Tagged: Culture

The State of Things
11:47 am
Tue March 12, 2013

Film Documents The Core Sound Community’s Struggles

Credit Neal Hutcheson
LJ Hardy of South River, aboard his boat at the mouth of the Neuse River

  • Linguist Walt Wolframand and director Neal Hutcheson talk about their new film, “Core Sounders.”

  For nearly 300 years the Core Sound community has earned a livelihood from the commercial fishing industry. It’s a livelihood that is now seriously threatened. “Core Sounders” is a new documentary that tells the story of a community in transition.

Host Frank Stasio is joined by Walt Wolfram, executive producer and professor of English at North Carolina State University; and Neal Hutcheson, the Emmy-Award winning director, to talk about their new film, “Core Sounders.”

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Arts & Culture
5:15 am
Mon July 23, 2012

A Plan to Preserve Gullah Geechee Culture

The Gullah Gechee Historical Corridor Commission has released a plan to preserve the endangered culture of slave descendants who worked on rice plantations along the coast.

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