From Civil Rights to cotton crops- ways to understand the South.

 


   

Films made in the spirit of James Agee, these productions cover issues of contemporary poverty, the legacy of the civil war and literature.

An audio history of the civil rights movement in five Southern communities and the music of those times.

The history of South Carolina's peoples and places presented in 33 half-hour episodes.

On going tv series featuring Alabama's history and people. A number of episodes have study guides.

Films on culture and social issues of the Appalachian region. Their catalog covers everything from Art to Coalmining.

a series of 14 programs examining the economic, social, and political transformation of the South since World War II. This college level telecourse is accompanied by study guides and a book. This is just one of the educational resources on the south available from South Carolina Educational Television.

Amazing films produced by Tom Davenport in collaboration with Daniel Patterson and the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. They include:

In 1833 Mrs. Frances Silver was hanged in Morganton, North Carolina, for the ax murder of her husband Charles. For a century and a half the case has lived on in newspapers,pamphlets, memoirs, petition, folksong, and legends.

an oral history of the people of an Episcopal church in Virginia told with humor and heart by five talented storytellers.




   
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