Homemade Tales: Songs and Sayings of Florida Slone materials, c.1993
Sub-Series (ap.afc.07.13)
- Extent
- 78 Video cassettes
- 7 Photo prints
- 1 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series VII. Appalshop Films 1991-1999 > Homemade Tales: Songs and Sayings of Florida Slone materials, c.1993
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary Homemade Tales: Song & Stories of Florida Slone, a 1993 release. The film, made by her son and daughter-in-law, focuses on the life of Florida Slone, a singer and storyteller from southeastern Kentucky. Includes interviews in which Slone discusses her childhood contraction of typhoid fever, ensuing isolation, and how it led to the development of her skill in creating stories and songs. She is shown imitating bird and animal sounds, singing original songs, and telling stories about witches who lived near her as a girl and the visions that guided her as she raised six children. Subjects include women, folklore and folk music of the Appalachian region.
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