Red Fox/Second Hangin' materials, c.1984
Sub-Series (ap.afc.06.04)
- Extent
- 13 Film containers
- 37 Audio tapes
- 41 Video cassettes
- 5 Photo prints
- 2 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series VI. Appalshop Films/Headwaters Television, 1984-1990 > Red Fox/Second Hangin' materials, c.1984
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color recording Red Fox/Second Hangin’, a 1984 release. This video version of a play produced by Appalshop's Roadside Theater recounts the story of the first two executions in Wise County, Virginia. In folk tale style, actors dramatize the events that led to the implication and execution of two men for murders that resulted from a feud that began during the Civil War. The live peformance is accompanied by projections of historic photographs and a film sequence created especially for the video release. Subjects include capital punishment in Virginia, Wise County (Va.) history, Marshall Benton Taylor, and the Pound Mountain Massacre.
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