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Postcard from The National Cornbread Festival
From Big Shed Audio | 03:00
"Oh, I love it. You can't live without corn bread. And you gotta cook it in that skillet, too! ... Corn bread basically was poor man's food that everybody loved. To this day my favorite meal is pinto beans, corn bread and buttermilk."
Pour a tall glass of buttermilk and come with us to the National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. This short, non-narrated postcard is a whirlwind sonic celebration of Southern food and culture.
"Oh, I love it. You can't live without corn bread. And you gotta cook it in that skillet, too! ... Corn bread basically was poor man's food that everybody loved. To this day my favorite meal is pinto beans, corn bread and buttermilk."
Pour a tall glass of buttermilk and come with us to the National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. This short, non-narrated postcard is a whirlwind sonic celebration of Southern food and culture.
The Soul of Guatemala
From Jesse Dukes | Part of the The Soul of Guatemala series | 30:31
Latin America has been overwhelmingly Catholic for centuries, but that's changing, and Guatemala is leading the way, as Latin America's Evangelical Frontier.
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- The Soul of Guatemala
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Guatemala is Latin America's most Evangelical Country by percentage, approaching half Protestant. The small, mountainous country just south of Mexico is leading Latin America in a thirty-year Evangelical revival.
Part I, Miracle Town begins in Almolonga, a small town in the highlands that Evangelicals call "Miracle Town". A majority of the town converted to Evangelical Christianity in the 1970's and shortly after, the town transformed, becoming prosperous and one of Guatemala's leading vegetable producers. Not everybody agrees it was a miracle, however.
Part II, Megachurches explores how Evangelical Protestantism grew in the years following a devestating Earthquake, during Guatemala's Civil War, when the Catholic Church was under-represented. Evangelicals have sinceb ecome a distinct movement within Guatemala; a powerful social and political force. Guatemala City has five megachurches and a new one is being built by an internationally famous televangelist to accomodate 15,000 congregants. Another famous in Pastor in Guatemala City is trying to transform Guatemala the same way he thinks the "miracle town" was transformed. Many think this pastor, Dr. Harold Caballeros, is on the way to becoming Guatemala's next President.
This documentary is available as a full 27 minute piece, or split un into 10 minute and 17 minute sections to fit Segments A + B in NPR's Special Programming clock. Versions with and without musical tails available. NOTE: Full (31 minute) version with long ambi and musical files available under "addtional files" below. Also available, ambi and music beds to use with hosting, and a SOC.
Also : This same documentary is available, in abridged form, as three 5-6 minute features. See the Series page for details.
Support provided by The Open Society Foundations
and
The International Reporting Project
Place + Memory: Remembering Dreamland
From Jesse Dukes | 06:51
Memories of an African-American swimming pool and dance club in the Jim Crow south.
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- Place + Memory: Remembering Dreamland
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- Jesse Dukes
During the Jim Crow era, African-Americans were often not welcome at recreation and vacation spots, even public parks and beaches. So African-Americans, in the face of injustice, often created their own recreation spots including parks, beaches, picnic areas, and swimming pool. One of these places was Dreamland, in Roanoke, Virginia's Gainsboro neighborhood, just over the tracks from downtown. Gainsboro has been largely destroyed by urban renewal projects and Dreamland is gone, but Jesse Dukes and Allison Swaim spoke to a few Roanoke residents who still remember.