Catfish: Man of the Woods materials, c.1974
Sub-Series (ap.afc.04.03)
- Extent
- 20 Film containers
- 4 Video cassettes
- 6 Photo prints
- 1 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series IV. Appalshop Films, 1973-1977 > Catfish: Man of the Woods materials, c.1974
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary Catfish: Man of the Woods, a 1974 release. The film is a profile of Clarence "Catfish" Gray, a fifth-generation herb doctor living near Glenwood, West Virginia. In this day-in-the-life visit, Gray reads letters seeking health advice, gathers herbs and roots from the woods around his house, receives visitors, and relaxes by skinny-dipping in a nearby stream. In interviews Gray discusses his healing techniques and personal philosophy of life. Subjects include mountain life, traditional medicine, social life and customs, and folklore in the Appalachian region.