WE TRAVEL

A journey through time and family history in rural Mississipi.

 

There Ain’t Fish Here: A Mullet’s Tale

A look at the fast disappearing art of mullet fishing on Florida’s gulf coast.

 

LOU

In a place called Gee’s Bend, Alabama, Louisiana Bendolph is one of the last in a long line of master quiltmakers who show in Museums all over the world.

 

BRIGHT MORNING STARS: The Johnsons of Hemphill

Gwen and her mother Mabel work together to save their town in rural post-coal appalachia.

 

Ray’s Spot

Poet and storyteller Ray Christian testifies on his favorite place to sit and think and write.

 

From the Edge of America

Famed American artist Lonnie Holley recounts his work with the late music producer Richard Swift.

 

SEED SAVERS

Acclaimed nature writer Janisse Ray visits Ira Wallace on her seed farm in Virginia.

 

LADY D

Lady D is the only black blues singer in West Virginia.

 

ORGANIZED NOIZE

A partnership with Lululemon to bring Atlanta’s famed hip hop group back to the southeast.

Uploaded by Ethan Payne on 2018-05-22.

 

THAT TREE LIVES ON: A Film About Terry Ratliff

Terry lives on the side of a mountain in far east Kentucky and makes chairs the old way without the use of a single nail.

 

CAPTAIN FRED

Award-winning journalist Kayla Stewart takes us fishing with Captain Fred in the gulf, where he’s the only black commercial fisherman in Houston, TX.

 

RIVER TIME: The Art of Jonathon Keats

Conceptual artist and philosopher Jonathon Keats introduces us to the River Time, where the natural movement of water dictates the pace of life.

 

FULL OF WONDER: The Art of Angelyn DeBord

Filmmaker and painter Angie DeBord lives on a mountain in Virginia with her husband and paints the myths and folklore she grew up hearing as a child.

 

The Cost of Cheapness

Bart Elmore takes us to Bentonville, Arkansas, the home of Wal-Mart, where we interrogate the impact of the huge retailer on the local scene.

 

Your Days are Numbered: A Film About the Atomic Lounge

Feizal Valli and Rob Long excavate the bar industry as Feizal’s world crumbles around him and he considers what’s next.

 

Rhyme Travelers: A Film About Soul Food Cypher

A non-profit for poets, rappers, MC’s, all to come together and heal and improvise.

 

The Silencing of the Lamb: A Barbacoa Story

In Nashville, we’re thrust into a traditional Oaxacan barbacoa grilling and leave with our apetites sated.

 

Joe Barry Carroll

A look at the many facets of former NBA player Joe Barry Carroll.

 

Stop Calling It Tex-Mex

Writer and filmmaker Adan Medrano discusses the way Texas American cuisine has been co-opted and turned into soulless chains and mall culture.

 

Nice to Meat You

Two men named Farhan discuss the important family tradition of Halal meat.

 

Much to Carry: Remembering My Mother’s Catfish Stew

Writer John T. Edge recounts the life his mother lived and the legacy she passed on through a stew recipe.

 

Helado Negro

Roberto Lange allows us a look into his songwriting process during his residency at Serenbe.

 

A Letter to My Unborn Son

Writer Caleb Johnson pens a heartfelt message for his child.

 

A Place To Call Home

For Oxford American: writer John T. Edge showers praise on Bottletree Bakery in Oxford, Mississippi.

"When I moved to Mississippi in 1995, I became a quick regular at Bottletree Bakery, just off the square, across from the church that my family would subsequently join. At that low counter, with a thick china mug in hand, I ate scones pocked with crystallized nuggets of ginger and pored over grad school texts.

 

The Question of Community: D&D’s BarBeque

Greg Abney talks us through the obsession with black-owned bbq restaurants in the south.

"Joints and shacks offer witness to the environments where design and operation incongruities . . . often bespeak honesty. The creative responses of that grocery store manager and that breakfast joint operator confirm that humans are at the helm in such spaces, singular and complicated souls capable of responding to circumstance and necessity with brilliance."

 

The Question of Dixie

In a partnership with Oxford American, writer Mike Jordan and other experts guides us through the use of the word “Dixie” and its history.

 

Rafiq Bhatia and Nina Moffitt

One in a series of portraits of artists in residency at Serenbe.

 

JULIANNA BARWICK

A peek into the residency of a musician at Serenbe.

 

City Pharmacy

Join us as we celebrate the opening of City Pharmacy, a Covington Ga restaurant sitting in a former pharmacy building.

 

The Question of Dinner: A Conversation with Tunde Wey

Oxford American Magazine presents an important, but uncomfortable conversation around food and race and privilege.

 

WE ARE THE WOMEN - WORTH 100

Lululemon partners with Atlanta spoken-word artist Sheba on International Women’s Day.

 

After the Revival (Vox Humana III) - Lonnie Holley

A look at Lonnie’s newest work of art at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Museum.

 

White Oak Pastures

Will Harris takes us to his farm and preaches the good news of regenerative agriculture.

 

In the Grip of Power - Lonnie Holley

Lonnie shows us his latest work of art, inspired by the voting challenges African Americans faced in the Jim Crow south.

 

IMAN PERSON

Artist Iman Person gives us a tour of her studio and process.