''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. Producer Ron Bivins is a real estate developer from Americus, Georgia who was a star athlete at Staley High School. The film includes interviews with Walt Frazier,

Wyomia Tyus Wyomia Tyus (pronunciation: ''why-o-mi''; born August 29, 1945) is a retired American track and field sprinter, and the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m (a feat since duplicated by Carl Lewis, Gail Devers, Shelly-Ann Fraser ...

, Otis Sistruck,

Monk Johnson Howard "Monk" Johnson (April 4, 1894 – November 14, 1973) was a baseball left fielder in the Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin ...

, and Rayfield Wright. Don Adams, Willies Seay, and

Edith McGuire Edith Marie McGuire (born June 3, 1944), later known as Edith McGuire Duvall, is an American former sprinter. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, McGuire ran for Tennessee State University. TSU had a very successful women's sprinting team, The Tigerbelle ...

are among the other athletes profiled in the film. Seay went on to star on Albany State University's track team and carried the Olympic torch before the

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in Atlanta, Georgia. Becky Taylor who works at the ''

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'' has been researching the league for years and assisted with the film. 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. Ours Studios is a Black-owned and financed. Bivins is its CEO and Ann Wead Kimbrough who reported for the ''

Atlanta Journal Constitution ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the result of the merger between ...

'' is its COO. Nwandi Lawson also worked on the film. The GIS grew to include high schools for African American students from 147 of Georgia's 159 counties. After the film was broadcast the filmmakers and some of those featured in the film participated in a panel discussion moderated by Ann Kimbrough.

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