Director Billy Jackson & "Enough Is Enough"

This week Mass Comm/Soc 109 students screen Billy Jackson's "Enough Is Enough" (click here to view the trailer) . It's a documentary about the Johnny Gammage case in Pittsburgh and the issue of police brutality, the criminal justice system and African Americans. Tuesday's screening of the documentary will set up a visit from director Jackson (the man behind Nommo Productions) on Thursday. Students will have a chance to hear from him on issues of authenticity and voice in producing such projects. They will also have an opportunity to discuss his film and how it may relate to topics, theories, practices and discussions from both the mass communications course and the Sociology class.

One way for students to begin reflecting on Jackson's film is to consider how some of the people we've studied in class would see the film. What might Toni Morrison say about it? Or Native American filmmaker Chris Eyre? Or how might scholars and theorists react? Consider folks like Gerbner, McCluhan, Meyrowitz, Baudrillard and others discussed in either class.