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Posts Tagged ‘Southern Culture Films’
Kathryn Tucker Windham’s Death Marks the End of an Era
For me, and most native Alabamians of my generation, Kathryn Tucker Windham was always there. I read her collections of ghost stories when I was a child. I heard her speak on various occasions and I saw her on TV many times through the years. Her stories made me smile as I listened to her each Friday morning on Alabama Public Radio. It was comforting to know that she was at home in Selma writing something new to share with the world. But now she's gone. Mrs. Windham was widely known [...]
"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 [...]
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 [...]