Steve Ross (director)
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Steve Ross is an American
motion picture director living in Memphis, Tennessee
. He is best known for his documentary Oh Freedom After While, a story of the Missouri
sharecropper strike of 1939. Ross received a Bachelor's degree from the State University of New York
in 1971 and a Master's degree from New York University in 1974. He is a professor at the University of Memphis
and was named Communicator of the Year by the Tennessee Speech Communication Association in 1999.
United States
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motion picture director living in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
. He is best known for his documentary Oh Freedom After While, a story of the Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
sharecropper strike of 1939. Ross received a Bachelor's degree from the State University of New York
State University of New York
The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY , is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States, with a total enrollment of 465,000 students, plus...
in 1971 and a Master's degree from New York University in 1974. He is a professor at the University of Memphis
University of Memphis
The University of Memphis is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee and is the flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system....
and was named Communicator of the Year by the Tennessee Speech Communication Association in 1999.
Directorial filmography
- Oh Freedom After While (1999)
- Black Diamonds, Blues City: Stories of the Memphis Red Sox (narrated by Samuel L. JacksonSamuel L. JacksonSamuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor and film producer. After becoming involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then films. He had several small roles such as in the film Goodfellas before meeting his mentor,...
) - At The River I Stand (1993): Documentary about the last crusade of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; received Emmy and NAACP Image award nominations
- The Old Forest
- Game of Catch: (based on Richard WilburRichard WilburRichard Purdy Wilbur is an American poet and literary translator. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987, and twice received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1957 and again in 1989....
's short story of the same name) - Searching for Wordin Avenue