UT Martin instructor’s documentary presented in Nashville

MARTIN, Tenn. — A West Tennessee instructor had her very own documentary presented in Nashville.

Photo courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Martin

The University of Tennessee at Martin says that Henri Giles’s documentary “Waiting in the Wings: African-Americans in Country Music” was presented at the National Museum of African-American Music in Nashville as part the lead-up to the Country Music Association Festival on June 7.

An instructor in the UTM Department of Mass Media and Strategic Communication, Giles produced the documentary in 2004, featuring the history of country music through the African-American perspective, starting with its roots in American slavery and moving to the 21st century.

“It was great. It was really nice,” she said. “We had a good crowd and a good reception to it, good
questions. It was not part of the formal CMA Fest, but in Nashville leading up to the CMA Fest, there are a lot of events. While this was not an official part of CMA Fest, this was an event that the museum put on
to capture what was going on in the city.”

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