STUDENTS ARE TELLING TALES IN THE ‘IT CITY’

It’s been 10 years since the New York Times declared Nashville an “it” city, but the city still has plenty of stories left to tell, and Lipscomb has many students excited to use their creative and professional talents to tell those stories in compelling ways.

What began as a thesis film project for Tiffani Alexander (MFA ’22) during her master’s studies has now been applauded at two film festivals and will soon be released to the public as episode one of a series. The Tale of 2 Music Cities is a documentary about Nashville’s music history, with a focus on the role of Black music and Black musicians.

Also this past summer, a studentproduced documentary, The Grand Ole Guitar, about the Nashville Sounds’ iconic guitar-shaped scoreboard was presented at the 33rd Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. About a dozen students produced the film under the guidance of veteran Nashville news anchor Demetria Kalodimos, now a professional-in-residence in the School of Communication.

In the seven-episode true-crime podcast Mysteries of Music City, Lipscomb communication students presented little- known and quirky crimes from Nashville’s history. Students researched, scripted and recorded each episode.

Watch or listen to these Lipscomb students’ creative take on Nashville at lipscomb.edu/creativework.