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A Kudzu Conversation
Multimedia author Eric Model recently interviewed me about kudzu, "the vine that ate the South." Years ago I did a documentary about how the kudzu vine has affected Southern culture (The Amazing Story of Kudzu) and I have since been sought as an authority on the subject several times. It was a fun interview, so I'd like to share it here. Inspired by the late Charles Kuralt's "On the Road" reports for CBS, Model is following the presidential primary trail and seeking the "offbeat, off the [...]
Kudzu Documentary Has Enduring Legacy
I was searching for a documentary topic when I called a friend to pick his brain. "You could do a documentary on kudzu," he said and I was drawn into a field of tangled vines that hold me to this day. That conversation was in 1994 and in it I learned that my friend's mother made baskets by weaving kudzu vines. With the help of a student research assistant, I found fascinating people making things from kudzu, determined people trying to kill kudzu, and I unraveled the almost too strange to [...]