Whistlin’ Dixie seeks out folks at the forefront of the Southern queer music scene — living examples that queer community can thrive in these previously written off country roads and postindustrial cities. This documentary showcases these communities and examines their influences, challenges and motivations while putting a face on what it means to be queer, young and Southern.
Articles by Meredith Heil
\Meredith Heil graduated from The New School’s Eugene Lang College in 2007 with a dual B.A. in Media & Cultural Studies and Creative Writing. She went on to receive an M.A. in Social Documentation from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Meredith’s thesis film, WHISTLIN’ DIXIE, is a first-person look at queer music and community building in the American South. The documentary continues to screen throughout the country and abroad. After a short stint at Indiana University’s Communications & Culture PhD program, Meredith returned to New York where she works as a Multimedia Producer for WNET/Thirteen, NYC\'s PBS affiliate station. She also is an avid craft beer enthusiast and writer, heading up the blog Beerded Ladies and leading Saturday beer-spiked walking tours of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Meredith currently lives in Brooklyn, where she can be found enjoying a beer in Prospect Park alongside her fiance Maggie and their mutt, Miko.\