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This 1978 documentary captured North Carolina's hollerin' tradition before it vanished

Monday October 13, 2025. 01:19 PM , from BoingBoing
This 1978 documentary captured North Carolina's hollerin' tradition before it vanished
In the flatlands of Sampson County, North Carolina, before telephones connected isolated farms, neighbors communicated across miles using 'hollers' — loud, melodic calls in falsetto that carried across open fields. Filmmaker Kier Cline captured this vanishing tradition in his 1978 documentary Welcome to Spivey's Corner. — Read the rest
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