JOHN RASH, MFA

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FILM PRODUCTION AND SOUTHERN STUDIES

John Rash is a filmmaker, photographer, and video artist who has worked as visual storyteller and educator in the United States and China. John earned his M.F.A. in Experimental and Documentary Arts from Duke University. His research and teaching explore cultural outsiders, counter culture communities,  and environmental topics through lens-based media informed by documentary traditions. John is the founder and curator of the Southern Punk Archive which lives at the University of Mississippi Library Archives and Special Collections and online at the Southern Documentary Project (www.southdocs.org).  He was the recipient of the Soul of Southern Film award from Indie Memphis Film Festival in 2018 and continues to exhibit his work in festivals, galleries, and museums internationally.