As If We Were Ghosts

As If We Were Ghosts is a 2022 documentary about the Georgia Interscholastic Association (GIS). It was first broadcast at 9 p.m. June 13 and again on June 19, Juneteenth, on Georgia Public Broadcasting, and depicts the experience of Black athletes, coaches, and cheerleaders in Georgia during the era of segregation.[5]

As If We Were Ghosts
Produced by	Herb White Ron Bivins[1] Monty Ross[2] [3]
Narrated by	Pam Oliver[4]
Production company	Ours Studios LLC
Release date	13 June 2022 (2022-06-13) (Georgia Public Broadcasting)[5]
Country	United States of America
Language	English

Producer Ron Bivins is a real estate developer from Americus, Georgia who was a star athlete at Staley High School.[5] The film includes interviews with Walt Frazier, Wyomia Tyus, Otis Sistruck, Monk Johnson, and Rayfield Wright.[5] Don Adams, Willies Seay, and Edith McGuire are among the other athletes profiled in the film.[6][7][8] Seay went on to star on Albany State University's track team and carried the Olympic torch before the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.[8] Becky Taylor who works at the Tifton Gazette has been researching the league for years and assisted with the film.[5] Herb White, nicknamed the Elevator from Decatur, also worked on the films. A high school basketball star he went on to play for the Atlanta Hawks.[3] Ours Studios is a Black-owned and financed. Bivins is its CEO and Ann Wead Kimbrough who reported for the Atlanta Journal Constitution is its COO.[7] Nwandi Lawson also worked on the film.[7]

The GIS grew to include high schools for African American students from 147 of Georgia's 159 counties.[5] After the film was broadcast the filmmakers and some of those featured in the film participated in a panel discussion moderated by Ann Kimbrough.[6]