce a full-length DVD of the event, complete with chapters and a branded menu for the event. Everything was delivered to our client contact by the following day at noon.
You can learn more about the Winston-Salem sit-ins here.
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