THIRD PERSON PROJECT is a non-profit (501c3) documentary research group founded by a loose-knit band of Cape Fear-area scholars and history obsessives, including John Jeremiah Sullivan (Guggenheim fellow and New York Times Magazine writer), Joel Finsel (Franz Kline in Coal Country), and Trey Morehouse (MoB Theatre Co.).
THIRD PERSON's innovative research initiatives include the Daily Record Project, an attempt, by digital means, to undo an act of historical erasure. By recruiting students from multiple schools to work as research assistants, the class uses modern technology to uncover and preserve lost and forgotten primary sources, including copies of the Record, the African-American newspaper once thought to have been wiped out during the Wilmington Massacre of 1898.
TPP also produces a series of arts and cultural events, including the original musical productions When the Battle’s Over and forthcoming Lost Love Song, featuring the talents of Grammy Award-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens. Lost Love Song premieres as part of the Lumina Arts Festival at UNCW on July 22nd.