Sing Behind the Plow, a Folk School documentary, premiered on UNC-TV - Brasstown, NC 28902
May 25th, 2007 
posted by John Dilbeck
The new documentary Sing Behind the Plow: John C. Campbell Folk School, explores the 82-year history of the Folk School through interviews with various scholars on Appalachia, Folk School personnel, and archival photos, footage and recordings.
Even people who know and love the Folk School may not know who John C. Campbell was. Who were the founders Olive Dame Campbell and Marguerite Butler Bidstrup? How did the local people build the school? Who was Fred O. Scroggs? How did Denmark come into the story? These are some of the questions this program tries to answer, while setting the Folk School’s story in the larger context of what was happening to the nation and the world during those years.
Funding was provided by United Community Bank.
Following its premier on UNC-TV, the documentary will be available for purchase on DVD from the Folk School’s Craft Shop.
For more information about the John C. Campbell Folk School, its classes, crafts, and events, call 828-837-2775 or 1-800-FOLK-SCH (800-365-5724) or visit www.folkschool.org.
Their website has more information about the school, the Craft Shop, and their Concerts, Dances, and Events.
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