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Transcripts from the North Asheville History Project, 2017 / by North Asheville History Project (Asheville, N.C.); Friends of the North Carolina Room (Pack Memorial Library, Asheville, N.C.);
Pat Fitzpatrick moderated interview training sessions and is credited with conducting numerous interviews for the project.Transcripts include discussions by North Asheville residents who described what it was like to grow up and live in North Asheville. Some of the memories include Beaver Lake swimming pool, Beaver Lake Tea House, Beaver Lake Golf Course, the trailer park on Merrimon Ave., Grace School, Claxton School, the Rolling Pin Bakery, Chez Paul Supper Club, the Sky Club, Margaret's Supper Club, The Winn Dixie supermarket, the Green Stamp store, a Billy Graham revival, Weaver College, the cabins on Reems Creek Road, Grace Covenant Church, the Cosmic Ballroom, the filming of the movie Thunder Road, German World War II prisoners at the Grove Park Inn, and the former WLOS studio site.The North Asheville History Project interviews are also available online at the Pack Memorial Library North Carolina Room blog.The North Asheville History Project is a project of the North Carolina Room at Pack Memorial Library (Asheville, North Carolina) in conjunction with the North Asheville Library.
Subjects: Business enterprises; Restaurants; General stores; Family-owned business enterprises; Retail trade;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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The Carolina brogue [videorecording] / by Hutcheson, Neal,director.; North Carolina Language and Life Project.; North Carolina State University.(CARDINAL)157604;
Camera and editor, Neal Hutcheson."The Ocracoke "brogue" is the famous local dialect. To some of the native islanders, there are only two kinds of people in the world: O'Cockers and Dingbatters (natives and non-natives, respectively). Because of its isolation, Ocracoke speech patterns have taken on a unique dialect or "brogue" and expressions over the past 250 years." -- Ocracoke Preservation Society website.DVD format.
Subjects: Documentary films.; English language; English language; English language;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The road less traveled [videorecording] : three films / by Torbert, Benjamin Charles,1976-director,producer.; Thomas, Erik R.; Ballance, Valerie,narrator.; Oxendine, Linda,narrator.(CARDINAL)194085; Hutcheson, Neal,director,producer.; Wolfram, Walt,1941-producer.(CARDINAL)149498; Grimes, Drew,director,producer.; Rowe, Ryan,director,producer.; North Carolina State University.Humanities Extension/Publications Program.; North Carolina State University.North Carolina Language and Life Project.;
Hyde talk: the language and land of Hyde County, North Carolina (c2002; 24 min.) -- Indian by birth: the Lumbee dialect (c2000; 30 min.) -- This side of the river (c2008; 30 min.).Hyde talk: produced and directed by Benjamin Torbert ; script writing by Erik R. Thomas ; narrator, Valerie Ballance.Indian by birth: produced and directed by Neal Hutcheson ; executive producer, Walt Wolfram ; narrator, Linda Oxendine.This side of the river: produced and directed by Ryan Rowe and Drew Grimes ; executive producer, Walt Wolfram."The films in this collection document three unique communities in North Carolina, the Lumbee Indians of Robeson County, the people of mainland Hyde County, and the residents of Princeville, one of the first towns in U.S. history to be incorporated by freed slaves. The diversity of American cultures and a sense of place and solidarity are celebrated in these three distinct portraits. Together they illustrate a vital universal theme of language, culture and identity."--Container.DVD format.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Short films.; English language; English language; Lumbee Indians; English language; Hurricane Floyd, 1999.; African Americans;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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An unlikely friendship [videorecording] / by Atwater, Ann.; Bloom, Diane.; Ellis, C. P.(Claiborne Paul)(CARDINAL)273698; Hawthorne, Stephen,1945-(CARDINAL)273699; Lipsitz, Lewis.(CARDINAL)184703; Soltys, Florence Gray.; Filmakers Library, inc.(CARDINAL)127640; In-Focus (Firm);
Primary camera, David Kasper ; editors, David Kasper, Davis Stillson ; music, Jonathan Byrd and others.Narrator, Lou Lipsitz ; interviewer, Florence Soltys ; interviewees, Ann Atwater, C.P. Ellis.About a surprising friendship between an embittered KKK leader (C.P. Ellis) and an outspoken Black woman activist (Ann Atwater), that developed when they were appointed to co-chair a community committee to resolve problems arising from a court-ordered school desgregation, and that changed race relations and shocked Durham's residents.Adults.VHS.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Historical films.; Atwater, Ann.; Ellis, C. P. (Claiborne Paul); Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Civil rights workers; School integration; Social change; North Caroliniana.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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WRAL Parade of Sail 2006 [videorecording] : celebrating tall ships off the coast of North Carolina / by Crabtree, David.(CARDINAL)162897; Leslie, Bill.(CARDINAL)215872; Mason, Scott.(CARDINAL)300782; Morgan, Debra.; Capitol Broadcasting Company.; WRAL-TV (Television station : Raleigh, N.C.)(CARDINAL)215555;
Open and intro -- Meka II, Ada Mae, Compass Rose, & Serenity -- Three Belles & Cisne Branco -- Jeanie B & Margaret -- Phoenix, Virginia, & Wolf -- Wolf & Alliance -- A.J. Meerwald -- Radio Island Turn -- Close.Hosted by WRAL's Bill Leslie, Debra Morgan & David Crabtree, with reports from Scott Mason.Filmed on location July 1, 2006.Thirteen majestic tall ships journey from around the world to the Crystal Coast of North Carolina. The Parade of Sail was part of a special maritime celebration hosted by the Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum, and one of the Americas' Sail 2006 events. Video features live footage of the event for television.Adults.DVD.
Subjects: Boats and boating.; Sailing ships.; North Caroliniana.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Madison County project : documenting the sound / [videorecording] : a film / by Adams, Sheila Kay.(CARDINAL)267305; Amberg, Rob.(CARDINAL)266221; Buckner, Dee Dee Norton.; Norton, Donna Ray.; O'Sullivan, Denise Norton.(CARDINAL)611295; Ray, Lena Jean.; Rice, Melanie,1952-(CARDINAL)764796; Southerland, Amanda.;
Ballad singing from the North Carolina mountains"--Container./ Participants: Featuring: Sheila Kay Adams, Rob Amberg, Dee Dee Norton Buckner, John Cohen, Peter Gott, Bobby McMillon, Donna Ray Norton, Denise Norton O'Sullivan, Lena Jean Ray, Melanie Rice, Amanda Southerland./ Additional features: John Anloe Phillips, ballad singer ; Rob Amberg, photographer ; Harvey Wang, photographer ; Down the road, John Cohen outtake./ Song credits: Young hunting / Sheila Kay Adams -- Little Matthey Groves / Donna Ray Norton -- Love has brought me to despair / Dellie Norton -- Down in the willow garden / Denise Norton O'Sullivan -- Short time here, long time gone / Dillard Chandler -- Down the road / Lee Wallin -- Dying boy / Dee Dee Norton Buckner -- Pretty Saro / Cas Wallin -- Soldier traveling from the North / Dillard Chandler -- Pretty Peggy-O / Donna Ray Norton -- Pretty Saro / Sheila Kay Adams -- Single girl / Sheila Kay Adams./ Additional performances: My dearest dear / Sheila Kay Adams -- Fine Sally / Denise Norton O'Sullivan -- Hear Jerusalem mourn / Melanie Rice (with group) -- Pretty Peggy-O / Donna Ray Norton -- Four nights drunk / Amanda Southerland.
Subjects: Video recordings.; Ballads, English; Folk music; Folk songs, English;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The 48 hour dance project documentary 2010 [videorecording] / by McDowell, Sky,narrator.; Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre,presenter.; Morningsky Productions,production company.;
Various dancers ; choreographers, Kathy Meyers, Jill Menard, Serah [Sarah] Yancey, Heidi Turlington, Mahsati Janan ; Sky McDowell, narrator.Filmed February, 2010 at BeBe Theatre, Asheville, North Carolina.32 dancers were randomly paired with 5 choreographers to rehearse and perform dance representing modern dance, aerial/jazz/contemporary dance, belly dance, swing dance, and West African dance.Not rated.DVD; region 1, wide screen presentation.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Modern dance.; Swing (Dance); Belly dance.; Dance; Jazz dance.; Dance;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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This side of the river [videorecording] : self-determination and survival in the oldest black town in America / by Grimes, Drew,director.; Rowe, Ryan,director.; Wolfram, Walt,1941-(CARDINAL)149498; North Carolina Language and Life Project.; Grimes, Drew.; Rowe, Ryan.;
1999 (2:24) -- A blood-stained land (4:23) -- Survival (6:06) -- Self-determination (7:51) -- Breaking even (9:35) -- The voice of freedom (6:23) -- The price of progress (9:03) -- Resurrection (4:11) -- Credits (3:35).Produced and directed by Ryan Rowe and Drew Grimes; executive producer, Walt Wolfram.Incorporating interviews, archival images, and local music, this DVD documents the people of Princeville's communal support and religious, political and economic self-determination. Includes "Princeville remembers the flood" (18 min., 2004).DVD.
Subjects: Feature films.; Documentary films.; Hurricane Floyd, 1999.; African Americans;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Black Mountain revisited [videorecording] / by Cardarelli, Joe.(CARDINAL)163041; Skipper, Jim.(CARDINAL)223241; Maryland Institute, College of Art.(CARDINAL)168079; Viridian Productions.;
Video by Joe Cardarelli & Jim Skipper.Uses historical references to, and pictures of, Black Mountain College, formerly an independent school of an artists' colony, owned and operated by the teachers, and considered by them "an experiment in community and education," to link and to feature five poets who were associated with the group. Uses interviews and selected readings by the poets, from their work, plus commentary by filmmaker Joe Cardarelli. Poets featured are Ed Dorn, Joel Oppenheimer, Jonathan Williams, Robert Duncan and Robert Creely.Adults.VHS.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Interviews.; Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.); Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.); American poetry; Artist colonies; Experimental poetry; Poetry, Modern; Poets, American;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Madison County project [videorecording] : documenting the sound / by Adams, Sheila Kay.(CARDINAL)267305; Amberg, Rob.(CARDINAL)266221; Buckner, Dee Dee Norton.; Cohen, John.(CARDINAL)266904; Gott, Peter,1935-(CARDINAL)748062; King, Martha.(CARDINAL)119716; McMillon, Bobby.(CARDINAL)210911; Norton, Donna Ray.; O'Sullivan, Denise Norton.(CARDINAL)611295; Ray, Lena Jean.; Rice, Melanie(Singer); Roberts, Rob.(CARDINAL)531494; Southerland, Amanda.;
Produced, directed, and edited by Martha King and Rob Roberts.Additional features: John Anloe Phillips, ballad singer ; Rob Amberg, photographer ; Harvey Wang, photographer ; Down the road, John Cohen outtake.Additional performances: My dearest dear / Sheila Kay Adams -- Fine Sally / Denise Norton O'Sullivan -- Hear Jerusalem mourn / Melanie Rice (with group) -- Pretty Peggy-O / Donna Ray Norton -- Four nights drunk / Amanda Southerland.Featuring: Sheila Kay Adams, Rob Amberg, Dee Dee Norton Buckner, John Cohen, Peter Gott, Bobby McMillon, Donna Ray Norton, Denise Norton O'Sullivan, Lena Jean Ray, Melanie Rice, Amanda Southerland.Song credits: Young hunting / Sheila Kay Adams -- Little Matthey Groves / Donna Ray Norton -- Love has brought me to despair / Dellie Norton -- Down in the willow garden / Denise Norton O'Sullivan -- Short time here, long time gone / Dillard Chandler -- Down the road / Lee Wallin -- Dying boy / Dee Dee Norton Buckner -- Pretty Saro / Cas Wallin -- Soldier traveling from the North / Dillard Chandler -- Pretty Peggy-O / Donna Ray Norton -- Pretty Saro / Sheila Kay Adams -- Single girl / Sheila Kay Adams."The isolated mountain hollows of Madison County provide the perfect environment to foster the preservation of ancient unaccompanied ballads. Over the last 100 years, these ballads have attracted folklorists, filmmakers, and photographers to the county's remote communities. Filmmakers Martha King and Rob Roberts tell the story of the tradition through the voices of the current generation of singers as well as through the films, photographs and recordings of John Cohen, Rob Amberg and Harvey Wang. Madison County project examines how both outside interest and the power of community and family have worked together to continue this unique tradition"--Container.Adults.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Video recordings.; Ballads, English; Folk music; Folk songs, English;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12
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