Jerry Williams, aka TVJerry, is a veteran of independent media in Richmond, Virginia. From radio shows and theater criticism to music video direction and television production, he's done just about everything there is to do within the local media community over the...
The Art of Dirtwoman
Illustrator Matt Lively's enamel-and-tar paintings for Spider Mites Of Jesus brought unforgettable imagery to Jerry Williams' engaging documentary about legendary Richmond character Donnie Corker, aka Dirtwoman. How can you make a documentary about Richmond icon...
Dirtwoman Hits The Festival Circuit
Before its upcoming run at Movieland Boulevard Square starting January 24, Jerry Williams, producer and director of Spider Mites Of Jesus: The Dirtwoman Documentary, took his film to seven different film festivals. Here's how it went. Here's a choice between two...
The Man, The Woman, The Legend: Spider Mites Of Jesus Captures The Larger-Than-Life Legacy of Dirtwoman
*This article, the latest in our ongoing "From The Desk Of GayRVA" column in RVA Magazine, originally appeared in RVA Mag #37, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. I’d never seen such sprawling crowd at the Byrd Theatre. People wrapped around the block,...
Won’t You Be My Gaybor?
Our 2019 Summer Pride Guide, in collaboration with VA Pride, is out now! Here’s one of our articles from that magazine, in which Wyatt Gordon examines Richmond's lack of a gayborhood, and what that means for our city. If I told you I went to a bar in the Castro, would...
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