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- A love letter to the game of golf, told by the African-American caddies-turned-players who despite Jim Crow laws and the residual effects built a rich and vibrant golf culture on a municipal course in an eclectic southern town. For the guys at Muni, golf has been and will continue to be an essential part of their lives until they die. Narrated by popular rock and country singer (and golfer) Darius Rucker, Muni is a documentary film of intimate and interwoven stories about the game told by a collection of people who have played the Asheville, North Carolina municipal golf course for decades. Designed by legendary architect Donald Ross and built in the 1920's Asheville's Muni has always been a public course. But here, blacks were prohibited from playing openly until the 1950's. Then, the caddies became the players, and a vibrant integrated golf culture grew at Muni, highlighted by the notable Skyview Golf Tournament. In it's hey-day, beginning in 1960, the Skyview hosted the most prominent black golfers of the day working towards the PGA tour, and it continues today with a diverse and talented field. Muni ruminates on both golf and race relations, giving voice to people who have simply wanted to play the game, on a good course for a fair price.
- The story of 31 inexperienced teenagers, biking a daunting coast-to-coast 3,600 miles in the summer of 1982, to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis, unaware of how this grueling adventure would resonate throughout the rest of their lives.
- The Mystery of George Masa details the life of Masahara Izuka, (AKA George Masa) a Japanese immigrant who came to the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina in 1915, where he focused his camera and his passions on preserving the beauty of the wilderness he discovered. Eighteen years after his arrival, his death left behind thousands of photographs and an impressive legacy that included a role in the founding of two great national treasures, The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian Trail. However, throughout his life in America he was secretive about his past, with no one knowing the details of his life experience and his inner passions. Told through rare interviews with living acquaintances, notable historians, artists, and a vast collection of Masa's letters, journals and photographs, director Paul Bonesteel weaves a complex story of Masa's personal journey while paralleling the movement toward a wider appreciation and conservation of the natural world. Since it's release, The Mystery of George Masa has encouraged a modern rediscovery of Masa's artistry and achievements.
- At a North Carolina barbershop, the atmosphere is laid back, the conversation free, and the music a cut above the rest. An engagingly genuine slice of old time Americana.
- 'America's First Forest' is the first full-length, in-depth film ever made about legendary forester Carl Schenck and his work at the Biltmore Estate. The film explores Schenck's life and legacy at the turn of the twentieth century, and the many ways his work, forestry school, and ideas continue to shape our thinking about American forests. 'America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment' is produced by the Forest History Society in cooperation with Bonesteel Films. The film tells the story of how Carl Schenck applied Frederick Law Olmsted's vision of introducing forestry to America on George Vanderbilt's magnificent Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. Vanderbilt's 120,000-acre forest was America's first scientifically managed forest. Home to the nation's first forestry school, it inspired the call for creating national forests in the eastern United States. Although probably best known as the author of the classic memoir, Cradle of Forestry in America, Schenck is also renowned for his work as an educator, forester, lumberman, and forest conservation advocate. Central to Schenck's extraordinary career was the establishment of the Biltmore Forest School, America's first and arguably most influential school of forestry. With the Biltmore Forest School and his experiments on the ground, Schenck laid the foundation for the conservation movement in the twentieth century, which continues to inspire people today.
- The Great American Quilt Revival is the story of how quilts came to be recognized as works of art and how the craft of quilting has exploded into popular culture. Notable quilter, Georgia Bonesteel, and many of today's well known quilters, historians and collectors discuss their art and their role in the revolution of modern quilting. From early quilting innovator Marie Webster, to the work and influence of the Amish and African-American traditions, to the overwhelming response of quilts mourning the 9/11 tragedies, The Great American Quilt Revival captures the story of this landmark movement.