[Far off sounds]. [Hollerin'] / [Far Off Sounds presents] ; Means TV ; [created by Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman & Nick George].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Hurwitz-Goodman, Jacob, filmmaker.

George, Nick, filmmaker.

Moonbeam, Mister, on-screen participant.

Means TV (Firm), publisher, distributor, production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Hollerin' Contest (Spivey's Corner, N.C.).

Music--Social aspects--North Carolina.

Music.

Cries--North Carolina.

Cries.

Yodeling--North Carolina.

Yodeling.

Spivey's Corner (N.C.)--Social life and customs.

Spivey's Corner (N.C.).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (8 min.)) : sound, color

Other Title:

Hollerin'

Available from some providers with title: Far off sounds. Ep 12, Hollerin'

Place of Publication:

[Portland, Maine] : Means TV, [2022]

Language Note:

Closed captioning available.

Summary:

First held in 1969 in Spivey’s Corner, North Carolina, the annual National Hollerin’ Contest is a daylong celebration of Southern American cultural heritage and preservation of an archaic means of long­distance communication. Originally a method of delivering messages to workers out in the fields, contestants project their loudest, most entertaining vocal exclamations out into the audience to be judged accordingly. The result is a confounding mix of sophisticated vocal technique and wildly free outbursts.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 23, 2024).

Publisher Number:

mt-fos12 Docuseek2