AWARD WINNING SOUTHERN CULTURE AND
FOLK HERITAGE DOCUMENTARIES

HOME    |    WHO WE ARE    |    THE WORKS     |    THE WOODWARD STUDIO LIMIITED     |    REVIEWS    |    WORKS IN PROGRESS   |   LINKS   |   TO PURCHASE

NEW RELEASES
> "BURGOO!
Legendary Stew of the South"
(1 hr PBS version)

"BURGOO!
A Southern Tradition"
(2 hr Original version)

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

NEW RELEASE RECEIVES SOUTH CAROLINA "WORLD PREMIERE!"     

MAC ARNOLD: Nothing to Prove , the documentary  feature film by Stan Woodward

Premieres at

The HANDLEBAR - A Listening Room, in Greenville, SC  on    DECEMBER 9th, 2009   at 6:30 PM ...

                                      ...a Screening that is FREE and Open to the Public

DVD's of theSpecial Premiere Edition of the Documentary will be sold at a Special "Premiere Price"

This is the final folklife documentary production by Stan Woodward.

It involves the capture of 170 hours of footage over a four-year period starting in 2005 and travels the viewer from Mac’s decision to return to the blues (after a 32 year hiatus from his remarkable stint as bass player for the Muddy Waters Chicago Blues Band in the 1960's) to the realization of Mac's dream to reunite the remaining Muddy Waters musicians who played with Muddy's band in Chicago at his own hometown blues festival, inaugurated in 2007 and called the Mac Arnold Cornbread and Collards Blues Festival. The first annual festival is captured in a 5-camera pro-

duction that was held over a weekend in April in Greenville, SC.

And along the way we are woven through the fabric of the 21st century blues culture as we follow the lead of Mac Arnold as he finds his way back into the blues world where not many musicians remain with historical links to the days of Muddy Waters in Chicago in the middle of the 20th century.

NOTHING TO PROVE
Mac Arnold Returns to the Blues

This MAC ARNOLD & PLATE FULL O' BLUES  documentary tells a story of one of Muddy Water's "side-men" - Mac Arnold - who played bass for Muddy in the 1960's. By following Mac as he introduced his first CD, and formally began his effort to return to the blues mainstream, we are taken on a "first-person" film journey that travels deep into the 21st century blues world, and in the process provides an inside look at how Mac takes on the role of a roots music artist dedicated to reviving interest in the authentic down home "talking" blues - a historically Southern music form that has been crowded out by hip-hop, rap, and heavy metal ... until now!

Made possible by the Community Foundation of Greenville and grants from the South Carolina Arts Commission and the Humanities Council of South Carolina ... and "Friends of Mac Arnold"

 

In between we follow the band each step of the way as Mac and Plate Full O’ Blues makes it’s remarkable climb back into the national and international blues world.

Currently receiving grants and contributions from “Friends of Mac Arnold” and sponsors to help pay for editing and post-production, which became more costly after the producer suffered a minor stroke. Stan had to put together a team of assistant editors to carry the burden of assembling the 170 hours into roughcut elements which can then be creatively cut into final works. This is work that the producer would have handled himself prior to the stroke, but additional editors and the amount of footage that has to be logged, transcribed, edited and has increased the cost of post-production.

Those interested in contributing gifts to offset the cost of post-production can make tax-deductible gifts (for which a letter will follow acknowledging receipt) to:

Mac Arnold “Nothing to Prove” Documentary Fund
Community Foundation of Greenville
Attn Bob Morris, Executive Officer
27 Cleveland Street
Greenville, SC 29601
864-233-5925