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All 6 Southern Stews in 1 DVD-set :  Order Now for Fall Classes

THE SOUTHERN STEWS COLLECTION ...A MUST for University Southern Studies, Folklife, and Southern History courses. These 6 documentaries show the regions and origins, the agrarian and cultural roots, the methods of cooking, and the peculiar things these most famous and legendary stews have in common: Brunswick Stew, Burgoo, Carolina Hash,"Frogmore" stew, Sheep Stew, Southern Stews, and Cush ...all traditional folk heritage foodways still cooked in huge black iron pots by stewmasters and stew crews - the "keepers" of ancestral recipes and cooking styles and traditions that honor their Southern agrarian roots and heritage.   

AVAILABLE THIS FALL in a six volume set (with a bonus DVD of "CUSH") and field notes from the producer on each stew at the special price of $90.


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TWO NEW RELEASES :

MAC ARNOLD RETURNS to the BLUES ...a feature length film telling the story of this farmer-bluesman and former bass player with the Muddy Waters Chicago blues band ( selected for screening at the Philadelphia Independent Filmmakers Festival , this summer!)     

Sales for this feature version ($20 + $3 S&H) only available  by ordering directly  from the filmmaker at:    woodwardstudio@charter.net   

NOTHING to PROVE ... The2-Part Director's Cut with bonus footage

can be purchased at :    

               

                                                                         Making history and bringing the roots of the blues to new audiences in the U.S. and around the world again . 2010 European tour for three weeks in the fall...


         IT'S GRITS ...the 25th Anniversary edition with bonus footage now for sale was FEATURED AT THE FABULOUSLY SUCCESSFUL   NEW YORK FOOD FILM FESTIVAL - SUMMER of 2010  ... 

where Stan Woodward received the Filmmaker of the Year Award....and New York enjoyed a wonderful celebration of grits recipes that  home-chefs concocted in a cook-off that truely gave evidence to the moniker "melting pot" enjoyed by NYC - a splendid representation of flavors from many ethnic groups and nationalities! Visit the NYfoodfilmfestival.org website... Everyone who loves food and the joy of it's celebration on film or video needs to plan to attend this great food film festival next year!                                                                                        

            

 IT'S GRITS! Digitally Re-mastered and now available for purchase in the new 30th Anniversary Edition, with bonus footage.

As part of this celebration of  Grits and it's proper place in the food chain and melting pot as demonstrated on June 27th at the Festival's GRITS COOKOFF in the BIG APPLE'S Best Borough,  we are selling Grits for $20.00 for the month of August, but ONLY TO THOSE WHO ORDER DIRECTLY BY E-MAIL  at woodwardstudio@charter.net  ... With your e-mail order you will receive reprints of the first reviews and early press clippings from the 1980 presentations by the filmmaker on the "Tour that Rocked the South" ... and as a bonus you will receive a copy of the letter written to the filmmaker in June of 1981 and signed by Craig Claiborne ... Take advantage of a one-time opportunity to obtain these genuine collectibles ...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

GRITS IS SINGULAR .                                                                              

A film lecture by Stan Woodward featuring IT'S GRITS!

.with clips from The Woodward Studio Limited's extensive Folklife Video Archive containing an inside view of Southern culture through Southern Folk Heritage Foodways.

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SEEING INTO BEING: The Scrap-iron art of

Charley Grimsley...Utterly Amazing!       ORDER NOW !

         

.NOTHING TO PROVE: The Story of Mac Arnold's Return to the Blues  is the 2-part Director's Cut version of the feature length film, Mac Arnold Returns to the Blues. It contains a more intimate view and includes bonus footage that rounds out Mac Arnold's remarkable story of bringing the old time down home blues to life again - providing a bridge to the music of Muddy Waters in the 1960's when Mac played with his band as well as with Tyrone Davis, James Cotton and John Lee Hooker.

Available at FILM BABY.COM                                                                                

 


THE WORKS


> BURGOO!
> BRUNSWICK STEW
(Virginia Tradition)
> BRUNSWICK STEW
(Georgia Tradition)
> BARBECUE and HOMECOOKING: Food that Makes You Smile
> CAROLINA HASH:
A Taste of South Carolina
> COOPERATIVE GROCERY
> ERHARDT FIVE & DIME
> IT’S GRITS!
> HALLOWED GROUND:
Primitive Camp meetings
of the SC Low Country
> LORD HAVE MERCY!
OLGERS’ STORE
>

NOTHING TO PROVE:

Mac Arnold's Return to the Blues

> ROCKFISH MUDDLE
> SEEING INTO BEING:
The Scrap Iron Art of
Charlie Grimsley
> SOUTHERN ROUTES
(Five Volumes)
>

SOUTHERN STEWS:

Cooking for a Crowd (Five Volumes)

> SOUTHERN STEWS:
A Taste of the South
> STEWBILEE: A Brunswick
Stew Folk Heritage Festival
> THE MORRIS CHRONICLE
> THE OLGERS CHRONICLE
> THE SHEEP STEW OF DUNDAS
> WE JUST CALL IT “CUSH”