AWARD WINNING SOUTHERN CULTURE AND
FOLK HERITAGE DOCUMENTARIES
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NEW! ...Six DVD-set :

THE SOUTHERN STEWS COLLECTION - Want the full story about Southern Stews? This set of  six documentaries will take you into the heart of the South to discover the origins, peculiarities and things in common about the  most famous and legendary stews of the South:. Brunswick Stew, Burgoo, Carolina Hash, Sheep Stew and Cush ...still cooked in huge black iron pots as stewmasters and stew crews serve as the "keepers" of ancestral recipes and traditions that honor their Southern agrarian roots and heritage.    AVAILABLE for the FIRST TIME in a six volume set at a special price!


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NEW RELEASE by Stan Woodward ...

MAC ARNOLD RETURNS to the BLUES ... the feature length story of this former bass player with the Muddy Waters Chicago blues band ( selected for screening at the Philadelphia Independent Filmmakers Festival , this summer!)     

Sales for this feature version ($25 + $3 S&H) only available  by ordering directly  from the filmmaker at:        woodwardstudio@charter.net   

NOTHING to PROVE ... The2-Part Director's Cut with bonus footage

can be purchased at :    

               

                                                                         Making history and bringing the roots of the blues to new audiences in the U.S. and around the world again . 2010 European tour for three weeks in the fall...


         IT'S GRITS ... FEATURED AT THE FABULOUSLY SUCCESSFUL NEW YORK FOOD FILM FESTIVAL -

         UNDERNEATH THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE ON SUNDAY JUNE 27TH  AT THE TOBACCO  WARE-          HOUSE ON WATER STREET (IN THE PARK) ...

enjoyed a wonderful celebration of grits recipes that  home-chefs concocted that truely gave evidence to NYC reputation as the "melting pot" - a splendid representation of flavors from many ethnic groups and nationalities! Everyone needs to attent this great food film festival next year!                                                                                        

            

 IT'S GRITS! Digitally Re-mastered and now available for purchase in the new 30th Anniversary Edition, with bonus footage.

As part of this celebration of  Grits and it's proper place in the food chain and melting pot as demonstrated on June 27th at the Festival's GRITS COOKOFF in the BIG APPLE'S Best Borough,  we are selling Grits for $20.00 for the month of July to those who ORDER BY E-MAIL  at woodwardstudio@charter.net  ... With your order you will receive reprints of the first reviews and early press clippings from the 1980 presentations by the filmmaker on the "Tour that Rocked the South" ... and as a bonus you will receive a copy of the letter written to the filmmaker in June of 1981 and signed by Craig Claiborne ...

Take advantage of a one-time opportunity to obtain these genuine collectibles ...  and ... JUST EAT MO' GRITS!!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

GRITS IS SINGULAR .                                                                              

A film lecture by Stan Woodward featuring IT'S GRITS!

.with clips from The Woodward Studio Limited's extensive Folklife Video Archive containing an inside view of Southern culture through Southern Folk Heritage Foodways.   

Stories about the fabric of Southern Americana abound from the filmmaker's experiences  documenting the American South.

"I feel there is no more unabridged and open way to enter the folk culture of the American South than through the doorway of food and into the lives of the people who call themselves "Southerners".   When entering through the doorway of folk heritage quisine all political, social, racial and cultural barriers melt away....."   - Stan Woodward, Producer

Film Lecture Series is tailored to Local Arts Councils, Museums, University Media Studies, Southern Studies & Folklife programs .                                                                        

Special Add-on Option for Local Arts Councils:

Stan Woodward shows IT'S GRITS and combines screening with a hands-on video documentary workshop where members

of the community bring their own home video cameras to learn hand-held shooting techniques for capturing archival-quality videography at home that documents and preserves family heritage, history, stories, and traditions for future generations.          

E-mail woodwardstudio@charter.net for details

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SEEING INTO BEING: The Scrap-iron art of

Charley Grimsley...Utterly Amazing!       ORDER NOW !

         

.NOTHING TO PROVE: The Story of Mac Arnold's Return to the Blues  is the 2-part Director's Cut version of the feature length film, Mac Arnold Returns to the Blues. It contains a more intimate view and includes bonus footage that rounds out Mac Arnold's remarkable story of bringing the old time down home blues to life again - providing a bridge to the music of Muddy Waters in the 1960's when Mac played with his band as well as with Tyrone Davis, James Cotton and John Lee Hooker.

Available at FILM BABY.COM                                                                                

 


THE WORKS


> BURGOO! New Release!
> BRUNSWICK STEW
(Virginia Tradition)
> BRUNSWICK STEW
(Georgia Tradition)
> BARBECUE and HOMECOOKING
> CAROLINA HASH:
A Taste of South Carolina
> COOPERATIVE GROCERY
> ERHARDT FIVE & DIME
> IT’S GRITS!
> HALLOWED GROUND:
Primitive Camp meetings
of the SC Low Country
> LORD HAVE MERCY!
OLGERS’ STORE
>

NOTHING TO PROVE:

Mac Arnold's Return to the Blues

> ROCKFISH MUDDLE
> SEEING INTO BEING:
The Scrap Iron Art of
Charlie Grimsley
> SOUTHERN ROUTES
(Five Volumes)
>

SOUTHERN STEWS:

Cooking for a Crowd (Five Volumes)

> SOUTHERN STEWS:
A Taste of the South
> STEWBILEE: A Brunswick
Stew Folk Heritage Festival
> THE MORRIS CHRONICLE
> THE OLGERS CHRONICLE
> THE SHEEP STEW OF DUNDAS
> WE JUST CALL IT “CUSH”