The Nickelodeon Theater in Columbia, South Carolina will host two screenings of documentary films by Orangeburg native Emily Harrold on the evening on Wednesday July 13, 2022.

The first screening will be of Harrold’s current work-in-progress documentary, IN THE BUBBLE WITH JAIME, which follows the 2020 Senate run of Democrat Jaime Harrison who challenged Lindsey Graham. This screening is presented by the Southern Documentary Fund as a part of their Fresh Docs series in which Southern filmmakers screen in-progress films for community feedback. The forty-minute screening will be followed by a feedback session from the audience led by Southern Doc Fund Program Manager Christopher Everett.

The second part of the evening will feature a screening of Harrold’s 54 minute MELTDOWN IN DIXIE, which follows the battle over a Confederate flag flying outside an ice cream shop in Orangeburg. The film premiered in 2021 and has won numerous awards including a 2022 duPont Columbia Finalist designation and a 2022 Silver Telly Award. This screening is part of the Center for Creative Partnership’s Engage, Empower, Transform film series that is bringing MELTDOWN IN DIXIE to fifteen counties across South Carolina. The series is funded by SC Humanities and The Joanna Foundation. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion moderated by Professor Larry Watson that will feature filmmaker Emily Harrold, State Rep Justin Bamberg, and other to be determined panelists.

This double feature marks The Nickelodeon’s first community partnership since relaunching in 2022.