Max Shores is a producer/director in the Center for Public Television & Radio at the University of Alabama. He also serves as adjunct faculty in the department of Telecommunication & Film.
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Sucarnochee Revue Airdates on MPB
Please note: After this article was published, Sucarnochee Revue moved to Thursday nights at 7:00 p.m. on MPB. It still airs Saturday nights at 11:00 on MPB as well. The Sucarnochee Revue TV series will premiere for Mississippi viewers on Friday, April 8th at 8:30 p.m. The series will air each Friday at 8:30 and also on Saturday nights at 11:00 p.m. on MPB TV according to a recent announcement by Mississippi Public Broadcasting. The TV series has been in production for several months [...]
"Boom Town" Chronicled Childersburg, Alabama WWII Growth
Childersburg is a town of 5,000 located in Talladega County southeast of Birmingham. The major employer there is a paper mill that operates on the banks of the Coosa River. By all indications, Childersburg is, and always has been, a quiet little town. But that is not the case as shown in the 2002 documentary "Boom Town." During the 1940s Childersburg experienced explosive growth when the US Army decided to locate an ammunition plant there. Thousands of people from across the nation came to [...]
"A Taste of Hog Heaven" Trailer Rediscovered
I recently discovered that the trailer for the 2003 documentary "A Taste of Hog Heaven" had been placed online by my colleague Rob Briscoe. (Thanks Rob!) It brought back some good memories. Here's the story behind the documentary which I wrote in 2003: For the past twenty years, I’ve traveled over Alabama collecting stories to tell through public TV documentaries. Everywhere I go I prefer to eat at local restaurants rather than national chains. If there’s a barbecue restaurant [...]
Sucarnochee Revue Trailer Released
Mississippi Public Broadcasting has released a short trailer to promote the upcoming series, The Sucarnochee Revue. The series has been in production for several months now and programs may begin airing on MPB TV as early as April 2011. Performances of the long-running radio series have been recorded for TV in Meridian, Mississippi and Livingston, Alabama and I have truly enjoyed working as director with the series producer, Key Ivy. To view more promotional videos from MPB, [...]